Kinnaird
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head”) + aird (“summit, peak”).
Proper noun
Kinnaird (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnairds)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A hamlet near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9559).
- A village and castle in eastern Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO2428).
- A neighborhood of Castlegar, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinnaird is the 19441st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1390 individuals. Kinnaird is most common among White (91.94%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinnaird”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308.