 It was designed by the Flag Institute’s Philip Tibbetts.The green and white emblem represents the checked cloth used to count taxes by the Stewards of the Lords of Galloway with the St Cuthbert's cross sitting on top.The town and county of Kirkcudbright were named after the saint, with an early rendition of the name being Kilcudbrit, derived from the Scots Gaelic "Cille Chuithbeirt" (Chapel of Cuthbert).