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

IVOR   m   Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]

JAMESINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of JAMES

JAMIE   m & f   Scottish, English
Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of JAMES... [more]

JESSIE (1)   f   Scottish, English
Originally a Scottish diminutive of JEAN (2)... [more]

JOCK   m   Scottish
Scottish form of JACK

JOCKIE   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JACK

JOCKY   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JACK

KEAVY   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

KEIR   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of KERR.

KEITH   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name, itself probably derived from British cet meaning "wood"... [more]

KEITHA   f   English (Rare), Scottish
Feminine form of KEITH

KENINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of KENNETH

KENNA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of KENNETH

KENNEDY   f & m   English, Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head"... [more]

KENNETH   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED... [more]

KENNY   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of KENNETH

KENTIGERN   m   Scottish
Possibly means "chief lord" in Gaelic... [more]

KERR   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.

KESTER   m   Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTOPHER

KIRSTEEN   f   Scottish
Variant of KIRSTIN

KIRSTIE   f   Scottish
Diminutive of KIRSTIN

KIRSTIN   f   Scottish
Scottish form of CHRISTINA

KIRSTY   f   Scottish
Diminutive of KIRSTIN

LABHRAINN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of LAURENCE (1)

LACHIE   m   Scottish
Diminutive of LACHLAN

LACHINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of LACHLAN

LACHLAN   m   Scottish
This was originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway... [more]

LAUCHLAN   m   Scottish
Variant of LACHLAN

LENNON   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Leannáin, which means "descendent of Leannán"... [more]

LENNOX   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the name of a district in Scotland, the Levenach.

LENOX   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of LENNOX.

LILEAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of LILLIAN

LILIAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of LILLIAN

LILLIAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of LILLIAN

LINDSAY   f & m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name in Lincolnshire meaning "island of Lincoln" in Old English... [more]

LINDSEY   f & m   English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LIÙSAIDH   f   Scottish
Scottish form of LUCIA

LOGAN   m & f   Scottish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic.

LORNA   f   English, Scottish
Created by the novelist R... [more]

MAIGHREAD   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARGARET

MAIREAD   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARGARET

MÀIRI   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARY

MAISIE   f   Scottish
Diminutive of MAIREAD

MALCOLM   m   Scottish, English
From Scottish Mael Coluim which means "disciple of Saint COLUMBA"... [more]

MALINA (1)   f   Scottish
Feminine form of MALCOLM

MALVINA   f   Scottish, English
Created by the poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems... [more]

MAOILIOS   m   Scottish
Means "servant of Jesus" in Scottish Gaelic.

MARCAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of MARK

MARSAILI   f   Scottish
Scottish form of both MARJORIE and MARCELLA

MAURA (2)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRE... [more]

MHAIRI   f   Scottish
Vocative form of MÀIRI

MÌCHEAL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of MICHAEL

MICHEIL   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of MICHAEL

MOIRA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MÁIRE

MONROE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "the mouth of the Roe" in Gaelic... [more]

MÓR   f   Scottish, Irish
Means "great" in Gaelic... [more]

MORAG   f   Scottish
Diminutive of MÓR

MORAY   m   Scottish
Scottish form of MURRAY

MORNA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE

MORVEN   f   Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "big gap"... [more]

MOYNA   f   Irish, Scottish
Variant of MONA (1)

MOYRA   f   Irish, Scottish
Variant of MOIRA

MUIR   m   Scottish
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "moor, fen"... [more]

MUIREADHACH   m   Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "mariner" or "lord" in Gaelic.

MUIREALL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MUIRGHEAL

MUNGO   m   Scottish
Possibly derived from Welsh mwyn "gentle, kind"... [more]

MUNRO   m   Scottish
Variant of MONROE

MUNROE   m   Scottish
Variant of MONROE

MURCHADH   m   Scottish, Irish
Means "sea warrior" in Gaelic.

MURDAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of MURDO

MURDO   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of MURCHADH

MURDOCH   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of MURCHADH

MURRAY   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the region in Scotland called Moray.

MURRON   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MUIREANN

MYSIE   f   Scottish
Variant of MAISIE

NANDAG   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of NAN

NAOISE   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]

NEACEL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS

NEIL   m   Irish, Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud"... [more]

NEILINA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of NEIL

NIALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL

NICHOL   m   Scottish
Variant of NICOL

NICOL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS... [more]

NINIAN   m   Scottish, Irish
Meaning unknown, perhaps a Latinized form of the Welsh name Nynnyaw... [more]

NIVEN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of NAOMHÁN

ÓENGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of AONGHUS

OIGHRIG   f   Scottish
Means "new speckled one" in Scottish Gaelic.

PÀDRAIG   m   Scottish
Scottish form of PATRICK

PÀL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of PAUL

PEADAR   m   Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of PETER

PEIGI   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of MARGARET

PÒL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of PAUL

RAB   m   Scottish
Scottish short form of ROBERT

RABBIE   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of ROBERT

RAGHNAID   f   Scottish
Scottish form of RAGNHILD

RAGHNALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of RAGNVALD

RAIBEART   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ROBERT

RAMSAY   m   Scottish
Scottish form of RAMSEY

RANALD   m   Scottish
Scottish form of REYNOLD

RANULF   m   Scottish
Scottish form of the Old Norse name Randúlfr, a cognate of RANDOLF... [more]

RANULPH   m   Scottish
Variant of RANULF

RHONA   f   Scottish
Possibly derived from the name of the Hebridean island Rona, which means "rough island" in Gaelic.

ROBENA   f   Scottish
Feminine variant of ROBIN

RODINA   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of RODERICK

RONALD   m   Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALD, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders... [more]

RONALDA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of RONALD

RORIE   m   Irish, Scottish
Variant of RORY

RORY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of RUAIDHRÍ

ROSS   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland... [more]

ROY   m   Scottish, English
Derived from Gaelic ruadh meaning "red"... [more]

RUAIRI   m   Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARAIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

SACHAIRI   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ZECHARIAH

SAUNDRA   f   Scottish
Scottish form of SANDRA

SAWNEY   m   Scottish
Scottish form of SANDY

SCOT   m   English, Scottish
Variant form of SCOTT

SCOTT   m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which meant "a Scotsman"... [more]

SCOTTIE   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SCOTTY   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SEAGHDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of SÉAGHDHA

SENGA   f   Scottish
Sometimes explained as an anagram of AGNES, but more likely derived from Gaelic seang "slender".

SEOC   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of JACK

SEONA   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of SEONAG or SEÒNAID

SEONAG   f   Scottish
Scottish form of JOAN (1)

SEÒNAID   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JOAN (1)

SEÒRAS   m   Scottish
Scottish form of GEORGE

SEÒSAIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of JOSEPH

SEUMAS   m   Scottish
Scottish form of JAMES

SHAW (2)   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of SEAGHDH

SHEENA   f   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of SÌNE... [more]

SHEONA   f   Scottish
Variant of SHONA

SHOLTO   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of SÌOLTACH

SHONA   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of SEONAG or SEÒNAID... [more]

SHUG   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of HUGH

SÌLEAS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of CECILIA

SÌNE   f   Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNE

SÌNEAG   f   Scottish
Scottish form of JEANNETTE

SÌOLTACH   m   Scottish
Means "sower" in Scottish Gaelic.

SLÀINE   f   Scottish
Scottish form of SLÁINE

SOMERLED   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Somarliðr meaning "summer traveller"... [more]

SOMHAIRLE   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of Somarliðr (see SOMERLED).

SORCHA   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.

SORLEY   m   Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of SOMHAIRLE

STEAFAN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of STEPHEN

STEAPHAN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of STEPHEN

STEENIE   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of STEPHEN

STUART   m   English, Scottish
From an occupational surname originally belong to a person who was a steward... [more]

SUIBHNE   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "well-going" in Gaelic... [more]

SWEENEY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of SUIBHNE

TADG   m   Irish, Scottish
Variant of TADHG

TADHG   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "poet" in Irish. This was the name of an 11th-century king of Connacht.

TAM   m   Scottish
Scottish short form of THOMAS

TÀMHAS   m   Scottish
Scottish form of THOMAS

TASGALL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of the Old Norse name Ásketill, meaning "cauldron of the gods" from Old Norse áss "god" and ketill "cauldron".

TASKILL   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of TASGALL

TAVISH   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of Thàmhais, vocative case of TÀMHAS... [more]

TEÀRLACH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of TOIRDHEALBHACH... [more]

TEÀRLAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of TEÀRLACH

TEASAG   f   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JEAN (2)

TÒMAS   m   Scottish
Scottish form of THOMAS

TORCUIL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of Þórketill (see TORKEL).

TORQUIL   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of TORCUIL

UALAN   m   Scottish
Scottish form of VALENTINE (1)

UILLEAM   m   Scottish
Scottish form of WILLIAM

ÙISDEAN   m   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Norse name EYSTEINN.

ÙNA   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ÚNA

WALLACE   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French... [more]

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