Scottish surname
C133
concept
A Scottish surname is a family name originating from Scotland, often derived from Gaelic, Norse, or Anglo-Norman roots and reflecting ancestral occupations, locations, or clan affiliations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scottish surname canonical | 199 |
| Scottish family | 10 |
| Scottish aristocratic family name | 1 |
| Scottish family name | 1 |
| family name of Scottish origin | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Scottish surname
Generated description
A Scottish surname is a family name originating from Scotland, often derived from Gaelic, Norse, or Anglo-Norman roots and reflecting ancestral occupations, locations, or clan affiliations.
Instances (211)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Napier | — |
| Colquhoun | — |
| McGinn | — |
| Arrol | — |
| Cameron | — |
| Cathcart | — |
| McElroy | — |
| Rankin | — |
| Duncan | — |
| MacSorley | — |
| MacMartin | — |
| Monro | — |
| Corbett, Scotland | — |
| Hardie | — |
| Thornton | — |
| Crichton-Stuart | Scottish aristocratic family name |
| Bremner | — |
| Cruickshank | — |
| Lorimer | — |
| MacKinnon | — |
| Coulter | — |
| MacLeod | — |
| Dickie | — |
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Kirkwood (surname)
surface form:
Kirkwood
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| Maclehose | — |
| M’Illdowie | — |
| Carmichael | — |
| Hendrie | — |
| Finlayson | — |
| Park | — |
| Braid | — |
| Reed | — |
| Mitchell | — |
| Crerar | — |
| MacPherson | — |
| McDowall | — |
| Mackay | — |
| Fullarton | — |
| Hope | — |
| Craigie | — |
| McCarroll | — |
| Thomson | — |
| Ross | — |
| Fulton | — |
| Douglas (surname) | — |
| MacLean | — |
| Broun-Ramsay | — |
| MacBean | — |
| MacEwan | — |
| Lochhead | — |