MacNaughton Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Your MacNaughton ancestor may well appear as McNaughton in earlier records.

What does the surname MacNaughton mean?

Read literally, MacNaughton points to “The son of Neachdain or Neachtan (the pure one)”. MacNaughton ranked 29,447 in the 2010 US Census, with 802 people answering to the name.

How is MacNaughton related to McNaughton?

MacNaughton is listed among the recognised spellings of McNaughton. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Is there a MacNaughton coat of arms?

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

Want more than a summary? See the MacNaughton family name pack.