Scottish Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 2 of 3)

From Fotheringham

Stranger

Of uncertain Norman origin

Someone from Fullarton in Ayrshire or Fullerton in Hampshire

Bird settlement

Foreign Briton

An outsider; other origins

Someone who came from Galloway (white hill-face)

The stranger or foreigner

Someone who came from Gallery (stranger Gael), in Angus

From Galloway

Son of Gib (Gilbert)

Servant of Christ

Son of the bishop's servant

Servant of Jesus

Kite rock

Someone from Glasgow

Glassmaker, or grey-green

Someone who came from Glendinning (glen of the fair hill)

Valley

The man from Gordon (spacious hill), in Scotland

From Gordon ("spacious fort")

The worker in metals, a smith

From Grantham, "gravelly homestead"

The large or fat man

Tall, great

Someone who came from Greenlaw (verdant hill)

Son of Gregor

Farm overseer

Battle

From Guthrie in Angus

From La Hague in Normandy

Hare stones

Someone who came from Halyburton (village by the holy enclosure)

Holy day

From Hambleton, "crooked hill"

From Harkness

The impatient, violent person

The impatient, violent person

Hedge, enclosure

Hemp hill

Son of Henry

Hugh's town

A descendant of little How, a variant of Hugh (spirit)

From Hume in Berwickshire

Huntsman

Place name

Hugh's town

The Englishman

Someone who came from the barony of Innes (island)

From Irvine in Dumfriesshire

From Irvine, or boar-friend

Son of James

Son of Jamie (James)

The son of Ian

Garden

From John's settlement (Johnstone)

From Keir

From the lands of Keith

Place name

Dweller by the marshy scrubland

Young goat

Someone who came from Kilbride (church of St. Brigit)

Goat wood

Church of St Patrick

Head of the pass

From Kinnear

Dweller by the church

Church land

Church of St Patrick

Church wood

The son of Sitreac or Sitrig (true victory)

From the knock (round hill)

Someone who came from Cross (a cross)

Narrow strait

Mound or hill

Landowner

Law man (Norse lagman)

Someone who tended the open wood

Someone who came from Langwell (long field)

A descendant of little Laurence (laurel, symbol of victory)

One who lived by a hill

Son of Law (Lawrence)

From the Lennox district

From Leslie in Aberdeenshire

Small, a nickname

Little John

Leving's settlement

Leving's farm

A dweller by a Jake

From Locard

From Logan, "little hollow"

Someone who came from Logan (little hollow), in Scotland

Wolf, or a term of affection

Someone who came from Loudoun (flame hill), in Ayrshire

Little Lawrence

From Lundie

Of the island

Son of Olaf

The son of Bean (life)

Son of Domhnall (world ruler)

The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)

The son of Gillebhrath (servant of judgment or doom)

Son of Aodh ("fire")

Son of Coinneach (Kenneth)

Son of the leader (toiseach)

Son of the servant of John

The son of the servant of St. Finnian

Son of Leod

The son of Tom, a pet form of Thomas (a twin)

The son of Paul (small)

Son of grace

Several origins, including a strength-name

Horse servant; farrier

From Maxwell, "Maccus's pool"

Son of the dark one of peace

Son of Alasdair (Alexander)

Son of Artan

Son of St Fillan's servant

Son of Leod

Son of the sallow lad

Son of Colum, 'dove'

The son of Thorketill, a Norse personal name

Son of Reachtain, 'law'

Son of Ruaidhrí

Son of Craith