Scottish Clan Name and Mottos

We collect almost all of the clans names and their mottos! Find your clan name motto that describe your heritage. Be proud of your clan name and find something new about your clan history. Click to link of your clan name and you’ll see more information about clan history, coat of arms and clan crest.

Clan name Motto
Abercrombie Tace
Agnew Consilio non impetu
Akins Time how short
Anderson Stand sure
Arbuthnott Laus deo
Armstrong Invictus maneo
Baillie Quid clarius astris
Bain Et marte et arte
Baird Dominus fecit
Balfour Fordward
Barclay Aut agere aut mor
Beaton Debonnaire
Bell I beir the bell
Bell Nolite tradere
Blair Amo probos
Borthwick Qui conducit
Boyd Confido
Brodie Unite
Brown Floreat majestas
Bruce Fuimus
Buchan Non inferiora secutus
Buchanan Clarior hinc honos
Burnett Virescit vulnere virtus
Cameron Aonaibh ri cheile
Campbell (Argyll) Ne obliviscaris
Campbell (Breadalbane) Follow me
Campbell (Cawdor) Be mindful
Campbell (Loudoun) I byde my time
Carmichael Tout jour prest
Carnegie Dread god
Cathcart I hope to speed
Cheyne Patientia vincit
Chisholm Feros ferio
Clan Chattan Touch not the cat bot a glove
Clan Douglas Forward
Clan Iain Mhoir Toujours prest
Clelland Non sibi
Cochrane Virtute et labore
Cockburn Accendit cantu
Colquhoun Si je puis
Colville Oublier ne puis
Cooper Pro rege et patria
Craig J’ai bonne esperance
Cranston I desire not to want
Crawford Tutum te robore reddam
Crichton God send grace
Cumming Courage
Cunningham Over fork over
Dalrymple Firm
Dalzell I dar
Davidson Sapienter si sincere
Douglas Jamais arriere
Drummond Gang warily
Dunbar Sub spe
Duncan Disce pati
Dundas Essayez
Dunlop Merito
Elliott Fortiter et recte
Erskine Je pense pius
Farquharson Fide et fortitudine
Ferguson Dulcius ex asperis
Fleming Let the deed shaw
Fletcher Recta pete
Forbes Grace me guide
Forrester Blaw hunter blaw thy horn
Forsythe Instaurator ruinae
Fraser Je suis prest
Fraser (Saltoun) All my hope is in god
Galbraith Ab obice suavior
Gayre Sero sed serio
Gillespie Tu certa salutis anchora
Gordon Bydand
Gow Touch not the cat bot a glove
Graham (Menteith) Right and reason
Graham (Montrose) Ne oublie
Grant Stand fast
Gray Anchor fast anchor
Gunn Aut pax aut bellum
Guthrie Sto pro veritate
Haig Tyde what may
Haldane Suffer
Hall Vive ut vivas
Hamilton Through
Hannay Per ardua ad alta
Hay Serva jugum
Henderson Sola virtus nobilitat
Hepburn In promptu
Hepburn Keep trust
Home A home a home a home
Hunter Cursum perficio
Inglis Nisi dominus frustra
Innes Be traist
Irvine Sub sole sub umbra virens
Jardine Cave adsum
Johnston Nunquam non paratus
Keith Veritas vincit
Kennedy Avise la fin
Kerr Sero sed serio
Kilgour Gradatim
Kincaid I’ll defend
Kirkland Pro aris et focis
Kirkpatrick I mak sicker
Lamont Ne parcas nec spernas
Lauder Sub umbra alarum tuarum
Leask Virtute cresco
Lennox I’ll defend
Leslie Grip fast
Lindsay Endure fort
Little Magnum in parvo
Livinston Si je puis
Lockhart Corda serata pando
Logan Hoc majorum virtus
Lumsden Beware in time
Lyle An i may
MacAlpine Cuinich bas alpin
MacAlister Fortiter
MacArthur Fide et opera
MacAulay Dulce periculum
MacBain Touch not the cat bot a targe
MacBeth Conjuncta virtuti fortuna
MacCallum In ardua tendit
MacColl Justi ut sidera fulgent
MacCorquodale Vivat rex
MacCubbins Pro rege et patria
MacCulloch Vi et animo
MacDonald (Clan Donald) Per mare per terras
MacDonald (Clanranald) My hope is constant in thee
MacDonald (Isles) Per mare per terras
MacDonald (Sleat) Per mare per terras
MacDonnell (Glengarry) Creag an fhitich
MacDonnell (Keppoch) Per mare per terras
MacDougall Buaidh no bas
MacDowall Vincere vel mori
MacDuff Deus juvat
MacEwan Reviresco
MacFadden Lamh laidir an nachtar
MacFarlane This i’ll defend
MacFie Pro rege
MacGill Sine fine
MacGillivray Touch not this cat
MacGregor S rioghal mo dhream
MacIain In hope i byde
MacInnes E labore dulcedo
MacInnes Irid ghibht dhe agus an righ
MacIntosh Touch not the cat bot a glove
MacIntyre Per ardua
MacIver Nunquam obliviscar
MacKay Manu forti
MacKellar Perseverando
MacKenzie Luceo non uro
MacKenzie (seaforth) Cuidich “n righ
MacKie Labora
MacKindlay Spernit humum
MacKinnon Audentes fortuna juvat
MacLachlan Fortis et fidus
MacLaine Vincere vel mori
MacLaren Creag an tuirc
MacLean Virtue mine honour
MacLellan Think on
MacLennan Dum spiro spero
MacLeod Hold fast
MacLeod (Lewis) I birn quhil i se
MacMillan Miseris succurrere disco
MacNab Timor omnis abesto
MacNaughton I hope in god
MacNeil (Barra) Vincere vel mori
MacNeill (Gigha) Vincere aut mori
MacPhail Memor esto
MacPherson Touch not the cat bot a glove
MacQuarrie Turris fortis mihi deus
MacQueen Constant and faithful
MacRae Fortitudine
MacTavish Non oblitus
MacThomas Deo juvante invidiam superabo
Maitland Consilio et animis
Majoribanks Et custos et pugnax
Malcolm In ardua petit
Matheson Fac et spera
Maxwell Reviresco
Melville Denique coelum
Menzies Vil god i zal
Mitchell Favente deo supero
Moffat Spero meliora
Moncreiffe Sur esperance
Montgomery Garde bien
Morrison Teaghlach phabbay
Mowat Monte alto
Muir Durum patentia frango
Munro Dread god
Murray Tout pret
Murray (Athol) Furth fortune and fill the fetters
Napier Sans tache
Nicholson Generositate
Nicholson Sgorra bhreac
Nisbet I byd it
Ogilvie A fin
Oliphant A tout pourvoir
Paterson Huc tendimus omnes
Pollack Audacter et strenue
Preston Praesto ut praestem
Preston Vive ut vivas
Pringle Amicitia reddit honores
Ramsay Ora et labora
Rattray Super sidera votum
Robertson Virtutis gloria merces
Rollo La fortune passe partout
Rose Constant and true
Ross Spem successus alit
Russell Virtus sine macula
Rutherford Nec sorte nec fato
Ruthven Deid shaw
Sandiland Spero meliora
Scott Amo
Scrimgeour Dissipate
Sempill Keep tryst
Seton Hazard yet forward
Shaw Fide et fortitudine
Sinclair Commit thy work to god
Skene Virtutis regia merces
Smith Luceo non uro
Somerville Fear god in life
Stewart Virescit vulnere virtus
Stewart (Athol) Furth fortune and fill the fetters
Stewart (Appin) Quidder will zie
Stirling Gang forward
Strachan Non timeo sed caveo
Stuart Nobilis est ira leonis
Sutherland Sans peur
Trotter In promptu
Turnbull I saved the king
Tweedie Thol and think
Urquhart Meane weil speake weil doe weil
Wallace Pro libertate
Wardlaw Familias firmat pietas
Wedderburn Non degener
Weir Vero nihil verius
Wemyss Je pense
Wilson Semper vigilans
Wood Defend
Young Robore prudentia prastat
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