McFarlane Family Crest & Name History

Arms linked to McFarland and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

The same name, two spellings: McFarlane and McFarland. Taken at its root, McFarlane points to “Son of Parlan (Bartholomew)”.

Before spelling was fixed, McFarland was also written McFarlane. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include MacFarlane, MacFarland and McFarlin. In the 2010 US Census, 9,319 Americans gave McFarlane as their last name (rank 3,795). That puts it among the top 5,000 US surnames.

Get the complete McFarlane report, with a museum-style coat of arms.