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Scottish Surnames From Places: Origins, Meanings and Common Examples

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Scottish place-name surnames often began as labels for people associated with a village, estate, region, river or landscape feature. Learn how names such as Douglas, Crawford, Leslie, Moffat, Sutherland and Elgin developed, and why a shared surname does not always prove shared ancestry.