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Scottish/Irish Names A-Z (123)

Eoin (Gaelic form of John.)

Euan (Anglicized form of Eoghan.)

Fearchar (Means "dear man" from Gaelic fear "man" and char "dear".)

Fearghas (Means "man of vigour".)

Filib (Scottish form of Philip.)

Findlay (From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name Fionnlagh.)

Fiona (Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used poet James Macpherson in his poem "Fingal" 1762.)

Fionnlagh (Means "White Warrior" form Gaelic fionn "White, fair" and laogh "warrior".)

Fionntan (Modern Irish form of Fintan.)

Fionola (Anglicized form of Fionnuala.)

Fyfe (Variant of Fife.)

Glen (Variant of Glenn.)

Glenna (Feminine form of Glenn.)

Goraidh (Scottish form of Godfrey.)

Graeme (Form a surname which was a variant of Graham.)

Greer (From a Scottish surname which derived from the given name Gregor.)

Greig (Scottish diminutive of Gregory.)

Grizel (Scottish variant of Griselda.)

Gus (Short form of Augustus or Angus.)

Heck (Scottish short forum of Hector.)

Hendry (Scots variant of Henry.)

Ian (Scottish form of John.)

Isla (Variant of Islay, typically used as a feminine name.)

Jamesina (Feminine form of James.)

Jamie (Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of James. Since the late 19th Century it has also been used as a feminine form.)

Jessie (Originally a Scottish diminutive of Jean. In modern times it is also used as a diminutive of Jessica.)

Jock (Scottish form of Jack.)

Keitha (Feminine form of Keith.)

Kenny (Diminutive of Kenneth.)

Kerr (From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.)

Labhrainn (Scottish form of Laurence.)

Lachlan (Originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway. In Scotland, Norway known as the "land of the lochs", or "Lochlann".)

Lenox (From a surname which was a variant of Lennox.)

Lileas (Scottish form of Lillian.)

Mairead (Scottish form of Margaret.)

Mairi (Scottish form of Mary.)

Malina (Feminine form of Malcolm.)

Marcas (Irish and Scottish form of Mark.)

Maura (Anglicized form of Maire. It has also been associated with Gaelic mor meaning "Great", was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish or Scottish martyr.)

Mhairi (Vocative form of Mairi.)

Mor (Means "Great" in Gaelic. It is sometimes translated into English as Sarah.)

Morven (From a Scottish place name meaning "Big gap". This was the name of Fingal's kingdom James Macpherson's poems.

Munro (Possibly derived from Welsh mwyn "Gentle, kind". This was a nickname of the 6th-century Saint Kentigern.)

Naomhan (Means "Little Saint", derived from Irish naomh "Saint" combined with a diminutive suffix.)

Neacel (Scottish form of Nicholas.)

Neilina (Feminine form of Neil.)

Niall (Original Gaelic spelling of Neil.)

Oighrig (Means "New speckled one" in Scottish Gaelic.)

Pal (Scottish form of Paul.)

Rab (Scottish short form of Robert.)

Rabbie (Scottish diminutive of Robert.)

Raghnall (Gaelic form of Ragnvald.)

Ranald (Scottish form of Reynold.)

Ranulph (Variant of Ranulf.)

Rory (Anglicized form of Ruaidhri.)

Sawney (Scottish form of Sandy.)

Scot (Variant form of Scott.)

Scottie/Scotty (Diminutive of Scott.)

Seoc (Scottish Gaelic form of Jack.)

Shaw (Anglicized form of Seaghdh.)

Sheona (Variant of Shona.)

Shona (Anglicized form of Seonag or Seonaid.)

Sine (Scottish form of Jeanne.)

Steenie (Scottish diminutive of Stephen.)

Suibhne (Means "Well-going" in Gaelic. This was the name of a 7th-century high king of Ireland.)

Tadg (Old Irish form of Tadhg.)

Tamhas (Scottish form of Thomas.)

Taskill (Anglicized form of Tasgall.)

Tearlag (Feminine form of Tearlach.)

Teasag (Scottish form of Thomas.)

Torquil (Anglicized form of Torcuil.)

Ualan (Scottish form of Valentine.)

Uilleam (Scottish form of William.)

Una (Scottish form of Una.)

Wallace (From a Scottish and English surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French. It was first used as given name in honour of Sir William Wallace, a Scottish hero who led the fight against English invasion in the 13th century.)