Given name & surname

Cathcart

“battle”

Cathcart is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cathcart goes back to Scottish Gaelic cath, meaning “battle.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Cathcart comes from Scottish Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cathcart’s family of names

In English usage, Cathcart as a surname has a related form in KITHCART.

Walk Cathcart’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Gaelic

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Kathleen

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Gaelic

Cara

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Calum

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Irish · Nature

Carberry

“tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mctaggart

“son of the priest”

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Carmical

Carmical is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cathcart’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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