 It was called Cunninghame because the King lived there.Within Scotland, the first of the name was Warnebald or his son, Robertus, who received a grant for the land of Cunningham between 1160 and 1180.Within England, the earliest account of a person with the name Cunningham is an Amfred de Cunningesholme, who was born between the year 1070 to circa 1120.