Cairns Family History
Cairns Name Meaning
Scottish (southern): habitational name from the lands of Cairns in Mid Calder (Midlothian). Irish (Down Antrim and Tyrone): in the north of Ireland there may have been confusion between the Scottish surname and Irish Ó Ciaráin Anglicized as Kieran and Kearns .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022