Erskine

Scottish

"from the high cliffs"

Erskine Origin and Meaning

The name Erskine is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "from the high cliffs".

Rarely used un-Gaelic-sounding Scottish name with literary associations to Erskine Caldwell, author of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre.

Famous People Named Erskine

• Erskine Boyce Bowles former U.S. White House chief of staff
• Erskine Preston Caldwell American novelist
• Erskine Sanford American actor
• Erskine Ramsay Hawkins American jazz trumpeter
• Erskine Hamilton Childers 4th president of Ireland
• (Jacob) Erskine Mayer American baseball player
• (Thomas) Erskine May 1st Baron Farnborough, English constitutional theorist
• Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher British,born actor and soldier

The name Erskine in Pop Culture

• Erskine Ravel character in Derek Landy's "Skulduggery Pleasant" series