Scottish Names
Scotland names from three directions at once — Gaelic in the west and north, Norse in the isles, and Scots and Norman French in the lowlands. A Scottish name therefore tells you roughly where in the country it comes from, which is not true of English names.
Languages behind these names
Gaelic
Irish
Scottish Gaelic
uncertain
Hebrew
Greek
13 names, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in United States
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Bessie Bessie is a girl's name meaning God is my oath, a pet form of Elizabeth.Girl Scottish 16 in 2025