List of tartans


This is a list of tartans from around the world. The examples shown below are generally emblematic of a particular association. However, for each clan or family, there are often numerous other official or unofficial variations. There are also innumerable tartan designs that are not affiliated with any group, but were simply created for aesthetic reasons.

British noble and regimental tartans

Tartans in this section are those of the current or former British royal family, of individual British nobility members, and of British military regiments that use traditional Scottish attire, mostly Highland regiments.
ImageAssociationOriginCountryNotes
House of Stuart/StewartHighlands Clans, Scottish royaltyScotlandThe Royal Stuart tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart, and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organisational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as general British symbol, though in theory it is the individual property of Elizabeth II.
House of Stuart/StewartHighland clans, Scottish royaltyScotlandAnother "royal" tartan of the House of Stuart/Stewart. It was referred to by George V as "my personal tartan", though it appears in the Vestiarium Scoticum at least 23 years before his birth. While the work's historical claims have been shown to be spurious, it described the design as the "clanne Stewart tartan", and the work was popular, so the tartan would have been familiar before George's birth in 1865. It is worn officially today by the regimental pipers of the Scots Guards, and remain in common civilian use as a Stewart/Stuart clan tartan. It

Duke of RothesayHighland clans; Scottish royaltyScotlandThe individual tartan of the Duke of Rothesay, a dynastic title of the heir-apparent to the British throne; currently Prince Charles.
Black WatchBritish military; roots among the Highland clansScotlandThis darkened version of Old Campbell is officially used by: the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland ; Black Watch ; and 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, especially popular for evening-wear, owing to its muted tones.
William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of HamiltonLowlands, Scottish nobilityScotland

[Scottish clan] tartans

The tartans in this list are those ascribed to particular clans of Scotland, including Highland, Lowland, Isles, and Borders clans. Their status varies widely; armigerous clans generally accept them, while some have been officially adopted or rejected by a clan chiefs.
ImageAssociationOriginCountryNotes
ArmstrongBorders clansScotland
BarclayLowland clansScotland
BrodieLowland clansScotland
BruceLowland clansScotland
BuchananHighland clansScotland
CameronHighland clansScotland
CampbellHighland clansScotlandThis is the "Old Campbell" which in darkened form became the Black Watch regimental tartan.
ChisholmHighland clansScotland
ColquhounLowland clansScotland
ComynLowland clansScotland
Cranstoun / CranstonBorders clansScotland
CrawfordLowland clansScotland
CunninghamLowland clansScotland
DavidsonHighland ClansScotlandMost popular tartan of the Clan Davidson.
DouglasLowland clansScotland
DrummondLowland clansScotland
DunbarLowland clansScotland
DundasLowland clansScotland
ErskineLowland clansScotland
FarquharsonHighland clansScotlandBased on the Black Watch tartan.
ForbesLowland clansScotland
FraserLowland clansScotland
GordonBorders clansScotland
GrahamBorders clansScotland
GrantHighland clansScotland
GunnHighland clansScotland
HamiltonLowland clansScotland
HayLowland clansScotland
HomeBorders clansScotland
Johnstone / Johnston / MacIanBorders clansScotlandSometimes also rendered Johnson, though this surnames often has non-Scottish origins.
KerrBorders clansScotland
LamontHighland clansScotland
LauderLowland clansScotland
LeslieLowland clansScotland
LindsayLowland clansScotland
MacArthurHighland clansScotland
MacDonaldHighland clansScotland
MacDonald of ClanranaldHighland clansScotland
MacDougallHighland clansScotland
MacDuffHighland clansScotland
MacGregorHighland clansScotland
MacFarlaneHighland clansScotland
MacIntyreHighland clansScotland
MacKayHighland clansScotland
MackenzieHighland clansScotland
MackinnonHighland clansScotland
MackintoshHighland clansScotland
MacLachlanHighland clansScotland
MacLarenScotland
MacLeanHighland clansScotland
MacLeodHighland clansScotland
MacnabHighland clansScotland
MacNeilHighland clansScotland, but not recognized by the current chief as a clan tartan.
Macneil of BarraHighland clansScotlandOne of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
Macneil of ColonsayHighland clansScotlandOne of two official tartans of the Clan Macneil.
MacNicol / Nicolson / MacNeacailIsle of SkyeScotlandCalled MacNicol or Nicolson tartan
MacphersonHighland clansScotland
MacQuarrieHighlandsScotland
MacqueenHighland clansScotland
MacqueenScotlandImage shows both Macqueen tartan setts. The black-red-yellow is better known while the blue-red-yellow is considered to be an "artifact variant".
MacTavish / ThompsonHighlandsScotland
MaxwellBorders clansScotland
MenziesHighland clansScotland
MontgomeryLowland clansScotland
MunroHighland clansScotland
MuirHighlandsScotlandCalifornia State tartan, seen below, is based upon this pattern.
MurrayHighlandsScotland
Ogilvy / OgilvieLowland clansScotland
OliphantLowland clansScotland
RamsayLowland clansScotland
RobertsonHighland clansScotland
RoseHighland clansScotland
RuthvenLowland clansScotland
ScottBorders clansScotland
SetonLowland clansScotland
SinclairLowland clansScotland
Stewart/StuartHighland clansScotland
SutherlandHighland clansScotland
UrquhartLowland clansScotland
WallaceLowland clansScotland, this pattern dates back to 1842. It is also known as "Wallace Dress" or "Wallace Red", and is used on the 3M brand Scotch tape.
WemyssLowland clansScotland
WoodLowland clansScotlandIncorporates the colors of the Duke of Fife and Angus district tartans – areas with which the Woods are historically connected.

Scottish non-clan family tartans

Tartans in this list are ascribed to specific families or surnames, though not to Scottish clans; they range in date from 21st century to considerably older.
ImageAssociationOriginCountryNotes
McCandlishLoch Lomond area, Wigtownshire, and AyrshireScotlandRegistered with STA in 1992 and STR in 2009. Also exists in green, grey, and arisaid variants.
McPheeColonsayScotland
OliverBorders areaScotland
ParkScotland

Non-Scottish family tartans

These are tartans created for families without a direct connection to Scotland.

Cornish

Organisational tartans

Tartans in this list are modern ones pertaining to particular commercial, non-profit, and military organisations.
ImageAssociationOriginCountryNotes
Burberry CheckCompany designEnglandCreated in the 1920s, this pattern is known as the "Burberry check". It was originally used as a lining in the company's trench coats.
US Air Force Reserve Pipe BandStrathmore Woollen CompanyUnited StatesAdopted by the band in the early 1990s. Although it has no official US Military recognition, it has been widely accepted by US servicemen with Air Force connections. Originally created in 1988 as Lady Jane of St Cirus. A variation of this is named US Forces Thurso.

Regional tartans

Tartans in these lists were created for particular national and sub-national jurisdictions, most often officially, though with some exceptions.

Canada

Cornwall

United States