Scottish Names List

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Adair - "oak tree ford"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish and Irish

Agnes - "pure, virginal"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek

Aileas - "noble"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish form of Alice

Ailsa - "elf victory"
Pronunciation: AYL-suh
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish from Norse

Ainslie - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Alasdair - "defending men"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish variation of Alexander

Alexina - "defending men"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of Alexandra, Greek

Andrew - "strong and manly"
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek

Angus - "one strength"
Gender: Male
Origin: Anglicised form of Aonghus, Gaelic

Archibald - "strong and manly"
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek

Archie - "truly brave"
Gender: Male
Origin: Diminutive of Archibald, Teutonic

Arran - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish place-name

Artair - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Auley - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Blair - "dweller on the plain"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Bruce - "from the brushwood thicket"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish and English from French

Callum - "dove"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish form of Columba, Latin

Calum - "dove"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish form of Columba, Latin

Cameron - "crooked nose"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish surname

Campbell - "crooked mouth"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Catriona - "pure"
Pronunciation: ka-TREE-na
Gender: Female
Origin: Gaelic form of Katherine

Clyde - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish river name

Conall - "strong as a wolf"
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish

Conran - "descendant of Conaran"
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish, anglicisation of O'conarain

Craig - "from the rocks"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Creighton - "hilltop town, rocky place"
Pronunciation: CRAY-ton
Gender: Male
Origin: English and Scottish

Darragh - "oak tree"
Pronunciation: DA-rah
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish

Davina - "little deer"
Gender: Female
Origin: Hebrew

Diarmad - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Donnan - "small brown-haired child"
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish

Dougal - "dark stranger"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Douglas - "black water"
Pronunciation: DUG-las
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Duff - "swarthy"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish

Dugald - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Duncan - "dark warrior"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Edina - "wealthy"
Gender: Female
Origin: English

Effie - "pleasant speech"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek

Eilidh - "sun, radiant one"
Pronunciation: ay-lee
Gender: Female
Origin: Gaelic

Eithne - "nut kernel"
Pronunciation: EN-ya
Gender: Female
Origin: Gaelic

Elsie - "pledged to God"
Gender: Female
Origin: Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, Elspeth

Elspeth - "pledged to God"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish variation of Elizabeth

Eoghan - "born of the yew tree"
Pronunciation: OH-in
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish Gaelic

Eoin - "God is gracious"
Pronunciation: o-wen
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish, variation of John

Erskine - "from the high cliffs"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Esme - "esteemed, beloved; emerald"
Pronunciation: EZ-may
Gender: Female
Origin: French; Persian

Euan - "born of the yew tree"
Pronunciation: YOO-un
Gender: Male
Origin: Gaelic, Anglicised form of Eoghann

Euphemia - "fair speech"
Pronunciation: you-FEM-ee-ah
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek

Evan - "the Lord is gracious"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Welsh variation of John

Evander - "bow warrior; strong man"
Pronunciation: eh-VAN-der
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish; Greek

Ewan - "born of the yew tree"
Pronunciation: YOO-un
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish form of Gaelic Eoghan

Farquhar - "friendly man"
Pronunciation: far-kar
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Fenella - "white-shouldered one"
Gender: Female
Origin: Celtic

Fergus - "man of force"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish and Irish

Fife - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish word and place-name

Findlay - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Fingal - "fair stranger"
Gender: Male
Origin: Gaelic

Finlay - "fair-haired hero"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish and Scottish

Finola - "white shoulders"
Gender: Female
Origin: Irish

Fiona - "white, fair"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Flora - "flower"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin

Fraser - "strawberry"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish from French

Fyfe - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Gavin - "white hawk"
Gender: Male
Origin: Celtic

Gillespie - "bishop's servant"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Glen - "a narrow valley"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Gordon - "great hill"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Graham - "gravelly homestead"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Greer - "alert, watchful"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish, contraction of surname Gregor; Latin

Gregor - "vigilant, a watchman"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish form of Gregory

Hamish - "supplanter"
Pronunciation: HAY-mish
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish variation of James

Hugh - "mind, intellect"
Gender: Male
Origin: English from German

Iain - "God is gracious"
Gender: Male
Origin: Gaelic variation of John

Innes - "from the river island"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Iona - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: eye-own-uh
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish place-name

Ione - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: eye-OH-nee or ee-OH-nee
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek, a violet-coloured stone

Iseabail - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Ishbel - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Isla - "island"
Pronunciation: eye-la
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish place-name or Spanish

Ismay - "esteemed, beloved"
Gender: Female
Origin: Possible variation of Esme

Isobel - "pledged to God"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish variation of Isabel

Ivar - "yew wood, archer"
Pronunciation: EE-vahr
Gender: Male
Origin: Norse

Ivor - "yew"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish variation of Welsh Ifor

Jamesina - "supplanter"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of James

Jean - "God is gracious"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English and Scottish, from French variation of Johanna

Keir - "dark, black"
Pronunciation: keer
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish

Keith - "wood"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Kenna - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: KEN-ah
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish, feminine form of Kenneth

Kenneth - "born of fire, handsome"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish and Irish

Kyle - "narrow spit of land"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Lachlan - "from the fjord-land"
Pronunciation: LACK-lin or LOCK-lin
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Lennox - "elm grove"
Pronunciation: LENN-ux
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Lesley - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Lileas - "flower"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish variation of Lily

Lilias - "lily"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin

Logan - "small hollow"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Lorna - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: English literary name

Lyle - "someone who lives on an island"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish and English from French

Macaulay - "son of righteousness"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Magnus - "greatest"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin

Mairead - "pearl"
Gender: Female
Origin: Irish, shortened form of Mairghread, variation of Margaret

Mairi - "bitter"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish variation of Mary

Maisie - "pearl"
Pronunciation: MAZE-ee
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish diminutive of Margaret

Malcolm - "devotee of St. Colomba"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Malvina - "smooth-browse one"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Margery - "pearl"
Gender: Female
Origin: Medieval variation of Margaret

Marjorie - "pearl"
Pronunciation: MARGE-uh-ree
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish variation of Margery, diminutive of Margaret

Maxwell - "great stream"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Morven - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: MOR-ven
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish, poetic place-name

Muir - "dweller near the moor"
Pronunciation: myoor
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Muireall - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Mungo - "my pet"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish nickname

Muriel - "of the bright sea"
Gender: Female
Origin: Irish

Murray - "settlement by the sea"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Myra - "sweet-smelling oil"
Pronunciation: MY-rah
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek

Neil - "cloud"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish

Nessa - "headlands, promontory"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scandinavian

Niall - "cloud"
Pronunciation: nye-all
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish

Ninian - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish and Irish

Niven - "little saint"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Ossian - "little deer"
Pronunciation: UH-sheen
Gender: Male
Origin: Old Irish

Padraig - "patrician, noble"
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish

Parlan - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Ramsay - "low-lying land"
Gender: Male
Origin: English

Rhona - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish, uncertain derivation

Rona - "might"
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish spelling variation of Rhona; also Norwegian

Rory - "red king"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Irish

Ross - "upland, peninsula"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Rowena - "white spear or famous friend"
Pronunciation: ro-WEE-na
Gender: Female
Origin: Welsh

Ruairidh - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Senga - "slender"
Pronunciation: SEN-gah
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Sholto - "fruitfulness, fertility"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish from the Gaelic

Sile - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish

Sinclair - "from the town of St. Clair"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

Skye - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish place-name

Stewart - "steward"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Struan - "stream"
Gender: Male
Origin: Gaelic

Stuart - "steward"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish

Tam - "twin"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish variation of Thomas

Torquil - "Thor's cauldron"
Pronunciation: TOR-kil
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish from Norse

Uilleam - "resolute protection"
Pronunciation: WIL-lem
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish variation of William

Una - "one; also, lamb"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin

Wallace - "foreigner, stranger"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Scottish

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