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War Cry: Sgùr Urain (a mountain in Kintail)
It is generally understood that the name Macrae - Gaelic MacRath - means "Son of Grace," and had, in all probability an ecclesiastical origin. It occurrs as a personal or Christian name in Ireland and also in Scotland, from the 5th to the 13th century. It was common as a surname in Galloway, Ayrshire, and the south of Perthshire in the 15th and 16th centuries, and is still common, with various forms of spelling - M'Crae, M'Crea, M'Creath, etc. In Ireland it takes the form Magrath.
The home of the Highland Clan Macrae, sometimes called "the wild Macraes," was Kintail in Ross-shire, where they are said
