Coutts (surname)
For other uses, see Coutts (disambiguation).
Coutts and Couts are English-language surnames derived from the Gaelic-language. The names are derived from the Gaelic cuilt, meaning "nook". It also was a habitational name from Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland.
William Coutts, a Coutts of Auchintoul, was a vassal of the Macdonald's, settled in Montrose, in the 16th century and became a provost of the town. The Coutts are associated with the Farquharsons.
People with the surname
- Alicia Coutts, Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), 19th-century philanthropist
- Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (1820-1894), 19th-century brewer and Member of Parliament
- Duncan Coutts (born 1969), member of Our Lady Peace
- Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852–1923), British banker
- Frederick Coutts (1899–1986), General of The Salvation Army (1963-1969)
- Ian Coutts (born 1983), CMBS Asset Manager who was signatory for General Growth Properties bankruptcy on behalf of LNR
- James Coutts (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
- Jim Coutts (1938–2013), Canadian lawyer and businessman
- John Coutts (disambiguation), various people
- John Willie or John Alexander Scott Coutts (1902-1962), fetish photographer and bondage artist
- Joseph Coutts, 5th Archbishop of Karachi
- Morton W. Coutts (1904-2004), New Zealand-born inventor
- Paul Coutts, Scottish association football player for Preston North End
- Russell Coutts, (born 1962), New Zealand competitive sailor
- Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), banker and founder of Coutts & Co
- Walter Coutts (1912–1988), British colonial administrator and Uganda's last governor before independence
- Wilfred Coutts (1908-1997), Australian politician
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