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 MONCREIFFE




Origin: Scottish

Coat of Arms: Silver with a red lion rampant and a strip of ermine at the top with a centered rose.

Crest: A red lion.

Motto: Sur esperance.

Motto Translated: Upon hope.
Moncreiffe coat of arms

Origin: Scottish

Spelling variations include: Moncreiffe, Moncrieffe, Moncreif, Moncreiff, Moncreyfe and many more.

First found in Perthshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Hugh Moncreiff settled in Philadelphia in 1854; D. Moncreiff arrived in New York in 1820.

Meaning of the name Moncreiffe

"from the hill of the sacred bough"


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