Surnames
Surnames Associated with Glenurquhart & Glenmoriston

This is only a sample of the surnames I have found in Glenurquhart & Glenmoriston.

Surnames from 1544 in Glenurquhart & Glenmoriston are shown in Bold Type
(as shown in "Urquhart & Glenmoriston 1893 by W. MacKay).

ALLAN - BAIN - BANE - BAYNE - BEAN - BOWMAN - BREIR - BUIE - BURGESS - CAMERON - CAMPBELL - CANDYCH - CHISHOLM - CLERK - CUMMING - DANDSON - DAVIDSON - DEAN - DEMPSTARE - DOW - DUFF - DUNBAR - FAGE - FANNY - FARQUHARSON - FERGUSON - FERQUHARSON - FRASER - FULLERTON - GARLAND - GILLIES - GLAS - GOLLAN - GORDON -
GOW - GRAHAM - GRANT - GRASYCHT - GRAY - GRESSIK - HUTCHISON - INNES - JAMIESON - KANE - KEIR - KENNEDY - LAUDER - LAWRENCE - LAY - LOGAN - MacCULLOCH - MacDONALD - MacDONELL - MacEACHAN - MacGILLIES - MacINNES - MacKAY - MacKENZIE - MacKINTOSH - MacLEAN - MacMILLAN - MacPHERSON - MacRAE - MALLYCHT - MANN - MATHESON - McALLAN - McALISTER - McBEAN - McCALLUM - McCANDYCHT - McCASKELL - McCLERICH - McCLUNALD - McCOILL - McCOLL - McCOIL - McCOMLWQUE - McCONACHY - McCONNELL - McCONNILL - McCONQUHY - McCOWANE - McCOWYNE - McCRISTIANE - McCULLOCH - McDEQUEYRE - McDONALD - McDONELL - McDOUGALD - McDOUGALL - McEANE - McELVENTIE - McEVAN - McEWYNE - McEWYR - McFALE - McFARQUHAIR - McFARQUHAR - McFARQUHARE - McFATRIK - McFERGUS - McFERQUHARD -  McFIE - McFINDLAW - McFORSAR - McFRE - McFYNDLAW - McGILCHRIST - McGILLEFATRIK - McGILLECALLUM - McGILLECRIST - McGILLEIS - McGILLENDREIS - McGILLEMERTYNE - McGILLEMOIR - McGILLENDRIS - McGILLIES - McGILCROY - McGILLEGLAS - McGILLEMICHAEL - McGILLEPATRIK - McGILPHADRICK - McGLASSEN - McGOWONE - McGREGOR - McGRUER - McHOMASH - McHUCHEON - McIAS - McILDONYCHT - McILROY - McINFUTTIR - McINGOWIN - McINNES - McINLUSTIE - McINTYRE - McIVER - McJAMES - McKAY - McKEANE - McKELVILLE - McKENRIE - McKENZIE - McKOCK - McKYNNES - McLEAN - McLENNAN - McLEOD - McMILLAN - McNEILL - McOWARTE - McPHADRIG - McPHAIL - McPHEE - McPHERSON - McRAE - McRURY - McSORLE - McVANNAN - McWILLE - McWILLIAM - McWILLIAME - MENZIES - MILLER - MILNE - MITCHELL - MONROE - MUNRO - MURRAY - NOBLE - OGILVY - PATERSON - RANKIN - RIACH - ROBERTSON - ROSS - ROY - SCOTT - SHAW - SINCLAIR - SMART - SMITH - STEWART - STUART - SUTHERLAND - TAYLOR - URQUHART - WELLS - WIKYNE

Place Names in Glenurquhart & Glenmoriston
with origins/meanings of some names.

In Gaelic: Urquhart = URCHUDAINN
Glenmoriston = GLEANNA-MOIREASDAINN

Achnaconeran (field of the hunters), Achnahannet, Achmonie (field of the moor), Achmony Wood, Achmababan, Achtermerach, Achintemarach (shamrock field), Achtuie (black heathery place), Allanmore, Aonach (the gathering place), Ardachan, Auchmony, Badcaul (hazel clump), Baemore ( large birch wood), Balbeg (little township), Balchraggan ( township of the rock), Balintombuy (yellow knoll),  Balmacaan (Mac Cathan's stead), Balnaban, Balnacraig (Craig Nay), Balnain (township of the ford), Balnaglaie, Balnaglaic (township of the hollow), Balnalic (township of the flat stone), Balnalligin, Balnalurgin (township of long, low ridge),  Beamack, Bearnock (small gap), Blairbeg (little plain), Blairintore, Blairy, Boglashan, Bolnagrantaig, Borlum (corruption of Bordland), Braefield (township of the brae), Breachachie (speckled field), Breakrie (speckled shieling),  Bunloit (lower part of slope), Clunebeg, Clunemore, Coillyside, Coire Dho (Corry of river Do), Corriemony (Monie's corry), Corriemony Mills, Corrish, Croitantoir, Culnakirk (back land of the hen), Dalchreichard, Dalshangie (flat river - Pictish), Dalreach, Divach (Divach burn), Drumbuie (yellow ridge), Drumclune, Drumcore, Drumnadrochit (ridge of the bridge), Dundreggan Beg, Dundreggan More, Ester Auchtuie, Ester Milton, Garbeg, Gartallie (Daly's circle), Glenurquhart, Grotaig, Hazelbrae, Inchonochar, Inchtellach, Inchvalgar, Invermoriston, Kerrowdown (brown quarter), Kerrowgair (the short quarter-davach), Kilmartin (name given in 1884 to Lakefield - of old known as Meiklies or Grasgaig, little pass), Kilmichael, Kilmore, Knockity, Laggan Bane, Lakefield, Lenie (place of wet meadows), Levisy, Lewiston (English name given to village at Blar na maigh, the plain of the plain), Lochletter (dark, wet hillside), Lower Bunloit, Lower Gartalie, Lower Lenie, Luirgnabrochd, Lurgin, Marchfield, Mealfourvonie (rounded hill of the cold moor - 2284 ft.), Meiklie (probably Pictish), Middle Drumbuie, Millness (mill of the waterfall), Milton (township of the mill), Pitkerrald, Polmalie (Malie's pool, name of a saint), Polmailiewood, Recraggan, Revulich, Rullburn, Rychraggan (slope of the rock), Rynaghaol, Shenval (the old town), Shewglie (place of rye),  St. Ninians, Strathnacro (little strath of the nuts), Strone, Strone Castle, Tassack, Temple House, Tobar Ruigeard (Richards Well), Torgyle, Tornabreak, Tornashee (hill of fairies), Torshee, Tynaherrick, Upper Bunloit, Upper Drumbuie, Upper Gartalie, Upper Lenie, White Pole.

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