Urquhart (surname)

Urquhart ( or ; ) is a Scottish surname. It is a habitational name, that can be derived from any of four places with the name. Other places named "Urquhart", including one by Loch Ness, are derived from the Brythonic elements "ar", meaning "on", "by"; and "cardden", meaning "thicket". The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Urchardan.