Scottish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 3 of 3)

Son of the mariner

The son of Hutcheon, a pet form of Hugh

Son of Domhnall ("world ruler")

The son of Eoghan

Son of Aodh

Son of the stranger

Son of Gregor

An Ulster-Scots form of a Gaelic patronymic

Son of the leader

Son of the carpenter

Son of Aodh (fire)

Son of Aodh

Son of Coinneach (comely)

Son of Finlay

Son of Fhionnghuin

Son of Neachtan

The son of Lachlan (warlike)

Son of the servant of St John

The son of the servant of St. Finnian

Son of Leod

The son of the master, a cleric

Son of the tonsured one

The son of the abbot

Son of the heir

The son of Neachdain or Neachtan (the pure one)

Son of Niall

The son of Paul (small)

The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)

Son of the parson

Son of Suibhne, 'pleasant'

Son of grace

From Malleville in Normandy

From Malleville, Normandy

From Mesnières in Normandy

Long plain

From Montgomery in Normandy

Son of Morris, or son of the servant of Mary

Moor, heath

Someone who came from Muirhead (end of the moor)

Traditionally "man from the Roe"

From Muireadhach ("mariner, lord")

From Nairn

Keeper of table linen

Nose-shaped ridge

A smith who made knives or nails

A headland or promontory

High plain

High plain

Elephant

Dun, sallow

Someone who came from Orrock, in Fife

Someone who came from Paisley (pasture slope) in Renfrewshire

Nobleman (from Patricius)

Son of Patrick

Little Pate (Patrick)

Pacc's farm

A descendant of little Peter

Son of Picon

Someone from Pinkerton near Dunbar

A descendant of little

A descendant of little

From Pollock

From Pollok, little pool

Pilgrim's nook

Place name

The wild one who lived in the forest

The wild one who lived in the forest

Wild garlic island

Little Rand (Randolph)

Fort dwelling

Someone from Redden in Roxburghshire

Red-haired

Someone from Renfrew in Scotland

From Ryedale or Riddell

Little Richard

Son of Rob (Robert)

A descendant of little Rob

Son of Robert ("bright fame")

A descendant of little Rob

Promontory; heath; red

Cattle ford

From a lost Border place

A Scot

Shearer of sheep or cloth

Someone who came from Sherraig (clear bay), in Scotland

From Saint-Clair

Someone who came from the lands of Skene (bush)

Cheerful, smiling

Smooth grass

Someone from Sommervieu in Normandy

Spearman

Hard as steel, or dweller by a steep slope

From Stirling

Son of Steven

Steward

From Stirling

Someone who came from Stocking (enclosed), in Scotland

Valley of the stream

A dweller in, or near, a marsh or swamp

Southern land

Pig farm

Temple farmstead

Tenant farmer

Son of Thomas ("twin")

Someone from Torrance in Lanarkshire or Stirlingshire

Someone who came from Torrie (hill)

Bold, strong

Uncertain

"turn the bull", a nickname for strength

Someone who lived in, or near, the pasture dale

Someone who came from the lands of Tweedie (hemming in)

By the wood

From Wedale

Welshman, Briton of Strathclyde

An older word for an outsider

Wether stream

One who lived by a weir

Caves

White, fair

Son of William

Wise and hardy (Guiscard)

Sheep pasture

Little William

Someone who came from Yell (barren)