Given name & surname
Colquhoun
“nook, angle, corner”·“narrow, close”
Colquhoun is a surname, possibly from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Colquhoun is possibly built from elements meaning “nook, angle, corner” and “narrow, close”.
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Where it comes from
Colquhoun possibly comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Colquhoun’s family of names
In English usage, Colquhoun as a surname has a related form in CAHOON.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Colquhoun
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