Urquhart (surname)

Urquhart
Origin
Language(s)	Brittonic
Meaning	1. "the portion of the shot" ; 2. "on", "by" and "thicket"
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Urchardan; Uhrchardan

Urquhart (/ˈɜːrkɑːrt/ (listen) or /ˈɜːrkərt/;[1] Scots: [ˈʌrkərt]) is a Scottish surname. It is a habitational name, that can be derived from any of four places with the name. Other places named Urquhart, including one by Loch Ness, are derived from the Brythonic elements ar, meaning "on", "by"; and cardden, meaning "thicket".[2] The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Urchardan.[3]

List of people with the surname

Arts/media

Mary Cora Urquhart (1859-1936), American actress
Felicity Urquhart (born 1976), country music singer-songwriter
Ian Urquhart, Canadian journalist
Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), American stage actress
Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948), Australian journalist and novelist
Molly Urquhart (1906-1977), Scottish actress
Philippa Urquhart, British actress
Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canadian author
Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660), Scottish writer, translator of Rabelais
Tony Urquhart (born 1934), Canadian painter
Feargus Urquhart (born 1970), CEO of Obsidian Entertainment
Robert Urquhart (born 1922), British actor

Business

Alistair Urquhart (born 1919), Scottish businessman
Diane Urquhart, Canadian financial analyst
Lawrence Urquhart LLB, CA, (born 1935), Scottish businessman
George Anderson Urquhart (born 1957), Owner - Urquhart Tile

Sports

Billy Urquhart (born 1957), Scottish football player
Cory Urquhart (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Donna Urquhart (born 1986), Australian squash player
Duncan Urquhart (born 1908), Scottish football player
Fiona Urquhart (born 1987), Scottish cricketer
Gavin Urquhart (born 1988), Australian football player
George Urquhart (born 1950), footballer
Johnny Urquhart, Scottish football player and administrator
Max Urquhart (born 1942), Australian footballer
Mike Urquhart (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player

Politics

Alexander Urquhart (died 1727), Scottish politician
Anne Urquhart, (born 1957), Australian politician
Brian Urquhart, United Nations official
Carl Urquhart Canadian politician
Colin Urquhart, British Christian leader
Don Urquhart (1848–1911), Australian politician
Earl Wallace Urquhart (1921–1971), Canadian politician
Elias L. Urquhart (1846-1934), American politician
Frederic Urquhart (1858–1935), Australian police commissioner
Glen Urquhart (born 1948) American politician
James Urquhart (1822–1901), American politician
Jean Urquhart (born 1949), Scottish politician
John Urquhart (1844-1933), Canadian mayor
Stephen H. Urquhart (born 1965), American politician

Science/humanities

James S. Urquhart, Lecturer in astronomy
Alasdair Urquhart, professor of philosophy
Feargus Urquhart, computer game developer
Fred Urquhart (1911–2002), Canadian zoologist
Francis Fortescue Urquhart (1868–1934), English academic
George Macdonald Urquhart, (1925-1997) Scottish parasitologist
Kenneth Trist Urquhart (1932–2012), historian and 27th Clan Urquhart chief[4]
Henry Scott Urquhart,(1958-) Radiation Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer

Military

Ronald Urquhart (1906–1968), British Army officer
Roy Urquhart, British Army general
Alan Urquhart, Australian Army Medic

Fictional

Ethan Urquhart, titular character in Lois McMaster Bujold's novel Ethan of Athos
Francis Urquhart, character in BBC political thriller House of Cards
Julius Gore-Urquhart, wealthy philanthropist in Kingsley Amis's novel Lucky Jim
Gordon Urquhart, character in the 1983 film Local Hero
Norman Urquhart, character in Dorothy Sayers' mystery novel Strong Poison

gollark: Capitalism seems to be doing a fairly okay job of satisfying the values of, well, people in places with more resources, and apparently most people's values don't actually involve helping people they don't directly interact with because humans are bad.

gollark: From what I do know of Marx, he ends up just making up an analysis framework to get the results he wants out of analyzing things.

gollark: No.

gollark: Maybe I can read a summary.

gollark: Explain badly, then.

References

"Urquhart". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
"Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Urquhart".
Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
Casely, Gordon (2012-11-03). "Obituary: Kenneth Urquhart of Urquhart, clan chief and academic who brought 21st-century expertise to an ancient tradition". The Scotsman.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Urquhart". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

[2] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Urquhart".

[3] Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

[4] Casely, Gordon (2012-11-03). "Obituary: Kenneth Urquhart of Urquhart, clan chief and academic who brought 21st-century expertise to an ancient tradition". The Scotsman.