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This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
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Alasdair. Alistair. Allan (given name) Ally (name) Andro (name) Angus (given name) Archie. Arthur. Aulay.
Borrowing into English/Scots. A fair number of Gaelic names were borrowed into English or Scots at different periods (e.g. Kenneth, Duncan, Donald, Malcolm, Calum, Lachlan, Alasdair, Iain, Eilidh), although it can sometimes be difficult to tell if the donor language was Irish or Scottish Gaelic (e.g. Deirdre, Rory, Kennedy, Bridget/Bride, Aiden).
In the 2000s and 2010s, Lachlan was a common baby name in Australia and New Zealand, [6] ranking within the top ten masculine names registered in several Australian states. In 2008, Lachlan was ranked as the third most popular masculine baby name in New South Wales, with 581 registered that year. [32] The same year, the name was ranked as the ...
Craig is a Scottish, Irish and Welsh masculine given name, all variations derive from the same Celtic branch. The name has two origins. In some cases it can originate from a nickname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic word creag, meaning "rock," similar to Peter. In other cases, the given name originates from the Scottish surname Craig, which is ...
Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) [2][3] is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" [4] or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark"). [5] It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.
The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna (1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name in the 20th century. [9] The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Siobhàn [10] [2] [11] (which is sometimes anglicised Judith). [12] The male Irish forms of the name are Seán and Eóin.