Urquart Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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

What Urquart means

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Urquart usually leads back to Urquhart. Read literally, Urquart points to “By the wood”.

Urquart drops the “h” of Urquhart, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Urchard.

Research your Urquart family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.