If You Have One Of These Surnames, Your Name Is 900 Years Old

The 12 oldest Scottish surnames still spoken today, decoded: Gaelic, Norse and Norman origins, clan history, surname meanings, and the earliest charters that put these last names into writing. If you have Scottish ancestry, one of these surname origins may belong to your own family line. MAC, RAM, HAY, KEI, LAM, MUR, LES, DOU, CUM, BRU, RID, ??? Tell us where you are listening from and which surname you want decoded next. Any name, any origin, drop it in the comments. Your name might be an upcoming episode. You were named by history. #ScottishSurnames #ScottishAncestry #SurnameOrigins SOURCES This video draws on the 1116 inquest of David, Prince of the Cumbrians, into the possessions of the church of Glasgow, and the charters of David I; the Ragman Roll of 1296; and the published clan histories of Riddell, Lindsay, Keith, Lamont, Macnab, Leslie, Ramsay, Hay, Murray, Douglas and Cumming.