Cathcart
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Person from Cathcart, Glasgow, perhaps 'fort by the Cart'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkæθkɑɹt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cathcart is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Person from Cathcart, Glasgow, perhaps 'fort by the Cart'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cathcart is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, From Renfrewshire place name, likely Brittonic caer ‘fort’ or coet ‘wood’ + Cart (River Cart). Ranulfus de Ketkert recorded in 1202–03.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, from Cathcart, Renfrewshire; first attested Reginald de Cathekert c1200 Black
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
A location name from Renfrewshire, its origin is either from Brittonic caer, ‘fort’, or coet, ‘wood’; in both cases, cart refers to the River Cart. The place name was adopted by incoming Norman or Breton landholders as their own. Ranulfus de Ketkert was a charter witness in 1202–03.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, A placename:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcartb. 1686British Army officer
- Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcartb. 1721GBBritish Army general (1721-1776)
- William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcartb. 1755GBScottish soldier and diplomat (1755-1843)
- Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcartb. 1783GBBritish Army general and governor in Canada (1783-1859)
- George Cathcartb. 1794GBBritish Army general (1794-1854)
- Charles W. Cathcartb. 1809USAmerican politician (1809–1888)
- Dick Cathcartb. 1924USAmerican musician (1924–1993)
- Clare Cathcartb. 1965GBNorthern Irish actress (1965-2014)
- Craig Cathcartb. 1989GBNorthern Irish association football player (born 1989)
- Anna Cathcartb. 2003CACanadian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cathcart mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from Cathcart, Glasgow, perhaps 'fort by the Cart'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Cathcart?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkæθkɑɹt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Cathcart have the most bearers?
- Cathcart is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Cathcart?
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cathcart”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.