The Scotts Family Name

The spelling Scotts grew out of Scott, a Scottish surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “A Scot”, the same as for Scott.

Scotts and Scott

The extra ending in Scotts is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Scott's family. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Scot and Scotte.

Scotts coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Scotts, so the heraldry linked to Scott is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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