Surname · also Gaelic

Corstorphine

“cross”

Corstorphine is a surname, possibly from Scottish Gaelic (ultimately Old Norse).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Corstorphine possibly goes back to Scottish Gaelic cros, meaning “cross.”

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Where it comes from

Corstorphine possibly comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Old Norse.

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How it developed

Possibly from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”).

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Corstorphine’s family of names

In English usage, Corstorphine as a surname has a related form in CARSTARPHEN.

Walk Corstorphine’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

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Old Norse · Royal

Coningsby

“king's” · “farm, town”

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Irish

Kormákur

Kormákur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Old Irish. It is used in Icelandic.

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Old High German

Kotilainen

“home”

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Old Norse

Kolbein

“coal” · “bone”

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Germanic

Kaustinen

Kaustinen is a surname, possibly from Old Norse, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Old Norse

Coghill

“cottage”

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Old English

Cartledge

“rocky ground”

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Old English

Calthorpe

“village”

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Sibling ideas

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