Chris wrote: > I gathered re T-names that it could designate a place, e.g. Campbell > of Breadlebane, Cameron of Lochiel, Murray of Athol. > Is this correct? No. These are definitely not tee-names. They are territorial designations, linking the surname (Campbell, Cameron etc) with a stretch of country. They are common among the nobility and gentry, but exist in a modified form among more humble folk. In former years it was quite common (and I am told that the custom has not yet died out) to name a man after the farm that occupied,whether or not he owned it. Nor are tee-names like double-barrelled surnames ("Mary Grant-Smith") as Gay suggested. The "tee" or extra part is not usually like any ordinary surname. In fact tee-names generally look and sound more like nicknames - it's just that they are hereditary. Other Listers will probably have more up-to-date examples, but there are some quoted in the "New Statistical Account" for Cullen, in 1842: " ... there are several heads of families of the respective names of Alexander Addison, James Addison, and William Addison, who are thus distinguished, viz. Alexander Addison, 'Saunders'; Alexander Addison, 'Kitty's Saunie'; Alexander Addison, 'Drodlie'; James Addison, 'Kitty's Jamesy'; James Addison, 'Tatie Fiddler'; James Addison, 'Bubblie'; William Addison, 'Sheepie'; William Addison, 'Boatierow'; William Addison, 'Calkinapin'; William Addison, 'May's Wilsie'" Gavin Bell