Scottish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 2 of 2)
270 common Scottish family names. Open a name to read its last name meaning, its surname origin and the heraldry associated with it.
- English1461 surnames
- Irish290 surnames
- Scottish270 surnames
- Welsh52 surnames
- Italian532 surnames
- German528 surnames
- French247 surnames
- Spanish516 surnames
- Polish372 surnames
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KiddScotland
Young goat
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KilgoreScotland
Goat wood
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KilpatrickScotland
Church of St Patrick
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KincaidScotland
Head of the pass
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KinnearScotland
From Kinnear
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KirkScotland
Dweller by the church
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KirklandScotland
Church land
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KirkpatrickScotland
Church of St Patrick
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KirkwoodScotland
Church wood
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KnoxScotland
From the knock (round hill)
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KyleScotland
Narrow strait
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LaidlawScotland
Mound or hill
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LairdScotland
Landowner
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LamontScotland
Law man (Norse lagman)
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LawScotland
One who lived by a hill
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LawsonScotland
Son of Law (Lawrence)
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LennoxScotland
From the Lennox district
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LeslieScotland
From Leslie in Aberdeenshire
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LittleScotland
Small, a nickname
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LittlejohnScotland
Little John
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LivingstonScotland
Leving's settlement
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LivingstoneScotland
Leving's farm
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LockhartScotland
From Locard
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LoganScotland
From Logan, "little hollow"
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LoveScotland
Wolf, or a term of affection
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LowryScotland
Little Lawrence
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LundyScotland
From Lundie
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LyleScotland
Of the island
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MacaulayScotland
Son of Olaf
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MacDonaldScotland
Son of Domhnall (world ruler)
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MackayScotland
Son of Aodh ("fire")
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MackenzieScotland
Son of Coinneach (Kenneth)
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MackintoshScotland
Son of the leader (toiseach)
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MacleanScotland
Son of the servant of John
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MacLeodScotland
Son of Leod
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MacraeScotland
Son of grace
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MarshallScotland & England
Horse servant; farrier
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MaxwellScotland
From Maxwell, "Maccus's pool"
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McAfeeScotland
Son of the dark one of peace
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McAllisterScotland
Son of Alasdair (Alexander)
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McCartneyScotland
Son of Artan
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McClellanScotland
Son of St Fillan's servant
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McCloudScotland
Son of Leod
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McClureScotland
Son of the sallow lad
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McCollumScotland
Son of Colum, 'dove'
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McCrackenScotland
Son of Reachtain, 'law'
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McCrayScotland
Son of Craith
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McCurdyScotland
Son of the mariner
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McDonaldScotland
Son of Domhnall ("world ruler")
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McGheeScotland
Son of Aodh
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McGillScotland
Son of the stranger
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McGregorScotland
Son of Gregor
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McIntoshScotland
Son of the leader
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McIntyreScotland
Son of the carpenter
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McKayScotland
Son of Aodh (fire)
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McKeeScotland
Son of Aodh
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McKenzieScotland
Son of Coinneach (comely)
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McKinleyScotland
Son of Finlay
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McKinnonScotland
Son of Fhionnghuin
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McKnightScotland
Son of Neachtan
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McLeanScotland
Son of the servant of St John
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McLeodScotland
Son of Leod
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McMillanScotland
Son of the tonsured one
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McNairScotland
Son of the heir
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McNealScotland
Son of Niall
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McPhersonScotland
Son of the parson
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McQueenScotland
Son of Suibhne, 'pleasant'
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McRaeScotland
Son of grace
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MelvilleScotland
From Malleville in Normandy
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MelvinScotland
From Malleville, Normandy
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MenziesScotland
From Mesnières in Normandy
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MoffatScotland
Long plain
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MontgomeryScotland
From Montgomery in Normandy
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MorrisonScotland
Son of Morris, or son of the servant of Mary
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MuirScotland
Moor, heath
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MunroScotland
Traditionally "man from the Roe"
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MurdochScotland
From Muireadhach ("mariner, lord")
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NairnScotland
From Nairn
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NapierScotland
Keeper of table linen
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NesbittScotland
Nose-shaped ridge
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OgilvieScotland
High plain
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OgilvyScotland
High plain
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OliphantScotland
Elephant
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OrrScotland
Dun, sallow
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PatrickScotland
Nobleman (from Patricius)
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PattersonScotland
Son of Patrick
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PattonScotland
Little Pate (Patrick)
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PaxtonScotland
Pacc's farm
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PickensScotland
Son of Picon
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PolkScotland
From Pollock
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PollockScotland
From Pollok, little pool
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PringleScotland
Pilgrim's nook
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RalstonScotland
Place name
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RamsayScotland
Wild garlic island
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RankinScotland
Little Rand (Randolph)
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RattrayScotland
Fort dwelling
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ReidScotland
Red-haired
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RiddleScotland
From Ryedale or Riddell
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RitchieScotland
Little Richard
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RobbScotland
Son of Rob (Robert)
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RobertsonScotland
Son of Robert ("bright fame")
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RossScotland
Promontory; heath; red
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RutherfordScotland
Cattle ford
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RutledgeScotland
From a lost Border place
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ScottScotland
A Scot
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ShearerScotland
Shearer of sheep or cloth
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SinclairScotland
From Saint-Clair
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SmileyScotland
Cheerful, smiling
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SnodgrassScotland
Smooth grass
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SpearsScotland
Spearman
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SteeleScotland
Hard as steel, or dweller by a steep slope
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SterlingScotland
From Stirling
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StevensonScotland
Son of Steven
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StewartScotland
Steward
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StirlingScotland
From Stirling
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StrachanScotland
Valley of the stream
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SutherlandScotland
Southern land
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SwintonScotland
Pig farm
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TempletonScotland
Temple farmstead
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TennantScotland
Tenant farmer
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ThomsonScotland
Son of Thomas ("twin")
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TrimbleScotland
Bold, strong
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TuringScotland
Uncertain
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TurnbullScotland
"turn the bull", a nickname for strength
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UrquhartScotland
By the wood
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WaddellScotland
From Wedale
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WallaceScotland
Welshman, Briton of Strathclyde
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WedderburnScotland
Wether stream
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WeirScotland
One who lived by a weir
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WemyssScotland
Caves
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WhyteScotland
White, fair
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WilliamsonScotland
Son of William
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WishartScotland
Wise and hardy (Guiscard)
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WitherspoonScotland
Sheep pasture
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WylieScotland
Little William
Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.