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Aitken Scottish, English
Derived from the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.

Alan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Allan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Allen English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Barber English, Scottish
Indicated a barber, one who cut hair for a living, ultimately from Latin barba "beard".

Blackwood English, Scottish
From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Breckenridge Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone from Brackenrig in Lanarkshire, derived from northern Middle English braken meaning "bracken" (via Old Norse brækni) and rigg meaning "ridge" (via Old Norse hryggr).

Breckinridge Scottish, English
Variant of Breckenridge.

Burns 1 English, Scottish
Derived from Old English burna "stream, spring". A famous bearer was the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796).

Carr 1 Scottish, English
Variant of Kerr.

Coburn Scottish, English
Variant of Cockburn.

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".

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.

Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.

Davis English, Scottish
Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.

Fairbairn Scottish, English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English and Scots.

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Gibbs English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gibson English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Glenn Scottish, English
From place names derived from Gaelic gleann "valley". A famous bearer was the American astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016).

Graham Scottish, English
Derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Graham.

Grant English, Scottish
Derived from Norman French meaning "grand, tall, large, great". A famous bearer was the American general and president Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).

Haig English, Scottish
From Old English haga or Old Norse hagi meaning "enclosure, pasture".

Hamilton English, Scottish
From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Hepburn English, Scottish
From northern English place names meaning "high burial mound" in Old English. It was borne by Mary Queen of Scot's infamous third husband, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwall. Other famous bearers include the actresses Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) and Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).

Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

Irvin Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Irving Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Jack English, Scottish
From the given name Jack.

Jardine English, Scottish
Means "garden", denoting someone who worked as a gardener.

Kerr Scottish, English
From Scots and northern Middle English kerr meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.

Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.

Lindsey English, Scottish
Variant of Lindsay.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Mack 2 Scottish, English
From the given name Mack 2.

Mitchell 1 English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Michael.

Montgomery English, Scottish
From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "Gumarich's mountain". A notable bearer was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.

Morris English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Derived from the given name Maurice.

Neil Scottish, English, Irish
Derived from the given name Neil.

Ness English, Scottish, Norwegian
From English ness and Norwegian nes meaning "headland, promontory", of Old Norse origin, originally referring to a person who lived there.

Noble English, Scottish
From a nickname meaning "noble, high-born, illustrious", derived via Middle English and Old French from Latin nobilis. In some cases the nickname may have been given ironically to people of the opposite character.

Norris 1 English, Scottish
Means "from the north" from Old French norreis. It either denoted someone who originated in the north or someone who lived in the northern part of a settlement.

Paterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patton English, Scottish
Diminutive of the medieval name Pate, a short form of Patrick.

Ramsey English, Scottish
Means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramsa "garlic" and eg "island". The surname was brought to Scotland by the Norman baron Simundus de Ramsay.

Reid Scottish, English
Scots variant of Read 1.

Ross English, Scottish
From various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland".

Sangster English, Scottish
Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".

Saunders English, Scottish
Variant of Sanders.

Scott English, Scottish
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.

Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.

Turnbull English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.

Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace.

Wallis Scottish, English
Variant of Wallace.

Watson English, Scottish
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Wood English, Scottish
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".

Woods English, Scottish
Variant of Wood.