Coutts (surname)

Coutts and Couts are surnames derived from the Scottish Gaelic language. The names are derived from the Gaelic cuilt. The chronicles of the Coutts family reach back into Scottish history to an ancient tribe known as the Picts. The ancestors of the Coutts family lived in Cults in Aberdeenshire where the name can be found since very early times. There are many place names in Cromar and Upper Deeside named Cults/Culsh.

Early origins of the Coutts family

The surname Coutts was first found in Elginshire a former county in northeastern Scotland, in the present day Scottish Council Area of Moray, where they held a family seat from very early times.

William Coutts, a Coutts of Auchintoul, was a vassal of the Macdonalds, settled in Montrose, in the 16th century and became a provost of the town. The Coutts are associated with the Farquharsons.

People with the surname

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