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This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Pages in category "Surnames of Scottish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 580 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many Scottish surnames are the names of Scottish clans that were once powerful families dominating large swaths of territory. [18] However, it is a common misconception that every person who bears a clan's name is a lineal descendant of the chiefs of that particular clan. [6] [note 6] There are several reasons for this.
Fitz – (Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin " filius" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) [citation needed] i – "and", always in lowercase, used to identify both surnames (e.g. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet) [11]
Pages in category "Scottish Gaelic-language surnames" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The usage of patronymic surnames was much more varied than is generally assumed. Historically, clan surnames were used by the descendants or dependants of an ancestor but not generally by everyone in the clan territory. [1] Only with the advent of a non-Gaelic speaking administration were clan surnames applied en-masse to people in a clan's ...
The following are people with the surname St. Clair, St Clair or Saint Clair, all of which are traditionally pronounced in the same manner as Sinclair: Arthur St. Clair (1737–1818), U.S. revolutionary general; Blair St. Clair (born 1995), American drag queen; Bob St. Clair (1931–2015), sportsman; Earl St. Clair, American musician