Strathclyde Surnames

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BROWNLIE

This is a variant of the Scottish habitational name from Brownlee in Lanarkshire.

DOCHERTY

Docherty is simply the Scottish spelling of the Irish surname Doherty.

FRAME

Frames are found across Strathclyde and central Scotland in the 1881 census.

GALLACHER

Gallachers are common in Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire.

HOUSTON

This is a habitational name from the parish of Houston in Renfrewshire.

PETTIGREW

This is connected to the Scottish nickname for a small man. The name derives from petit the French word for small.

POLLOCK

This habitational name from Renfrewshire derives from the Gaelic for pond.

SEMPLE

This is a Scottish and Northern Irish nickname for someone simple or straightforward.

SNEDDON

Relatively common across Strathclyde, Central Scotland, Lothian and Fife, this name originates from a place near Dumfries.

SPIERS

In 1881 the riverside district of Govan in Glasgow was a Spiers hotspot.

STRUTHERS

This surname crops up in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire.