The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromceann“head, top”
- English todayKincaid
Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Lennoxtown, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head, top”) + càithe (“pass”) or cadha (“quagmire”).
Words from the same roots
Scottish Gaelicceann all →
KinnearKinnairdKinghornKinlocheil
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.