If Your Scottish Surname Is on This List, It Was Once Illegal

Scottish surname history hides one of the most extreme survival stories in Highland history: an entire clan legally banned from using its own name for over a century and a half. Fifteen Scottish surnames decoded, every one of them a documented disguise adopted during the MacGregor proscription. Doc... Ski... Pet... Fle... Mal... Com... Bow... Gre... Gri... Gre... Whi... Bla... Cai... Mac... and ??? If your surname is Scottish, or you think it might be, tell us in the comments where your family ended up. The names people bring here keep turning into future videos. Want your own surname traced properly? namedbyhistory.com #ScottishSurnames #ClanMacGregor #CelticNames SOURCES This video draws on the American Clan Gregor Society's history and sept records; the Clan Gregor Society chapters of the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest, and their published sept and alias lists; the MacGregor Septs and Aliases reference maintained by the Clan Gregor Society; and The Scotsman's historical account of the 1603 proscription.