Our Septs

The Clan Gunn Society Membership List has well over 400 unique Surnames.

While some of these members don’t bare a name derived from the Clan Gunn and instead trace their connection though ancestry, many of our Members have names that are directly associated with the Clan Gunn, or a derivative of one of these sept names.

The list given in Frank Adam’s “The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands”, revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney is much shorter. This is the list the Chief and Council recognise and consists of:

These are nearly all derived from the sons or descendants of “the Crowner”-James, John (or Ian). Henry. Robert, William and George. Gaunson is Gunn’s son,Manson is Magnus’ son, Swanson is Sweyn’s son, Nelson is Neil’s son and Sandison is Alexander’s son.

The ‘Macfl‘hor-Ketils’ are mentioned as belonging to the Clan Gunn in a feud with the Mackays.

Derivatives

Surnames regarded as possible derivatives of Septs of Clan Gunn or affiliated with Clan Gunn include:

This list, of course is not exhaustive. While the onus would be on the applicant to show lineage to the original sept list we understand names were changed, shortened, translated from Gaelic and misspelled at many times in history. There may be other derivatives out there!