Naming Conventions

We recommend that all tartan designs saved into our systems should be given a unique name. This may not duplicate any name previously recorded by any other user, nor the name of any tartan recorded by the Scottish Tartans Authority, the Scottish Register of Tartans, or any other body whose authority we recognise.

Names should be unique and personal, and should not assert any claim to wider authority without justification. Thus we advise against the naming of any new design as if it represents any commercial company, organisation, geographic entity, clan, or generic family name, unless it has the permission of authorised representatives of that entity. In the event of any complaint, we reserve the right to remove illegitimate entries without explanation, our judgement being final.