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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.
Alasdair. Alistair. Allan (given name) Ally (name) Andro (name) Angus (given name) Archie. Arthur. Aulay.
Cainnech/Coinneach, Cináed. Kenneth is a given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: Cainnech and Cináed. The modern Gaelic form of Cainnech is Coinneach; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". [1] A short form of Kenneth is Ken.
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name Dòmhnall. [1] This comes from the Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). [2] [3] [4] The final -d in Donald is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as Ronald.
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).
Douglas. Douglas is a masculine given name which originated from the surname Douglas. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as a girl's name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the north of England. [1] The Scottish surname Douglas was borne by one of the most powerful families of the Kingdom of ...
The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology. [2] [3] The name features in the Irish surnames Mac Aodha (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized as McGee/McHugh/McKee) and Ó hAodha (lit. "descendant of Aodh"; anglicized as Hayes/Hughes/O'Hea), and the Scottish surname Mac Aoidh (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized McKay).
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.