Scottish Baby Names
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861 names found
Abhainn
BoyScottish
River.
Acair
BoyScottish
Anchor.
Acaiseid
BoyScottish
Anchor.
Achaius
BoyIrish Scottish
Horseman. Friend of a horse.
Adair
UnisexCeltic English Gaelic Scottish
From the ford by the oak trees. Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of 'ead' meaning rich or happy, and 'gar' meaning spear. From the oak tree ford. From the oak tree ford. Uncertain origin. May be a variant of Edgar, or from the Gaelic for 'oak tree ford'. Used for many hundreds of years as both surname and first name.
Adaira
GirlScottish
From the oak tree ford.
Adairia
GirlScottish
From the oak tree ford.
Adhamh
BoyGaelic Hebrew Irish Scottish
Gaelic form of Adam. Son of Adam: Man of the red earth. Of the earth.
Aeneas
UnisexBiblical Greek Irish Latin Literary Scottish
Praised, praiseworthy. Praiseworthy. Aeneas was the Trojan hero of Virgil's Aeneid, This name his been occasionally used since the Renaissance. Praise. Excellent. A literary name from Shakespeare's The History of Troilus and Cressida, where it belongs to a Trojan commander. Sometimes used in Scotland as a translation of the Gaelic Aonghus'.
Aengus
BoyCeltic Irish Scottish
Exceptionally strong. One vigor. Unnaturally strong.
Aibne
BoyScottish
River.
Ail
BoyScottish
From the stony place.
Aila
GirlScottish
From the strong place.
Ailbert
BoyScottish
Noble.
Ailean
BoyEnglish Gaelic Scottish
Fair; handsome. Handsome.
Aileana
GirlScottish
From the green meadow.
Aileen
GirlIrish Scottish
Light. From the name Eibhlin, derived from Evelyn or Evelina. Light. From the green meadow, a variant of Evelyn. Also a Scottish variant of the Irish Eileen.
Aileene
GirlAilein
BoyScottish
From the green meadow.
Ailie
GirlFrench Gaelic Scottish
A 13th century variant of Alice meaning nobility. Now particularly popular in Scotland. The Scottish Gaelic form of Alice. From Ailsa Craig, a rocky islet in the Scottish Firth of Clyde. Also a Scottish variant of Else, and a diminutive of Ailis or Alison.
Aillig
BoyScottish
From the stony place.
Ailsa
GirlDanish German Hebrew Scottish Teutonic
Danish form of Elizabeth. A diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning 'my god is bountiful', or 'god of plenty.' Also from the Old German athal meaning 'noble'. Devoted to God. From Ailsa Craig, a rocky islet in the Scottish Firth of Clyde. Also a Scottish variant of Else. Good humor.
Aindreas
BoyGaelic Greek Irish Scottish
Manly. Strong.
Akir
BoyScottish
Anchor.