Flight. Which clan?

**gilmore** · 27th April 09, 08:29 PM

Anyone know which clan or clans the name Flight is or has been associated with? Surname Profiler shows it in Perthshire and the Dundee area.

**Mike S** · 27th April 09, 09:26 PM

The name Flight (and the various spellings) is found on the Shetland and Orkney islands, and is not a sept or clan name per se. It is viking in origin.

**sirdaniel1975** · 4th May 09, 06:09 AM

The closest names in Black's: Surnames of Scotland is Flett & Flyter.

**BEEDEE** · 4th May 09, 06:29 AM

does not appear in Tartans for Me

Brian

**wvpiper** · 5th May 09, 05:51 AM

You may well be 'related' to Jock Flett, of FLett from Flotta
He was from Orkney and a piper in the Seaforth Highlanders. A friend wrote the song for him.
Orkney has a tartan-you could also try to find out what, if any, tartan the Fletts wore.
You can find a living Flett over at dunsire.com, or maybe here, he uploaded all these pictures:
http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/i...or_no&crit=261

**O'Callaghan** · 5th May 09, 03:27 PM

The Tartan Ferret has Flett as a sept of Sinclair. Does that make any sense? Nothing for Flight, though.

**Colonel MacNeal** · 6th May 09, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by O'Callaghan

The Tartan Ferret has Flett as a sept of Sinclair. Does that make any sense? Nothing for Flight, though.

That would seem to make sense since the Sinclairs were historically a northern sea-going clan.

For Example, although the Gunns are their own clan, they have viking origins and are frequently associated with the Sinclairs.