Brrrrrrrrrrroun!

[Burly Brute]

http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanbrown.htm

Is that site correct when it says Brown is the second most common name in Scotland?

Here is my dilema, I am trying to find a family tartan to order...but usakilts.com doesnt carry any of them (that I am sure of) in their casual 99$ kilt. Any ideas? I would like to do the specific name...like Brown or Wilson...as opposed to like Gunn. Nothing against going that route, I just figured if I was gonna use the money I might as well get something I reaaaallly want. Thanks guys!


-Zach

[Burly Brute]

That's weird, why is the lettering red?

EDIT: Nevermind, apparently I don't know what I am doing... It was red because I did a search on the search feature for "Brown."....ugh. ]

Incase anyone reads this, are we able to delete replies to posts? I would like to delete this one lol

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Highland Browns are usually considered to be septs of Lamont or Macmillan... that said, there has recently been an attempt to create a "Clan Brown" complete with a soit-disant chief and "clan" tartan. The reality seems to be that the name "Brown" as it occurs through out Scotland probably originally referred to hair or eye colour (as in Angus with brown hair, etc.). In the lowlands the name is associated with Sir David le Brun, who was present at the laying of the foundation of the Abbey of Holyrood House in 1128.

If you are looking for a "clan connection" I'd suggest you might want to choose between Lamont or Macmillan, both of which accept Browns as a recognized sept, and both of which are found in Argyll.

[Burly Brute]

That's is a lot of what I have read, but the website I provided claimed them to have their own tartan. Is it true, or just fiction?

[davidlpope]

That's is a lot of what I have read, but the website I provided claimed them to have their own tartan. Is it true, or just fiction?

There is a Brown tartan. Here's a link to a photo:
http://thebrownfamilyworld.net/images/000432.jpg

House of Edgar offers it as a stock fabric in their heavyweight tartan.

Of course, if you affiliated with Clan MacMillan you'd have three tartans to choose from!

Cordially,

David

[Oldhiker]

alot of the color surnames (white, brown, green, black) are what I call "Change names". Fleeing from something Scots changed names a lot.

You need to know the area your family came from to make a guess as to which clan they might be a sept. If they were from Argyll, a good choice might be Lamont.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

You need to know the area your family came from to make a guess as to which clan they might be a sept. If they were from Argyll, a good choice might be Lamont.

As would MacMillan as "our" Browns are also from Argyll-shire.

[tripleblessed]

For some reason it won't let me insert the link, but www.tartans.scotland.net
has a tartan finder on the upper left of their home page. Click on tartan finder,
it gives you an alphabet. Click on B, it gives numbers for pages. Choose page
number 11.