Scottish Submitted Names

Scottish names are used in the country of Scotland as well as elsewhere in the Western World as a result of the Scottish diaspora. See also about Scottish names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Sgàire m Scottish Gaelic

Shanachie f & m Scottish Gaelic, Irish
Irish word for "a skilled teller of tales or legends, especially Gaelic ones." From the Scots Gaelic word seanachaidh, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae, meaning historian, derived from sen, meaning old.

Shanet f Scots (Archaic)
Scots phonetic variant of Gaelic Seònaid.

Shaylon m Scottish Gaelic
Shaylon as a boy's name is related to the Gaelic name Shea. The meaning of Shaylon is "admirable

Sheumais m Scots
Scots adoption of the vocative case of Seumas due to mistaking it for the nominative case.

Shonagh f Scottish (?)
Variant of Shona.

Shoord m Scots
Shetlandic Scots form of Sigurd. The name is occasionally Anglicized as George.

Shoosan f Scots
Scots form of Susan.

Shoosie f Scots
Diminutive of Shoosan.

Shuggie m Scots
Diminutive of Shug.

Shuggy m Scots
Scots diminutive of Hugh.

Shusan f Scots
Scots form of Susan.

Shusie f Scots
Diminutive of Shusan.

Sibbie f Scots
Diminutive of Easabell.

Sìle f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic cognate of Síle.

Sìlis f Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Sìleas.

Sim m Scottish, English
Short form of Simon 1.

Simeag f Scottish Gaelic

Simie m Scottish
Diminutive of Sim.

Sìoltach m Scottish Gaelic
Original Scottish Gaelic form of Sholto.

Sìomon m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Simon 1.

Sitheag f Scottish Gaelic (Archaic)
Derived from Middle Gaelic sidhach "wolf", this name is now extinct but was "common in the 17th century".

Siubhan f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic cognate of Siobhán. This name used to be Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Judith.

Siùsan f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Susan and Susannah.

Sizzie f Scots
Shetlandic Scots diminutive of Easabell.

Steen m Scots
Scots form of Stephen.

Stineag f Scottish Gaelic
Diminutive of Cairistìona.

Stroma f English (British), Scottish, Literature
From the name of a Scottish island off Caithness, uninhabited since 1961, which derives from the Norse Straumey meaning "island in the stream" or "current". This was the name of a character in the British children's novel Broken Soup (2008) by Jenny Valentine.

Struan m Scottish
Transferred use of the surname Struan.

Suphy f Scots
Scots diminutive of Sophia.

Sutherland m & f Scottish (Rare), English (Rare)
Scottish regional name that described a person who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land". It was called the South Land because it was south of Scandinavia and south of the Norse colonies of Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Synnie f Scots
Shetlandic Scots form of Signy.

Tamas m Scots
Scots form of Thomas.

Tamlane m Scottish (Rare, ?), English (Rare)

Tammas m Scots
Scots form of Thomas.

Tavin m Scottish (Modern), Irish (Modern)
In Scottish, Tavin means 'twin'. Tavin is also the Irish word teevee meaning 'hillside'.

Teagen f & m Scottish (Americanized, Rare)
Unknown.

Tearlach m Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Teàrlach.

Teenie f Irish, Scottish
Diminutive of Christina.

Thain m Scots, English
Transferred use of the surname Thain meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king... [more]

Thebe f Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Diminutive of both Isobel and Elizabeth.

Theebet f Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Diminutive of Elizabeth via the diminutive Thebe.

Theniel m Scots
Truncated form of Nathaniel.

Threinfear m Scottish Gaelic

Tib f Scots
Scots short form of Isabel.

Tibbie f Scots
Diminutive of Tib.

Tiobaid m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Theobald.

Tirval m Scots
Shetlandic Scots form of Torvald.

Tizzie f Scots
Diminutive of Theresa and occasionally of Elizabeth.

Tomima f Scottish (Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include an Orcadian form of Tomina, possibly influenced by Jemima.

Took m Scots
Diminutive of Tom 1.

Tormod m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic name derived from both Þórmóðr and Þórmundr. This name used to be Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Norman.

Torquhil m Scottish
Variant of Torcuil.

Tredwell f Scottish
Variant of Triduana.

Uailean m Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Ualan.

Uarraig m Scottish Gaelic
Anglicised as the etymologically unrelated given name Kennedy, The name is said to have been borne by various families of the surname Kennedy.

Uilleachan m Scottish Gaelic
Diminutive of Uilleam.

Uilleamina f Scottish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Uilleam and a Scottish form of Wilhelmina.

Uisce f Scottish Gaelic

Vaila f Scottish, Norwegian (Rare)
Taken from the name of a small island off the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is a traditional Shetlandic girls' name.

Vairi f Scottish
Variant of Mhairi.

Vanora f Scottish (Archaic), English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Wannour or Wannore, an old Scottish form of Guenore (see Guinevere)... [more]

Veyatie f Scottish (Rare)
From the name of Loch Veyatie in north-west Scotland (see Veyatie). This name is very rare.

Walterina f Scottish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Walter.

Waut m Scots
Short form of Wauter.

Wauter m Scots
Scots form of Walter.

Wautie m Scots
Diminutive of Waut.

Weelum m Scots
Scots form of William.

Williamina f Scottish
Scottish feminine form of William. A known bearer of this name was Williamina Fleming (1857-1911), a Scottish astronomer.

Willum m Danish (Rare), Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Scots
Variant of Vilhelm or William.

Wullie m Scots
Scots diminutive of William.

Yeddie m Scots
Diminutive of Aidam.

Yid m Scots
Southern Scots short form of Aidam.

Yiddie m Scots
Diminutive of Yid.

Yorke m Scottish, English
Variant of York and transferred usage of the surname Yorke.

Yrchard m Scottish, History
Borne by a 7th-century Scottish saint who was a disciple of Saint Ternan and a bishop to the Picts.

Ysobel f Scottish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
Variant of Isobel. Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich (1882-1968) co-founded the 'Scottish Country Dance Society' in 1923.... [more]

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