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The names listed here are used in Scotland. See also about Scottish names.

ABI   f   Scottish
Short form of ABIGAIL

AFRICA (2)   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of AIFRIC

AIDAN   m   Irish, Scottish, English (Modern)
Anglicized form of AODHÁN... [more]

AIFRIC   f   Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "pleasant" in Irish.

AILEAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ALICE

AILEEN   f   Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of EILEEN

AILPEIN   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of ALPIN

AILSA   f   Scottish
From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.

AINDREA   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ANDREW

AINSLEY   f & m   Scottish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire... [more]

ALAN   m   English, Scottish, Breton
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

ALASDAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ALEXANDER

ALASTAIR   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALISTAIR   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALISTER   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALLAN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLEN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALPIN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ailpein, possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white"... [more]

AMHLAIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of OLAF

ANGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANNAG   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of ANNA

AODH   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áed, which meant "fire"... [more]

AODHÁN   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áedán, a diminutive of Áed (see AODH)... [more]

AONGHAS   m   Scottish
Scottish variant of AONGHUS

AONGHUS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy"... [more]

ARCHIBALD   m   Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold"... [more]

ARCHIE   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of ARCHIBALD... [more]

ARRAN   m   Scottish
From the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.

ARTAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ARTHUR

ATHOL   m & f   Scottish
From the name of a district in Scotland which was derived from Gaelic ath Fodhla "new Ireland".

AULAY   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of AMHLAIDH

BARABAL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BARBARA

BARCLAY   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was likely derived from the English place name Berkeley, meaning "birch wood" in Old English.

BEATHAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of BEATHAN

BEATHAN   m   Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic beatha meaning "life".

BEILEAG   f   Scottish
Diminutive of ISEABAIL

BEITRIS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BEATRICE

BHALTAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of WALTER

BHÀTAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of WALTER

BLAIR   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "plain, battlefield" in Gaelic.

BOYD   m   Scottish
From a surname which was derived either from Gaelic buidhe "blond" or else from the name of the island of Bute.

BRUCE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France... [more]

CAILEAN   m   Scottish
Means "whelp" in Gaelic... [more]

CAIRBRE   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "charioteer" in Gaelic.

CAIRISTÌONA   f   Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTINA

CAITRÌONA   f   Scottish
Scottish form of KATHERINE

CALLUM   m   Scottish
Variant of CALUM

CALUM   m   Scottish
Scottish form of COLUMBA

CAMERON   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

CAMPBELL   m   Scottish
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked mouth" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and béul "mouth".

CAOIMHE   f   Irish, Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful".

CARBREY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CARBRY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CARSON   m & f   Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CATRINA   f   Irish, Scottish
Variant of CATRIONA

CATRIONA   f   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of KATHERINE

CHRISTIE (2)   m   Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER

CHRISTY (2)   m   Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER

CINÁED   m   Scottish, Irish
Means "born of fire" in Gaelic... [more]

COINNEACH   m   Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caoin "handsome"... [more]

COLIN (1)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

CONALL   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic... [more]

CORMAG   m   Scottish
Scottish form of CORMAC

CRAIG   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks"... [more]

DÀIBHIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of DAVID

DAIVIDH   m   Scottish (Rare)
Gaelic variant of DAVID

DAND   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of ANDREW

DEÒIRIDH   f   Scottish
Means "pilgrim" in Scottish Gaelic.

DEÒRSA   m   Scottish
Scottish form of GEORGE

DERMID   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of DIARMAD

DIARMAD   m   Scottish
Scottish form of DIARMAID

DOMHNALL   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of DONALD

DOMNALL   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of DONALD

DONALD   m   Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"... [more]

DONALDA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONALDINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONELLA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of DONALD

DONNCHAD   m   Scottish, Irish
Older Gaelic form of DUNCAN

DONNCHADH   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of DUNCAN

DOUGAL   m   Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".

DOUGLAS   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]

DUBHGHALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGAL

DUBHGHLAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGLAS

DUFF   m   Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".

DUGALD   m   Scottish
Scottish variant of DOUGAL

DUNCAN   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]

EACHANN   m   Scottish, Irish
Means "brown horse" from Gaelic each "horse" and donn "brown"... [more]

EALASAID   f   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EALLAIR   m   Scottish
From the older Gaelic byname Ceallair, which was derived from Latin cella meaning "cellar"... [more]

EANRAIG   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of HENRY

EDAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Variant of AIDAN

EDMÉ   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of ESMÉ

EDNA (1)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of EITHNE

EFFIE (2)   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of OIGHRIG

EIDEARD   m   Scottish
Scottish form of EDWARD

EILIDH   f   Scottish
Diminutive of EILIONOIR, sometimes taken to be a Gaelic form of HELEN.

EILIONOIR   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ELEANOR

EIMHIR   f   Scottish
Scottish form of EMER

EITHNE   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "kernel" in Gaelic... [more]

ELLAR   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of EALLAIR

ELSPET   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ELIZABETH

ELSPETH   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ELIZABETH

EOGHAN   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE... [more]

EOIN   m   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of JOHN

ERSKINE   m   Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic... [more]

EUAN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of EOGHAN

EVANDER (2)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of IOMHAR

EWAN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of EOGHAN

EWEN   m   Scottish
Variant of EWAN

FARQUHAR   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FEARCHAR

FEARCHAR   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "dear man" from Gaelic fear "man" and char "dear".

FEARGHAS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour"... [more]

FENELLA   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA

FERGIE   m & f   Scottish
Diminutive and feminine form of FERGUS

FERGUS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS

FIFE   m   Scottish
From a Scottish place name which was formerly the name of a kingdom in Scotland... [more]

FILIB   m   Scottish
Scottish form of PHILIP

FINDLAY   m   Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name FIONNLAGH.

FINELLA   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA

FINGAL   m   Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall meaning "white stranger", derived from fionn "white, fair" and gall "stranger"... [more]

FINGALL   m   Scottish
Variant of FINGAL

FINLAY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH

FINLEY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH

FINOLA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA

FIONA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of FIONN... [more]

FIONNGHALL   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of FINGAL

FIONNLAGH   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "white warrior" from Gaelic fionn "white, fair" and laogh "warrior".

FIONNTAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Modern Irish form of FINTAN

FIONOLA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA

FORBES   m   Scottish
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "field" in Gaelic.

FRANG   m   Scottish
Scottish form of FRANCIS

FRANGAG   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of FRANCIS

FRASER   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which is of unknown meaning... [more]

FRAZIER   m   Scottish, English
Variant of FRASER

FYFE   m   Scottish
Variant of FIFE

GARRY   m   English, Scottish
Either a variant of GARY or from the name of a Scottish river.

GAVIN   m   English, Scottish
Medieval form of GAWAIN... [more]

GILCHRIST   m   Scottish
Derived from the Gaelic phrase giolla Chríost meaning "servant of Christ".

GILLESPIE   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gille Easbaig or Irish Giolla Easpuig both meaning "servant of the bishop".

GILROY   m   Irish, Scottish
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which means "son of the king's servant".

GLEN   m   Scottish, English
Variant of GLENN

GLENN   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley"... [more]

GLENNA   f   Scottish, English
Feminine form of GLENN

GORAIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of GODFREY

GORDON   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "great hill"... [more]

GORMLAITH   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady"... [more]

GRAEME   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.

GRAHAM   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from an English place name which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English... [more]

GRAHAME   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.

GRANT   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large"... [more]

GREER   f & m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name GREGOR.

GREGOR   m   German, Scottish, Slovene
German, Scottish and Slovene form of GREGORY... [more]

GREIG   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of GREGORY

GRIOGAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of GREGORY

GRIZEL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of GRISELDA

GUS (1)   m   English, Scottish
Short form of AUGUSTUS, ANGUS or GUSTAV

HAMISH   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of Sheumais, vocative case of SEUMAS.

HECK   m   Scottish
Scottish short form of HECTOR

HECKIE   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of HECTOR

IAGAN   m   Scottish
Modern form of the Scottish name Aodhagán, a diminutive of AODH.

IAIN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN

IAN   m   Scottish, English
Modern Scottish form of JOHN

INNES   m & f   Scottish
Anglicized form of AONGHUS, also used as a feminine name.

IOMHAR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of IVOR

IONA (1)   f   English, Scottish
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery... [more]

IRVIN   m   English, Scottish
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.

IRVINE   m   English, Scottish
Variant of IRVING

IRVING   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

ISEABAIL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ISABEL

ISHBEL   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of ISEABAIL

ISLA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of ISLAY

ISLAY   m   Scottish
From the name of the island Islay, which lies off of the west coast of Scotland.

ISOBEL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ISABEL

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