surname ??

[Danny]

I'm new to the forum and i was wondering if anyone can tell me if the (Prophet, Profit,Profet, Proffat) surname was associated with any clan or what tartan they ware.

Danny

[Chas]

Hello Danny,

I can find no Clan association for that name in any of the spellings.

I believe that it might stem from the original Welsh. As in Ap Rophet.

[ctbuchanan]

Here is some info on the origins of the name: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/profit

[mookien]

According to the "Expanded Ninth Edition" of "Tartan For Me" by Philip D. Smith the name(s) Profet(t) are associated with the Aberdeen District tartan.

[TheOfficialBren]

Let us also keep in mind that not every name of Scottish origin is associated with the clans.
In fact, I might venture to say that from what I have learned most Scottish surnames seem to be unaffiliated with a clan.
My own name is of Scottish origin but is a Lowland name with no clan affiliation.

My Clan affiliations are through my father's mother and my mother's mother.

Many people are in this boat.

Fear not.

I may be a wrong. Other are better informed than I. An expert will probably weigh in shortly.

[unixken]

According to the "Expanded Ninth Edition" of "Tartan For Me" by Philip D. Smith the name(s) Profet(t) are associated with the Aberdeen District tartan.

And a lovely tartan that is...

[Danny]

Thanks everybody for your help now i can get started by buying a tartan

[DyerStraits]

Bren is right, British surnames can be VERY tricky--due to migrations, intermarriage, etc.-- which in turn can complicate one's geneological analyses. My matrilineal surname is Dyer, which can be either Scots-Irish (or even Welsh)--a corrupted English spelling of Dwyer (Duibhir), "Black or Dark-Haired or Complexioned"-- or English (literally, a dyer of textile cloth or animal skins). My patrilineal surname, Clements (Clemens, Clement, Clemmons, et al.), originally of ancient Roman origin, is generally, in its numerous British variations, associated with Clan Lamont (which, ironically enough, is my given name).

[MacGumerait]

Danny , I posted some info for you on your new member thread ( post 26 ) before I realized that you had this thread .

It may prove a bit helpful .

Cheers , Mike

[neloon]

According to the "Expanded Ninth Edition" of "Tartan For Me" by Philip D. Smith the name(s) Profet(t) are associated with the Aberdeen District tartan.

Danny, welcome.
There is only a single entry for the surname "Profeit" in the current Aberdeen telephone directory so I am a little doubtful about the strength of the Aberdeen connection! However, you might like to know that a Dr Alexander Profeit (1834-1897) was a farmer's son from Nethertowie, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire who came to be personal physician to Queen Victoria and was also her estate manager at Balmoral. A strathspey tune was written in his honour
http://tunearch.org/wiki/Doctor_Profeit
and a little obituary is here
http://tunearch.org/wiki/Talkoctor_Profeit
Alan