List of Scottish Baby Names Meanings

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  • MacIver
    Clan MacIver or Clan MacIvor, also known as Clan Iver, is Scottish clan recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. ... Because of this the clan can be considered an armigerous clan. The clan name of MacIver is of Gaelic origin, derived from an Old Norse personal name.
    Meaning: Son of an archer Origin: Scottish
  • MacKay
    Scottish Meaning: The name MacKay is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name MacKay is: Son of fire.
    Meaning: Son of fire Origin: Scottish
  • MacKendrick
    Origin of the name Kendrick: Transferred use of the surname, which has several different roots. ... As a Scottish surname, it is a short form of MacKendrick and MacKenrick, from the Gaelic MacEanraig (son of Henry).
    Meaning: Son of henry Origin: Scottish
  • MacLachlan
    The surname Maclachlan is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Lachlainn which is the patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Lochlann meaning "stranger". Lochlann was originally a term to describe Scandinavia, composed of the elements loch (meaning "lake" or "fjord") + lann (meaning "land").
    Meaning: Son of lachlan Origin: Scottish
  • MacLaine
    Scottish meaning: The name MacLaine is a Scottish baby name The Scottish meaning of MacLaine is: Son of the servant of John.
    Meaning: Son of the servant of john Origin: Scottish
  • MacLaren
    MacLaren or Maclaren is a surname of Scottish and northern Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Labhrainn meaning "son of Labhrann". The Gaelic personal name Labhrann is a Gaelicised form of Lawrence.
    Meaning: Son of laren Origin: Scottish
  • MacMillan
    MacMillan, MacMillen, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan are variants of a Scottish surname. The origin of the name derives from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the Clan was said to be Airbertach, Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray.
    Meaning: Son of the ba!d man Origin: Scottish
  • MacNachtan
    Meaning: Son of the pure one Origin: Scottish
  • Macnair
    The first family to use the name MacNair lived among the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. The name MacNair is derived from the personal name John. The Gaelic form of their name was originally Mac-Iain-uidhir, which means son of dun John.
    Meaning: Son of the heir Origin: Scottish
  • MacNaughton
    In ancient Scotland, the ancestors of the McNaughton family were part of a tribe called the Picts. The name McNaughton is derived from the Pictish name Nechtan. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Neachdainn, which means son of Nechtan.
    Meaning: Son of the pure one Origin: Scottish
  • MacNeill
    The surname is Gaelic in origin. The name McNeill is often associated with the Islands of Gigha and Colonsay. The name is considered a sub-sept of Clan MacNeill or Clan MacNeil which is historically associated with the island of Barra in the outer Hebrides. The Gaelic patronymic meaning of McNeill is 'Son of Neil'.
    Meaning: Son of the champion Origin: Scottish
  • MacNiall
    Meaning: Son of the champion Origin: Scottish
  • MacNicol
    The ancient Viking-Scottish name MacNicol is derived from from the personal name, Nicholas. ... The name Nicholas came from the Greek, Nikolaos, which means conqueror of the people. In Scotland, the earliest bearers of the surname MacNicol lived on the Isle of Skye, which is located on the western coast.
    Meaning: Son of the conquering people Origin: Scottish
  • MacPherson
    The name Macpherson — or MacPherson or McPherson, according to different spellings — comes from the Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain and means 'Son of the Parson'. The Parson in question was Muriach, a 12th century parson, or lay preacher, of Kingussie in Badenoch.
    Meaning: Son of the parson Origin: Scottish
  • MacQuarrie
    Variant(s) Macquarie, McQuarrie, Macquarrie. Footnotes: MacQuarrie is a family name of Scottish origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Guaire, which was a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name meaning "proud" or "noble".
    Meaning: Son of the proud Origin: Scottish
  • MacQueen
    The Gaelic name Suibhne is a byname, which means "pleasant". ... Another suggested origin of the Anglicised surname is from the Gaelic MacCuithein. A similarly spelt surname, Macquien, is considered to be often confused with, and wrongly represented by Macqueen.
    Meaning: Son of the good man Origin: Scottish
  • MacRae
    Surname. The surname Macrae (and its variations) is an anglicisation of the patronymic from the Gaelic personal name MacRaith. This personal name means "son of grace". The name is recorded numerous times in the Middle Ages, and was used by various unrelated families.
    Meaning: Son of grace Origin: Scottish
  • MacRay
    Scottish Meaning: The name MacRay is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name MacRay is: Son of grace.
    Meaning: Son of grace Origin: Scottish
  • Madntyre
    Meaning: Son of the carpenter Origin: Scottish
  • Mador
    Arthurian Legend Meaning: The name Mador is an Arthurian Legend baby name. In Arthurian Legend the meaning of the name Mador is: Accuser of Guinevere.
    Meaning: Accuser of guinevere Origin: Scottish
  • MaeAdam
    Meaning: Son of adam Origin: Scottish
  • Maheloas
    Meaning: Lord of the isle of glass Origin: Scottish
  • Makolm
    Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim is a Scottish Gaelic given name meaning "devotee of Saint Columba".
    Meaning: Follower of saint columba Origin: Scottish
  • Maldue
    Mildew is a form of fungus. ... In Old English, mildew meant honeydew (a substance secreted by aphids on leaves, formerly thought to distill from the air like dew), and later came to mean mould or fungus.
    Meaning: A wizard Origin: Scottish
  • Malmuira
    Meaning: Dark skinned Origin: Scottish
  • Malmuirie
    Meaning: Dark skinned Origin: Scottish
  • Maolmuire
    Meaning: Dark skinned Origin: Scottish
  • Marcail
    Origin of the name Margaret: From the Greek Margarītēs, which is derived from maragon (a pearl).
    Meaning: Pearl Origin: Scottish
  • Margawse
    The name Margawse is a Female name. Arthurian Legend meaning: The name Margawse is a Arthurian Legend baby name The Arthurian Legend meaning of Margawse is: Mother of Gawain.
    Meaning: Mother of gawain Origin: Scottish
  • Mariadok
    Meaning: King marks servant Origin: Scottish