What is "urquhart"

Urquhart may refer to:

• Urquhart (surname), a surname (and list of people with the surname)
• Clan Urquhart, a Scottish clan
• Urquhart Castle
• Urquhart Priory
• Urquhart, Moray, a village in the parish of Urquhart in the county of Morayshire, Scotland
• Urquhart and Logie Wester, a parish in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
• Urquhart and Glenmoriston, a parish in the county of Inverness-shire, Scotland

Urquhart (, Scots: ) is a Scottish surname. It is a habitational name, that can be derived from any of four places with the name. One such place is located in Fife, and is recorded in 1128 as Pettnaurcha, which is a Pictish- Gaelic name meaning "the portion of the shot". Other places named Urquhart, including one by Loch Ness, are derived from the Brythonic elements ar, meaning "on", "by"; and cardden, meaning "thicket". The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Urchardan.