Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Scottish; and the origin is Old Norse.
usage
origin
Begbie Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Baggi and býr "farm, settlement".
Haig English, Scottish
From Old English haga or Old Norse hagi meaning "enclosure, pasture".
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).
Keir Scottish
Variant of Kerr.
Kerr Scottish, English
From Scots and northern Middle English kerr meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.
MacIomhair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McIver.
McIver Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIomhair meaning "son of Íomhar".
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.
Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.