Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Scottish; and the first letter is C.
usage
letter
Cameron Scottish
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".
Campbell Scottish
From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".
Carson Scottish
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.
Clacher Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic clachair meaning "stonemason".
Cochrane Scottish
From the name of a place in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its origin is uncertain.
Cockburn Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The place name is derived from Old English cocc "rooster" and burna "stream".
Colquhoun Scottish
From a place name meaning "narrow corner" or "narrow wood" in Gaelic.
Coutts Scottish
From the name of the town of Cults in Aberdeenshire, derived from a Gaelic word meaning "woods".
Craig Scottish
Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag, rocks, outcrop", originally belonging to a person who lived near a crag.
Cruickshank Scottish
From a nickname meaning "bent leg" in Scots.
Cummins English, Scottish, Irish
From the Old Breton given name Cunmin, a cognate of Cuimín, introduced to Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Cunningham 1 Scottish
From the name of place in the Ayrshire district of Scotland. It possibly comes from Gaelic cuinneag meaning "milk pail".