Calbraith Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Calbraith? Think of it as Galbraith with a different pen. Taken at its root, Calbraith points to “Foreign Briton”.

Spelling and variants

Spelled with “c” instead of “g”, Calbraith shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Galbreath and Galbreth.

Family crest and blazon

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

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