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[Surname] Scottish surname can't be found?
I'm looking for the meaning and origin of the Scottish surname, Patterson.I think it's vague translation is Pastors son. But I could be wrong since translation isn't really my thing.I don't know the date it originated in, but I'm pretty sure it came from Glasgow; Scotland.It's a branch of another Scottish surname, Smart. But I know less about that one.The reason I'm asking is because I'd like to find my crest.
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Patterson is a bog-standard English patronymic: Patrick's son. A gazillion totally-unrelated families bear this name around the world, some of them of Scottish origin, some of them not.And it's nearly certain that you don't _have_ a "crest". Any website or company that tells you otherwise is fraudulently trying to sell you something. See for example https://www.fleurdelis.com/nofamilycrest.htm or https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs for some explanations.
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you can go onto the Family Crest. org and look it up that is how my family did there's on both side of my mother and father sides
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There appear to be several spellings to that surname, try dropping one of the t's or adding an 's' or you could try spelling it phonetically as: Patason or Pattason or Paturson. I don't know, but it's worth a try. Hope this helps.
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You should find what you're looking for at tinyurl.com/y6sefj9u.
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