Sìol Tormoid

Clan MacLeod
Clann MhicLeòid
Crest: A bull's head cabossed sable, horned Or, between two flags gules, staved at the first
Motto	Hold fast
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District	Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides, Sutherland
Plant badge	Juniper
Chief
Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod (there is a rival claimant to chiefship)
30th Hereditary Chief Clan MacLeod Chief of the Name and Arms of MacLeod (MacLeòid)
Seat	Dunvegan Castle
Historic seat	Dunvegan Castle
Clan branches MacLeod of MacLeod (chiefs) Clan MacLeod of Lewis
Allied clans Clan Maclean
Rival clans Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Kindreds MacCrimmon (piping family) Beaton medical kindred

Hugh Magnus MacLeod of MacLeod

Clan MacLeod (/ˌklænmɪˈklaʊd/; Scottish Gaelic: Clann MhicLeòid; [ˈkʰl̪ˠau̯n̪ˠ viçkʲˈʎɔːhtʲ]) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan, whose chief is MacLeod of MacLeod, are known in Gaelic as Sìol Tormoid ("seed of Tormod"); the Clan MacLeod of Lewis and Raasay, whose chief is Macleod of The Lewes (Scottish Gaelic: Mac Ghille Chaluim), are known in Gaelic as Sìol Torcaill ("seed of Torcall"). Both branches claim descent from Leòd, who lived in the 13th century.

The surname MacLeod means 'son of Leod'. The name Leod is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic name Leòd, which is thought to have been derived from the Old Norse.Clann means family, while mhic is the genitive of mac, the Gaelic for son, and Leòid is the genitive of Leòd. The whole phrase therefore means The family of the son of Leod.