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Scottish Gaelic names - Baby names with the origin Scottish Gaelic

Name Meaning Origins Gender
Malcolme devotee or follower of Saint Columba ('Columba' = dove) Scottish Gaelic Boy
Malcome Devotee or servant of Saint Columba Scottish Gaelic Boy
Malcon Devotee/follower of Saint Columba Scottish Gaelic Boy
Malvína smooth or gentle brow (literally 'smooth forehead') Scottish Gaelic Girl
Malvine Likely 'smooth brow' or 'gentle/fair brow' (from Gaelic mala-mhìn); occasionally associated with Latin 'malva' (mallow) in some adaptations Scottish Gaelic Girl
Malvínia Often interpreted as 'smooth' or 'gentle brow' (from Gaelic elements meaning 'smooth' + 'brow'). Scottish Gaelic Girl
Maolcolm Devotee or follower of St. Columba ('dove') Scottish Gaelic Boy
Maolcolmb Servant or devotee of (Saint) Columba - 'follower of Columba' Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Marsaili Pearl (derived from Margaret) Scottish Gaelic Girl
Martainn Derived from Latin Martinus, meaning "of Mars" or "warlike" Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mcbride son of the devotee/servant of Brigid (Saint Brigid) Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mccaulaeah Derived from Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh meaning 'son/descendant of Amhlaoibh (Olaf)'; used as a feminine given name, interpreted as 'descendant of Olaf' Irish, Scottish Gaelic Girl
Mccaulei Son of Amhlaoibh/Amlaíb - descendant of Olaf Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Mccauleigh son of Amhlaoibh (Amlaibh) - descendant of Olaf (literally 'ancestor's descendant') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mccaulie Son of Amhlaoibh (the Gaelic form of Olaf) - essentially 'son of Olaf' Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
McCoy Son of Aodh (Aodh = 'fire'); often rendered 'son of Hugh'. Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
McKay From Gaelic 'Mac Aoidh' meaning 'son of Aodh' (Aodh = 'fire', often anglicized as Hugh). Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mckenna Originally 'son of Cionaodh' (Cionaodh linked to Aodh, 'fire') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
McKensie Originally 'son of Coinneach' - 'son of the fair/handsome one' (associated with Kenneth) Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Mckenzee Son/descendant of Coinneach (meaning 'handsome' or 'comely'); associated with the name Kenneth Scottish Gaelic Unisex
McKenzie Son of Coinneach ('the fair' or 'handsome') - essentially 'son of Kenneth' Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Mckenzy Derived from 'MacCoinneach' meaning 'son of Coinneach' (Coinneach: 'fair' or 'handsome') Scottish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Mckenzya Derived from the Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach' (descendant of Kenneth; 'handsome') Scottish Gaelic Unisex
mclean son of the servant/follower of (St.) John Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mcnair Son of the heir Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mctavish son of Thomas Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mctavysh son of Tavish (Thomas); ultimately from Thomas meaning 'twin' Scottish Gaelic Boy
Mealcoluim devotee/servant of Columba (Saint Columba, 'dove') Scottish Gaelic Boy
Meilseoir Likely 'confectioner' or 'sweet-maker' / 'sweet one' (derived from Gaelic root for 'sweet') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
mhaira Gaelic form of Mary; ultimately from Hebrew Miriam - meaning uncertain (commonly rendered as 'beloved', 'bitter', or 'wished-for child') Scottish Gaelic Girl