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
Guinne
Gallie
Gall
Gun
Jamieson
MacIan
MacKeam
MacSheamais
Dunbar
Lawmond
Lawmont
Limond
Lomond
MacClymont
MacLamond
MacLaiment
MacLemmon
MacLimond
Donnachie
Dougall
Reith
Sempill
MacRoss
MacTaggart
Gillanders
Munro Ross Scottish family name
Horsburgh
Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers Scottish family
De Barra
Baxter
Nicholson
Robertson
Hamiltoun
Morrison
Stewart
Cunningham
McMillan
Sutherland
Stevenson
Whittaker
Montgomerie (Scottish form)
Stark
Primrose
Carlyle
Burns
Leitch
McDonald
Lyell family Scottish family
Reid
Watts