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Scottish Gaelic names - Baby names with the origin Scottish Gaelic

Name Meaning Origins Gender
Aonghais One strength; unique choice Scottish Gaelic Boy
Aonghas From elements meaning 'one' + 'choice/strength' - often given as 'one choice' or 'unique strength'. Celtic, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Aonghuis from Old Irish Oengus, meaning "one choice" or "unique strength" Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Aonghus one choice (from Proto-Celtic *oino-gustos) Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Ard From Gaelic 'àrd' meaning 'high' or 'tall'; in Frisian/Dutch contexts used as a short form of Germanic names connoting strength or bravery. Dutch, Frisian, Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Ardmoar 'ard' = height/high; 'mór' = great/large → 'great height' / 'high great hill/headland' Irish (Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Ardmor From Gaelic ard 'high' + mór 'great' - 'great height' or 'high and great' Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Argyle From Argyll; 'coastland/borderland of the Gaels' Scottish Gaelic Boy
Artuir bear (by extension 'bear-man' or 'bear-king') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Aulay ancestor's descendant (from Old Norse elements meaning 'ancestor' + 'heir/descendant') Scottish Gaelic Boy
Baigh Possibly 'bay' (from Gaelic) or a variant of the Turkic title meaning 'chieftain/leader'. Irish, Persian, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Baillidh bailiff, steward, town official Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Bailoch Homestead by the lake Scottish Gaelic Boy
Bairde bard, poet; storyteller Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Bairrfhoinn fair-haired; fair-headed Irish, Scottish Gaelic Girl
Balgair farm or town of Gair (Gair's town) Scottish Gaelic Boy
Bannan Gaelic: 'little fair/white one' (from bán 'white' + diminutive); Arabic: 'fingertips' or 'delicate/dextrous' (from بنّان, bannān). Arabic, Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Barra Short form of Finbarr, meaning 'fair-headed' or 'fair-haired' (related to barr 'head/top') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Beag little, small Irish, Scottish Gaelic Unisex
Beagan little; 'little one' (diminutive of Gaelic beag) Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Beartlaidh son of Talmai (Bartholomew) - often rendered 'son of the furrows' or 'son of abundance' Scottish Gaelic Boy
Beathag 'Little life' (from Gaelic beatha 'life' + diminutive suffix -ag) Scottish Gaelic Girl
Bheathain life (diminutive: 'little life') Irish (Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic Boy
Biadhaiche cook, feeder, food-provider (occupational) Irish (Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic Boy
Blar battle, battlefield Scottish Gaelic Boy
Branais raven (from Old Irish 'Bran'; sometimes rendered as 'little raven') Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Branduff dark/black raven Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Brathach Possibly derived from Gaelic 'brath' meaning 'judgment' or 'doom' - roughly 'judgment' or 'one of judgment'. Irish (Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic Boy
Breas Likely derived from Old Irish Breasal/Breasal - associated with chieftainship or nobility; exact meaning uncertain Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy
Brochan Diminutive of broc ('badger') - 'little/young badger' Irish, Scottish Gaelic Boy