Chisholm (surname)

Chisholm
Origin
Language(s)	Norman, Old English
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Siosal; Shiosal Scottish Gaelic

Chisholm (/ˈtʃɪzəm/ ^ⓘ) is a Scottish surname. Variants include Chisholme and Chisolm.

The original name was 'De Chesé' to which the Saxon termination 'holme' was added on the marriage of a Norman ancestor with a Saxon heiress.^[1] The first recorded person of the name is a John de Chisholme, who is named in 1254 in a bull of Pope Alexander IV and found in the County of Roxburgh.^[1] In the 14th century, members of the Chisholm family migrated into the Scottish Highlands and their name was Gaelicised.^[2] The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siosal (masculine),^[3] and Shiosal (feminine).

Notable people with the surname or its variants include:

Chisholm[edit]

In Australia[edit]

Alan Rowland Chisholm (1888–1981), professor of French, critic and memorialist
Alexander Hugh Chisholm (1890–1977), journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist
Alice Chisholm (1856–1954), Australian woman who provided canteen services for soldiers in Egypt and Palestine during World War I
Anthony Chisholm (politician) (born 1978), Australian politician
Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877) Renowned 19th century social worker in Australia
Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer
Eric Chisholm (1892–1946), Australian rules footballer
Geoff Chisholm (1929–2006), Australian politician
Keith Chisholm (1918–1991), distinguished Australian fighter pilot
Les Chisholm (1888–1923), Australian rules footballer
Mark Chisholm (born 1981), Australian rugby union footballer
Scott Chisholm (footballer) (born 1973), Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer
Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), socialite in British high society

In Canada[edit]

Alexander Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1790–1854), political figure in Upper Canada
Angus Chisholm (1908–1979), Cape Breton fiddler
Arthur Murray Chisholm (1871–1960), Canadian author of Western fiction
Bob Chisholm (born 1947), Canadian politician
Brock Chisholm (1896–1971), physician
Christopher P. Chisholm (1854–?), Canadian lawyer and political figure
Daniel Black Chisholm (1832–1899), Canadian farmer, lawyer and politician
Donald Chisholm (politician) (1822–1890), Canadian Member of Parliament
George King Chisholm (1814–1874), politician
Joseph Andrew Chisholm (1863–1950), politician and jurist
Kenneth Chisholm (1829–1906), Canadian businessman and politician
Marie-Hélène Chisholm (born 1979), judoka
Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician) (born 1957), former politician
Robert Kerr Chisholm (1819–1899), politician
William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician) (1870–1936), politician
William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1842), founder of Oakville, Ontario

In the United Kingdom[edit]

Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District) (1759–1818), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
Aeneas Chisholm (Bishop of Aberdeen) (1836–1918), Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen
Alastair Chisholm (fl. 2023), Scottish children's writer
Alex Chisholm (born 1968), British civil servant
Alexander Chisholm (1792?–1847), British portrait and historical painter
Alexander William Chisholm, 25th of Chisholm (1810–1838) Scottish landowner, clan chief and MP
Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), English humanitarian
Catherine Chisholm (1878–1952), British physician
Cecil Chisholm (1888–1961), British journalist, publisher and author
David Chisholm (1937–1998), Scottish rugby union footballer
Duncan Chisholm (born 1968), Scottish fiddle player and composer
Erik Chisholm (1904–1965), Scottish composer and conductor
Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm (1931–1994), British urologist
George Chisholm (geographer) (1850–1930), author of first English-language economic geography textbook
George Chisholm (musician) (1915–1997), jazz trombonist
Gordon Chisholm (born 1960), Scottish footballer
Grace Chisholm Young (1868–1944), mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm')
Hugh Chisholm (1866–1924), journalist and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
Iain Chisholm (born 1985), Scottish footballer
Janet Chisholm (1929–2004), MI6 agent
John Chisholm (soldier), 16th-century Comptroller and Prefect of the Scottish artillery
John Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District) (1752–1814), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
John Chisholm (engineer) (born 1946), engineer, chairman of the Medical Research Council and QinetiQ
John Stephen Roy Chisholm (1926–2015), English mathematical physicist
Ken Chisholm (1925–1990), Scottish footballer
Malcolm Chisholm (born 1949), Scottish politician
Mairi Chisholm (1896–1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War
Melanie Chisholm (better known as Melanie C), British singer
Robert Chisholm (architect) (1838–1915), architect of the Indo-Saracenic Senate House of the University of Madras
William Chisholm (died 1564), bishop of Dunblane
William Chisholm (died 1593), bishop of Dunblane and of Vaison, nephew to the above

In the United States[edit]

Anthony Chisholm (actor), (1943–2020), American actor
Henry Chisholm (1822–1881), Scottish American businessman
Hugh J. Chisholm (1847–1912), industrialist
Jesse Chisholm (died 1868), American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter for whom the Chisholm Trail is named
John Chisholm (born 1963), American prosecutor
Jori Chisholm (born 1975), bagpiper
Kari Chisholm (born 1973), United States politician
Linda Chisholm (born 1957), United States volleyball player
Malcolm H. Chisholm (1945–2015), chemist
Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999), philosopher
Sallie W. Chisholm (born 1947), scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), politician
Thomas Chisholm (songwriter), American songwriter who wrote several prominent Christian hymns including "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Tim Chisholm (born 1969), player of real tennis
Tanya Chisholm (born 1984), American actress
William Chisholm (died 1877), victim of the Chisolm Massacre
Terrance Jamel Chisolm American songwriter, Composer, Army Veteran (Born 1982)

Elsewhere[edit]

Jamel Chisholm (born 1995), Jamaican international rugby league footballer playing in England
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (born 1998), Bahamian baseball player

Chisholme[edit]

John James Scott-Chisholme (1851–1899), British cavalry officer who died in the Second Anglo-Boer War

Chisolm[edit]

Garrett Chisolm, American NFL player
Richard Chisolm, cinematographer and film-maker based in Baltimore, Maryland

Chisum[edit]

David Chisum (born 1970), American actor
Donald S. Chisum, American legal scholar
Gloria Chisum (born 1930), American psychologist
John Chisum (1824–1884), American cattle baron, depicted in the 1970 Western film Chisum
John Chisum (baseball) (1915–1982), American baseball player

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Alexander MacKenzie. "History of the Chisholms with genealogies of the principal families of the name" (PDF). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Chisholm".
^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

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[deriv1-1] Alexander MacKenzie. "History of the Chisholms with genealogies of the principal families of the name" (PDF). Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[2] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Chisholm".

[3] Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

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