The Robertson Surname
- Meaning
- son of Robert
- Type
- Patronymic
- Root
- English
- Chiefly
- Perthshire and the central Highlands
The English-language form of a Gaelic patronymic, adopted as Lowland Scots displaced Gaelic in the record. Robert itself is Germanic — hrod and beraht, ‘bright fame’.
In Gaelic the same family is Clann Donnchaidh, the children of Duncan, which is a reminder that the English surname and the Gaelic descent group need not agree.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Robertson name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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