Donaldson is a Scottish and Irish patronymic surname meaning "son of Donald". It is a simpler Anglicized variant for the name MacDonald. Notable people with the surname include:
Murray is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb ; the b here was pronounced as v, hence the Latinization to Moravia. These names denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray. The Murray spelling is not used for the geographical area, which is Moray, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray. See also Clan Murray.
Petrie is a surname of Scottish origin which may refer to:
Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
Todd is a surname meaning "fox". It is an English and Scottish surname, but probably originated in Scotland for someone thought to resemble a fox in personality or perhaps more obviously in having red hair. This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland. It may refer to:
Melville is a surname and a given name.
Gardiner is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Clan Drummond is a Highland Scottish clan. The surname is rendered "Druimeanach" in modern Scottish Gaelic.
Ormonde is a surname originated in Ireland (Ormonde) and Scotland (Ormond), but also occurring in England, United States, Portugal and Brazil.
Kerr is an English and Scottish surname, a topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland. Middle English kerr means ‘brushwood wet ground.’ See Clan Kerr for the Scottish origins.
Sharp is an English language surname, cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'.
Barclay is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Forster is a north English surname meaning "forester". It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same. Some indigenous south Germans independently carry the name Forster, while East Prussian Forsters are descendants of an 18th-century English Forster family. Notable people with this surname include:
Holden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ormond or Ormand is an old surname, originated in Ireland and Scotland (Ormond), but also occurring in England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Portugal and Brazil.
Lawson is an English and Scottish surname that may sometimes also be a given name.
Cowie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brand is a surname. It usually is a patronymic from the Germanic personal name Brando ("sword") or a short form of a compound personal name such as Hildebrand. The surname originated separately in England, Scotland, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and North Germany. The proto-Germanic word for 'brand' is 'brandaz'.
Allan is a Scottish surname derived from the given name of the same spelling.
