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Sources used in compiling this list:
The Surnames of Scotland, George Fraser Black, 1946
The Clans, Septs and Regiments of Scotland, Frank Adam, 1952
Tartan For Me! Philip D. Smith, 1984
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia, George Way and Romilly Squire, 1994
| Surname | Alternate Spelling | Associated Surname (s) | District (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baad | Bad | Stirlingshire | |
| Bachop | Bachope, Bauchop, Bauchope | Dunblane, Galloway | |
| Back | Edinburgh | ||
| Backie | Backey, Backy | Sinclair | Caithness, Orkney |
| Backup | Galloway | ||
| Badbae | Sutherland | ||
| Badden | Argyll | ||
| Baddenach | Badenoch | Gordon, MacPherson | Badenoch |
| Baddie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Baddiley | Baddily, Baddlie, Baddly | Roxburgh | |
| Baddin | Argyll | ||
| Baddowny | Angus | ||
| Baddy | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bade | Stirlingshire | ||
| Badger | Galloway | ||
| Badichel | Huntly | ||
| Badie | Bady | Aberdeenshire | |
| Baer | Edinburgh | ||
| Baggat | Roxburgh | ||
| Bagnall | Bagnell | Glasgow | |
| Bagra | Angus | ||
| Baikie | Baiky | Angus | |
| Baildon | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bailey | Bailie, Baillie | Lanarkshire | |
| Bain | Bayne, Bean | MacBain, MacKay | Inverness-shire, Sutherland |
| Baird | Lanarkshire, Lennox | ||
| Bairdon | Bairdone | Galloway | |
| Bairner | Galloway | ||
| Bairnesfeather | Edinburgh | ||
| Baisler | Musselburgh | ||
| Bait | Baits | Fife | |
| Bakey | Angus | ||
| Balbirnie | Balbirny | Fife | |
| Balcairn | Balcairnie, Balcairny | Perthshire | |
| Balcaskie | Balcasky | Fife | |
| Balcathie | Balcathy | Angus | |
| Balchristie | Balchristy | Fife | |
| Balchro | Angus | ||
| Balcomie | Balcomy | Fife | |
| Balcromby | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Balcumlie | Balcumly | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bald | Perthshire | ||
| Balddownie | Angus | ||
| Baldranie | Baldrany | Edinburgh | |
| Baldro | Angus | ||
| Baldwin | Galloway | ||
| Balernie | Balerny | Aberdeenshire | |
| Balerno | Edinburgh | ||
| Balfour | Fife | ||
| Balgarnie | Balgarny | Fife | |
| Balgonie | Balgony | Aberdeenshire | |
| Balgowan | Perthshire | ||
| Balgreen | Paisley | ||
| Balhardie | Balhardy, Balharrie | Perthshire | |
| Balinman | Perthshire | ||
| Balkenwall | Ballcanwall, Balcanquall | Fife | |
| Ballanie | Ballany, Ballenie, Balleny | Edinburgh | |
| Ballantyne | Ballantine | Gala Water | |
| Ballard | St Andrews | ||
| Ballardie | Ballardy | Dundee | |
| Balligalli | Perthshire | ||
| Ballindalloch | Strathspey | ||
| Ballingall | Fife | ||
| Ballingshall | Fife | ||
| Balloch | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Ballone | Fife | ||
| Balmahay | Fife | ||
| Balmain | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Balmakin | Fife | ||
| Balmamolle | Fife | ||
| Balmanno | Balmarno | Perthshire | |
| Balmer | Roxburgh | ||
| Balmossie | Balmossy | Angus | |
| Balmyle | Balmyles | Edinburgh | |
| Balneaves | Murray | Atholl, Lanarkshire | |
| Balnory | Lennox | ||
| Balram | Fife | ||
| Balrony | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Balvaird | Fife | ||
| Balwearie | Balweary | Fife | |
| Balzard | Fife | ||
| Banhead | Ayrshire | ||
| Banker | Stirlingshire | ||
| Banks | Tweedside | ||
| Bannatie | Bannaty | Fife | |
| Bannatyne | Campbell | Carrick, Lanarkshire | |
| Bannerman | Forbes | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bannochie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Baptie | Bapty | Tweedside | |
| Barclay | Barcley, Barklay, Berkeley, Berklaw | Aberdeenshire, Fife | |
| Bardner | Edinburgh | ||
| Bardonan | Galloway | ||
| Barfoot | Paisley | ||
| Bargamie | Balgamy | Dunbar | |
| Bargill | Glasgow | ||
| Barham | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Barhill | Dunblane | ||
| Barker | Stirlingshire | ||
| Barland | Perthshire | ||
| Barlass | Perthshire | ||
| Barloch | Stirlingshire | ||
| Barnabie | Barnaby | Roxburgh | |
| Barnhill | Ayrshire | ||
| Barnie | Barney, Barny | Angus | |
| Barnight | Galloway | ||
| Barnsdale | Angus | ||
| Barnton | Musselburgh | ||
| Barnwell | Galloway | ||
| Barr | Paisley | ||
| Barrack | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Barratt | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Barrie | Farquharson, Gordon | Aberdeenshire, Deeside, Huntly | |
| Barron | Rose | Inverness-shire, Nairn | |
| Barry | Fife | ||
| Barskimming | Ayrshire | ||
| Bartell | Mar | ||
| Bartholomew | Leslie, MacFarlane | Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Lennox | |
| Bartill | Mar | ||
| Bartlam | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bartleman | Edinburgh | ||
| Barton | Ayrshire | ||
| Baskin | Basken | Buchan | |
| Bass | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bassendean | Dunbar | ||
| Bassily | Bassilie | Fife | |
| Bastow | Inverness-shire | ||
| Batchelor | Musselburgh | ||
| Batherston | Edinburgh | ||
| Bathgate | Roxburgh | ||
| Bathie | Perthshire | ||
| Batten | Argyll | ||
| Battison | Dunblane | ||
| Battle | Galloway | ||
| Bawne | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Baxter | Baxster | MacMillan | Aberdeenshire, Angus, Badenoch, Edinburgh, Fife |
| Bayloon | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bean | Bain | MacBain | Inverness-shire |
| Beangall | Stirlingshire | ||
| Beanston | Beanstun | Dunbar | |
| Beat | Edinburgh | ||
| Beath | MacDonald, MacLean, MacLeod | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Mull, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Beaton | Beton, Bethune | MacDonald, MacLean, MacLeod | Angus, Fife, Orkney, Perthshire, St Andrews |
| Beattie | Beatty | MacBain | Ettrick, Inverness-shire |
| Beaumont | St Andrews | ||
| Bebber | Edinburgh | ||
| Becher | Inverness-shire | ||
| Beck | Galloway | ||
| Beckett | Roxburgh | ||
| Beckton | Galloway | ||
| Beddel | Inverness-shire | ||
| Beddie | Beddy | Angus | |
| Bede | Buchan | ||
| Bedford | Glasgow | ||
| Bedson | Fife | ||
| Bee | Angus | ||
| Beecham | Beechem | Lochaber | |
| Beecher | Inverness-shire | ||
| Beedless | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Been | Edinburgh | ||
| Beer | Edinburgh | ||
| Beeston | Edinburgh | ||
| Begbie | Begby | Roxburgh | |
| Begg | MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire | |
| Belboys | Watson | Edinburgh | |
| Belch | Belches, Belshes | Dunblane, Roxburgh | |
| Belford | Roxburgh | ||
| Belfrage | Fife | ||
| Belgaven | Strathclyde | ||
| Belhelvie | Belhelvy | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bell | Carrick, Galloway, Perthshire, St Andrews, Strathclyde | ||
| Bellew | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bellhouse | Glasgow | ||
| Bellie | Angus | ||
| Bellman | Dunblane | ||
| Belten | Dunbar | ||
| Beltmaker | Edinburgh | ||
| Belton | Dunbar | ||
| Belty | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bendlow | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Benigan | Bennigan | Edinburgh | |
| Benison | Fife | ||
| Beniston | Benstone | Roxburgh | |
| Bennet | Bennett | Roxburgh | |
| Bennie | Benny | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bennoch | Galloway | ||
| Benson | Perthshire | ||
| Bent | Strathclyde | ||
| Benvie | Benvy | Dundee | |
| Bergius | Bergus | Lorne | |
| Berner | Fife | ||
| Berry | Forbes | Aberdeenshire, Banffshire | |
| Berwick | Bewick | Paisley | |
| Best | Edinburgh | ||
| Betagh | Galloway | ||
| Bethell | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bethune | Beaton, Beton | MacDonald, MacLean, MacLeod | Angus, Fife, Orkney, Perthshire, St Andrews |
| Bettridge | Fort William | ||
| Beugo | Fife | ||
| Beveridge | Fife | ||
| Beverly | Beverlie, Beverley | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bewick | Berwick | Paisley | |
| Bews | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bicham | Lochaber | ||
| Bichart | Edinburgh | ||
| Bicheno | Strathspey | ||
| Bickerton | Strathspey | ||
| Bickett | Gala Water | ||
| Biddie | Biddy | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bidun | Bidune | Perthshire | |
| Bie | Dundee | ||
| Bigbee | Bigbie, Bigby | Roxburgh | |
| Bigga | Biggas | Strathclyde | |
| Biggart | Paisley | ||
| Bigham | Edinburgh | ||
| Biglie | Bigly | Edinburgh | |
| Bilham | Lochaber | ||
| Bill | Strathclyde | ||
| Billet | Perthshire | ||
| Billhope | Roxburgh | ||
| Billie | Billy | Tweedside | |
| Billsland | Edinburgh | ||
| Bilston | Bilstone, Bilstun, Bilstune | Argyll | |
| Binnie | Binney, Binning | MacBain | Edinburgh, Inverness-shire |
| Bird | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Birgham | Dunbar | ||
| Birkenshaw | Paisley | ||
| Birkmeir | Birkmyre | Galloway | |
| Birnam | Birnham | Perthshire | |
| Birrel | Glasgow | ||
| Biscut | Glasgow | ||
| Bishop | Edinburgh | ||
| Bisset | Bissett | Fraser, Grant, MacNaughton | Aberdeenshire, Moray |
| Bissie | Bissy | Fife | |
| Bissland | Stirlingshire | ||
| Blaber | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Blabirn | Blaburn | Fife | |
| Black | Lamont, MacGregor, MacLean | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Hebrides, Isle of Mull, Musselburgh, Perthshire, Rothesay | |
| Blackadder | Glasgow | ||
| Blackburn | Glasgow | ||
| Blackett | Galloway | ||
| Blackhall | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Blacklaw | Galloway | ||
| Blacklie | Blackly | Galloway | |
| Blacklock | Galloway | ||
| Blacklug | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Blackman | Galloway | ||
| Blackmantel | Perthshire | ||
| Blackshaw | Galloway | ||
| Blackstock | Maxwell | Galloway, Roxburgh | |
| Blackstone | Galloway | ||
| Blackwater | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Blackwood | Strathclyde | ||
| Blaine | Blane | Galloway | |
| Blair | Ayrshire | ||
| Blake | Lamont | Argyll | |
| Blamire | Galloway | ||
| Blance | Caithness | ||
| Blane | Blaine | Galloway | |
| Blantyre | Strathclyde | ||
| Blanwell | Fife | ||
| Blaw | Fife | ||
| Blaylock | Nithsdale | ||
| Blellock | Perthshire | ||
| Blenkinsop | Ayrshire | ||
| Blew | Glasgow | ||
| Bligh | Dundee | ||
| Blindseil | Bindsell | Aberdeenshire | |
| Blomfield | Dundee | ||
| Blow | Fife | ||
| Blower | Strathclyde | ||
| Blue | MacMillan | Argyll, Isle of Arran | |
| Bluefield | Inverness-shire | ||
| Blund | Inverness-shire | ||
| Blundt | St Andrews | ||
| Blunt | Galloway | ||
| Blyth | Blythe | Tweedside | |
| Blytheswood | Applecross | ||
| Boa | Gala Water | ||
| Boag | Stirlingshire | ||
| Boase | Dundee | ||
| Boath | Angus | ||
| Bocland | Edinburgh | ||
| Bodden | Galloway | ||
| Boddie | Boddy | Roxburgh | |
| Bodell | Strathclyde | ||
| Bodie, Bodey | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Boe | Tweedside | ||
| Bog | Roxburgh | ||
| Boggs | Edinburgh | ||
| Bogie | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bogle | Glasgow | ||
| Bogrie | Bogrey, Bogry | Galloway | |
| Bogtown | Glasgow | ||
| Bohannon | Buchanan | Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire | |
| Bolam | Roxburgh | ||
| Bold | Gala Water | ||
| Boldon | Lochaber | ||
| Bole | Boles | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bolmar | Bomer | Glasgow | |
| Bolt | Gala Water | ||
| Bolton | Edinburgh | ||
| Bonallie | Bonally | Edinburgh | |
| Bone | Paisley | ||
| Bonhill | Glasgow | ||
| Bonk | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bonner | Bonnar, Bonar | Graham | Menteith, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
| Bonnieville | Bonville | Buchan | |
| Bonnyman | Angus | ||
| Bontein | Bontine | Graham | Menteith, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
| Bonthrow | Bonthrew | Fife | |
| Boog | Stirlingshire | ||
| Book | Fife | ||
| Bookless | Roxburgh | ||
| Boosie | Boosey, Boosy | Fife | |
| Booth | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Borhill | Strathclyde | ||
| Borison | MacLaren | Strathearn | |
| Borland | Paisley | ||
| Borrie | Perthshire | ||
| Borrowman | Angus | ||
| Borthwick | Edinburgh, Midlothian | ||
| Borund | Paisley | ||
| Bostack | Edinburgh | ||
| Bostick | Edinburgh | ||
| Boston | Roxburgh | ||
| Boswall | Boswell | Roxburgh | |
| Both | Angus | ||
| Bothie | Bothy | Aberdeenshire | |
| Bothwell | Strathclyde | ||
| Bound | Mar | ||
| Bousie | Bousey, Bousy | Perthshire | |
| Bowden | Roxburgh | ||
| Bowers | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire | |
| Bowes | Bows, Bowis | Watson | Edinburgh, Strathspey |
| Bowie | Buie | Grant, MacDonald | Argyll, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Huntly, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire, Strathspey |
| Bowlbie | Bowlby | Lochaber | |
| Bowmaker | MacGregor | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire | |
| Bowman | Farquharson | Aberdeenshire, Deeside | |
| Bowsie | Bowsey, Bowsy | Fife | |
| Boy | Watson | Strathearn | |
| Boyack | Fife | ||
| Boyd | Stewart | Argyll, Ayrshire, Edinburgh | |
| Boyce | Boice | Watson | Edinburgh, Strathspey |
| Boyden | Roxburgh | ||
| Boyes | Forbes | Aberdeenshire, Banffshire | |
| Boylan | Boyland | Roxburgh | |
| Boyle | O'Boyle | Galloway, Loch Laggan | |
| Boyman | Ayrshire | ||
| Boyne | Buchan | ||
| Boyter | Dundee | ||
| Boze | Watson | Edinburgh, Strathspey | |
| Brachell | Paisley | ||
| Brack | Dunbar | ||
| Brackenridge | Strathclyde | ||
| Brackhawk | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Braco | Dunblane | ||
| Bradie | Brady, Brodie | Dundee | |
| Brading | Rothesay | ||
| Bradley | Bradlie | Roxburgh | |
| Braid | Edinburgh | ||
| Braidfoot | Braidfoote | Galloway | |
| Braiding | Paisley | ||
| Braidwood | Dundee | ||
| Brain | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Braithwaite | Edinburgh | ||
| Brakhaugh | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brambie | Brambey, Bramby | Huntly | |
| Bran | Galloway | ||
| Branch | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brander | Huntly | ||
| Brandon | Brandin | St Andrews | |
| Brankin | Dundee | ||
| Brannan | Brannon | Dundee | |
| Branson | Glasgow | ||
| Branzean | Dunblane | ||
| Brash | Edinburgh | ||
| Brass | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bratton | Galloway | ||
| Bray | Fife | ||
| Bread | Fife | ||
| Breadenrig | Argyll | ||
| Breading | Rothesay | ||
| Breakhaugh | Breakhawk | Inverness-shire | |
| Breakie | Breakey, Breaky | Inverness-shire | |
| Brebner | Farquharson | Aberdeenshire, Deeside | |
| Brechin | Angus | ||
| Breck | Galloway | ||
| Breckinridge | Argyll | ||
| Bree | Dundee | ||
| Breeden | Dundee | ||
| Breen | Dundee | ||
| Bremer | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brenham | Angus | ||
| Bressack | Angus | ||
| Brewer | Drummond, MacGregor | Argyll, Dunblane, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Perthshire, Stirlingshire | |
| Brewhouse | Glasgow | ||
| Brewster | Fraser | Aberdeenshire, Deeside | |
| Brian | Galloway | ||
| Brick | Glasgow | ||
| Bridges | Galloway | ||
| Bridin | Galloway | ||
| Brieve | Morrison | Aberdeenshire, Caithness, Perthshire | |
| Briggs | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brim | Brims | Sutherland | |
| Brimer | Fife | ||
| Brinton | Strathclyde | ||
| Brisbane | Lennox | ||
| Briscot | Glasgow | ||
| Bristow | Inverness-shire | ||
| Broadlie | Broadley | Inverness-shire | |
| Brobble | Brobbly | Edinburgh | |
| Brocket | Brockett | Strathclyde | |
| Brockhouse | Edinburgh | ||
| Brockie | Brockey | Angus | |
| Broderick | Inverness-shire | ||
| Brodie | Brady, Bridy, Broddie, Brothy, Brydie | See: Clan Brodie Early Genealogy & History | Badenoch, Moray, Nairn, Strathspey |
| Brog | Stirlingshire | ||
| Brogan | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brokus | Angus | ||
| Brooke | Brookes | Aberdeenshire | |
| Broom | Stirlingshire | ||
| Broomfield | Edinburgh | ||
| Broomhill | Galloway | ||
| Broomside | Fife | ||
| Brotchie | Brotchy | Sutherland | |
| Brothers | Musselburgh | ||
| Brotherston | Gala Water | ||
| Brow | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brown | Broun | Lamont, MacMillan | One of the top twelve most common surnames in Scotland for over 100 years; can be found in almost every Scottish District. |
| Brownclerk | Edinburgh | ||
| Brownfield | Roxburgh | ||
| Brownhill | Edinburgh | ||
| Browning | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Brownlie | Brownly | Strathclyde | |
| Bruce | Brus | See: Clan Bruce Early Genealogy & History | Carrick, Dunblane, Galloway |
| Brunell | Brunill | Argyll | |
| Brunlie | Brunley, Brunly | Edinburgh | |
| Bruntfield | Edinburgh | ||
| Brunton | Roxburgh | ||
| Bryant | Carrick | ||
| Bryce | MacFarlane | Argyll, Lennox | |
| Bryde | Brodie | Badenoch, Moray, Nairn, Strathspey | |
| Bryden | Brydon | Ettrick, Roxburgh | |
| Bryman | Dundee | ||
| Bryson | Strathclyde | ||
| Bubb | Angus | ||
| Buccleuch | Scott | Melrose | |
| Buch | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buchan | Cumming | Buchan | |
| Buchanan | See: Clan Buchanan Early Genealogy & History | Hebrides, Lennox, Menteith, Stirlingshire | |
| Buchner | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buck | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Buckholm | Roxburgh | ||
| Buckie | Buckey, Bucky | Buchan | |
| Buckle | Edinburgh | ||
| Buckner | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buddo | Fife | ||
| Buderick | Isle of Arran | ||
| Buglass | Tweedside | ||
| Buick | Angus | ||
| Buissland | Stirlingshire | ||
| Buist | Fife | ||
| Buittle | Galloway | ||
| Bull | Bulls | Ayrshire | |
| Bullen | Bullin, Bullins | Edinburgh, Perthshire | |
| Bullerswell | Roxburgh | ||
| Bullion | Bullions | Stirlingshire | |
| Bullman | Menteith | ||
| Bulmar | Bulmer | Glasgow | |
| Bultie | Bulty | Dundee | |
| Bunch | Perthshire | ||
| Bunchraw | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buntain | Bunten, Buntine | Graham | Menteith, Perthshire, Stirlingshire |
| Bunting | Graham | Menteith, Perthshire, Stirlingshire | |
| Bunyan | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Bunyie | Edinburgh | ||
| Bunzeon | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Burbank | Dunblane | ||
| Burbone | Edinburgh | ||
| Burdon | Bourdon | Lamont | Argyll, Roxburgh |
| Burgan | Dunblane | ||
| Burgess | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Burgher | Inverness-shire | ||
| Burk | Burke | MacDonald | Argyll, Dundee, Glen Coe, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Ross-shire |
| Burnett | Campbell | Argyll, Roxburgh, Melrose | |
| Burnfield | Glasgow | ||
| Burham | Perthshire, Mar | ||
| Burns | Burn, Burnes | Campbell | Argyll, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Strathclyde |
| Burnside | Angus | ||
| Burnville | Galloway | ||
| Burr | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Burrell | Roxburgh | ||
| Burroch | Perthshire | ||
| Burrows | Inverness-shire | ||
| Burt | Fife | ||
| Burwick | Orkney | ||
| Busbie | Busbey, Busby, Buzby | Paisley | |
| Butchart | Angus | ||
| Butcher | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Buthe | Inverness-shire | ||
| Butter | Buttar, Buttars | Murray | Atholl, Fife, Lanarkshire, Perthshire |
| Buttercase | Perthshire | ||
| Buttress | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buy | Inverness-shire | ||
| Buyth | Inverness-shire | ||
| Bycot | Glasgow | ||
| Byers | Byres | Lindsay | East Lothian, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire |