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The age-old Scottish surname Kerins was first used by the Strathclyde-Briton people. The Kerins family lived in Midlothian. The name Kerins is also derived from the Gaelic word carn, which means pile of stones, and referred to the stone burial chambers we now call cairns. 1
The surname Kerins was first found in Midlothian, in the lands of Cairns in the parish of Mid-Calder.
"The first of the name recorded is William de Carnys, who appears as a charter witness in 1349. Though this is the earliest mention of the name in record there must have been many of the surname living at an earlier date, as in the latter half of the fourteenth century many individuals of the name are mentioned in documents referring to the adjoining counties of Midlothian and West Lothian. In 1363 William de Carnys and his son, Duncan de Carnys, had a charter of the baronies of Esterquytburne and Westirquitburne from David II. Two years later David de Carnys appears as a bailie of Edinburgh." 2
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In Medieval times, spelling and translation were not nearly so highly developed as today. They were generally carried out according to the sound and intuition of the bearer. For that reason spelling variations are extremely common among early Scottish names. Kerins has been spelled Cairns, Cairn, Kairnes, Carnys and others.
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