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

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
Kirkwood (surname)
surface form: Kirkwood
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