Names Categorized "rare Scottish"

Alpin is an Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Ailpean, which itself is possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white". This name has strong historical roots in early medieval Scotland, particularly among...

Daividh is a partially Anglicized variant of the Scottish Gaelic name Dàibhidh, which itself is the Gaelic form of David. This name bridges the traditional Gaelic pronunciation and spelling with English orthographic conv...

Dermid is an Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Diarmad, ultimately rooted in the Irish name Diarmaid. The name's etymology is uncertain, but it has been suggested that it may mean "without envy" in Irish, deriv...

Fife is a masculine given name derived from the Scottish place name Fife, which was historically a kingdom and later a county in Scotland. The name is said to originate from the Pictish kingdom called Fib, one of the ear...

Fyfe is a Scottish given name and surname, originating as a variant of Fife. The root source is the place name Fife, a region in eastern Scotland that was once a kingdom during the Pictish period. The kingdom's name is l...

Gilchrist is a Scottish masculine given name and surname, an Anglicized form of the medieval Gaelic name Gille Críst, meaning "servant of Christ." The name originates from Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd, composed of gille...

Gillespie is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Gilleasbuig (or its variant Gilleasbaig), which means "servant of the bishop". The name is composed of the Gaelic elements gille "servant" and easbuig "bishop"...