The Cuningham Family Name

Cuningham is a spelling of the Scottish and Irish surname Cunningham.

Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Without the “n” of Cunningham, Cuningham is a simpler written form of the same name.

Arms linked to Cunningham and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Cuningham surname pack.