Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABI
Short form of ABIGAIL.
AILEAS
Scottish form of ALICE.
AILSA
From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.
AINSLEY
From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place name...
ALAN
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It was used in Brittany at least as early as the 6th century, and it ...
ALASTAIR
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR.
AFRICA (2)
Anglicized form of AIFRIC.
AIDAN
Anglicized form of AODHÁN. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since i...
AIFRIC
Possibly means "pleasant" in Irish.
AILEEN
Variant of EILEEN.
AILPEIN
Scottish Gaelic form of ALPIN.
AINDREA
Scottish form of ANDREW.
ALASDAIR
Scottish form of ALEXANDER.
ALISTAIR
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR.
ALLAN
Variant of ALAN. The American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) got his middle name from the surname of the parents who...
ALLY (2)
Diminutive of ALISTAIR.
ALISTER
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR.
ALLEN
Variant of ALAN. A famous bearer of this name was Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), an American beat poet. Another is the Amer...
ALPIN
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ailpein, possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white". This was the name of t...
AMHLAIDH
Scottish form of OLAF.
ANGUS
Anglicized form of AONGHUS.
ANNAG
Scottish diminutive of ANNA.
AODHAGÁN
Diminutive of AODH.
AONGHUS
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy". Aonghus (sometimes surna...
ARCHIBALD
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold". The first element was altered due to the influence o...
ARTAIR
Scottish form of ARTHUR.
AODH
From the old Irish name Áed, which meant "fire". This was a very popular name in early Ireland, being borne by numerous ...
AODHÁN
From the old Irish name Áedán, a diminutive of Áed (see AODH). This was the name of an Irish monk and saint of the 7th c...
AONGHAS
Scottish variant of AONGHUS.
ARCHIE
Diminutive of ARCHIBALD. This name is borne by Archie Andrews, an American comic-book character created in 1941.
ARRAN
From the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.
ATHOL
From the name of a district in Scotland which was derived from Gaelic ath Fodhla "new Ireland".
AULAY
Anglicized form of AMHLAIDH.
BARABAL
Scottish form of BARBARA.
BARCLAY
From a Scottish surname which was likely derived from the English place name Berkeley, meaning "birch wood" in Old Engli...
BEATHAG
Feminine form of BEATHAN.
BEILEAG
Diminutive of ISEABAIL.
BHALTAIR
Scottish form of WALTER.
BHÀTAIR
Scottish form of WALTER.
BEATHAN
Derived from Scottish Gaelic beatha meaning "life".
BEITRIS
Scottish form of BEATRICE.
BOYD
From a Scottish surname which was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute.
BLAIR
From a Scottish surname which is derived from Gaelic blár meaning "plain, field, battlefield".
BRUCE
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France. The surname...
CAILEAN
Means "whelp, young dog" in Gaelic. This name is also used as a Scottish form of COLUMBA.
CAIRBRE
Means "charioteer" in Gaelic.
CAITRÌONA
Scottish form of KATHERINE.
CALLUM
Variant of CALUM.
CALUM
Scottish form of COLUMBA.
CARBREY
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE.
CAIRISTÌONA
Scottish form of CHRISTINA.
CAOIMHE
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful, gentle, kind".
CARBRY
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE.
CATRINA
Variant of CATRIONA.
CATRIONA
Gaelic form of KATHERINE.
CARSON
From a Scottish surname of uncertain meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout Kit Carson (1809-186...
CHRISTIE (2)
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER.
CHRISTY (2)
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER.
CINÁED
Means "born of fire" in Gaelic. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often An...
COINNEACH
Derived from Gaelic caoin "handsome". It is often Anglicized as Kenneth.
CONALL
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ...
COLIN (1)
Anglicized form of CAILEAN or COILEAN.
CORMAG
Scottish form of CORMAC.
CRAIG
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks", originally indicating a person wh...
DÀIBHIDH
Scottish Gaelic form of DAVID.
DAIVIDH
Gaelic variant of DAVID.
DAND
Scottish diminutive of ANDREW.
DAVID
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved". David was the s...
DAVIE
Diminutive of DAVID.
DEÒIRIDH
Means "pilgrim" in Scottish Gaelic.
DEÒRSA
Scottish form of GEORGE.
DERMID
Anglicized form of DIARMAD.
DIARMAD
Scottish form of DIARMAID.
DOMHNALL
Gaelic form of DONALD.
DONALD
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and va...
DONALDINA
Feminine form of DONALD.
DONNCHADH
Gaelic form of DUNCAN.
DOUGLAS
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, meaning "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"...
DUBHGHLAS
Original Gaelic form of DOUGLAS.
DUGALD
Scottish variant of DOUGAL.
DOMNALL
Gaelic form of DONALD.
DONALDA
Feminine form of DONALD.
DONELLA
Feminine form of DONALD.
DOUGAL
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".
DOUGLASS
Variant of DOUGLAS.
DUBHGHALL
Original Gaelic form of DOUGAL.
DUFF
Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".
DUNCAN
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of t...
EACHANN
Means "brown horse" from Gaelic each "horse" and donn "brown". It was sometimes Anglicized as Hector.
EALASAID
Scottish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH.
EANRAIG
Scottish Gaelic form of HENRY.
EFFIE (2)
Anglicized form of OIGHRIG.
EIDEARD
Scottish form of EDWARD.
EILIONOIR
Scottish form of ELEANOR.
EIMHIR
Scottish form of EMER.
EITHNE
Means "kernel, grain" in Irish. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint, sister of Saint Fidelma and follower of ...
EALAIR
Scottish Gaelic form of HILARY.
EDAN
Variant of AIDAN.
EDNA (1)
Anglicized form of EITHNE.
EILIDH
Diminutive of EILIONOIR, sometimes taken to be a Gaelic form of HELEN.
ELLAR
Anglicized form of EALAIR.
ELSPET
Scottish form of ELIZABETH.
ELSPETH
Scottish form of ELIZABETH.
EOGHAN
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE. It was borne by several leg...
EUAN
Anglicized form of EOGHAN.
EOIN
Gaelic form of JOHN.
ERSKINE
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic. A fa...
EWEN
Variant of EWAN.
EVANDER (2)
Anglicized form of IOMHAR.
EWAN
Anglicized form of EOGHAN.
FEARGHAS
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour". This was the name of several charac...
FARQUHAR
Anglicized form of FEARCHAR.
FEARCHAR
Means "dear man" from Gaelic fear "man" and char "dear".
FENELLA
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA.
FERGIE
Diminutive and feminine form of FERGUS.
FIFE
From a Scottish place name which was formerly the name of a kingdom in Scotland. It is said to be named for the legendar...
FILIB
Scottish form of PHILIP.
FINDLAY
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name FIONNLAGH.
FINELLA
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA.
FINGALL
Variant of FINGAL.
FINLAY
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH.
FIONNGHALL
Scottish Gaelic form of FINGAL.
FIONNLAGH
Means "white warrior" from Gaelic fionn "white, fair" and laogh "warrior".
FERGUS
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS.
FINGAL
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall meaning "white stranger", derived from fionn "white, fair" and gall "stranger". This was...
FINLEY
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH.
FINOLA
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA.
FIONA
Feminine form of FIONN. This name was (first?) used by Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem 'Fingal' (1762).
FIONNGHUALA
Variant of FIONNUALA.
FIONNTAN
Modern Irish form of FINTAN.
FIONOLA
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA.
FORBES
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "field" in Gaelic.
FRANG
Scottish form of FRANCIS.
FYFE
Variant of FIFE.
FRANGAG
Scottish feminine form of FRANCIS.
FRASER
From a Scottish surname which is of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was Simon Fraser (1776-1862), a Cana...
FRAZIER
Variant of FRASER.
GAVIN
Medieval form of GAWAIN. Though it died out in England, it was reintroduced from Scotland in the 20th century.
GILROY
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which me...
GILCHRIST
Derived from the Gaelic phrase giolla Chríost meaning "servant of Christ".
GILLESPIE
Anglicized form of Scottish Gille Easbaig or Irish Giolla Easpuig both meaning "servant of the bishop".
GLENNA
Feminine form of GLENN.
GORAIDH
Scottish form of GODFREY.
GORDON
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "spacious fort". It was originally used i...
GORMLAITH
Derived from Irish gorm "blue" or "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady". This was the name of a wife of the 11th-cen...
GRAHAM
From a Scottish surname, originally derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homeste...
GRANT
From an English and Scottish surname which was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large". A famous bearer ...
GREER
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name GREGOR.
GREIG
Scottish diminutive of GREGORY.
GRISELDA
Possibly derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle". It is not attested as a Germanic name. This w...
GLEN
Variant of GLENN.
GLENN
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley". A famous bearer of the surname is American astron...
GRAEME
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.
GRAHAME
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.
GREGOR
German, Scottish, Slovak and Slovene form of GREGORY. A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and sc...
GRIER
From a surname which was a variant of GREER.
GRIOGAIR
Scottish form of GREGORY.
GRIZEL
Scottish variant of GRISELDA.
GUS (1)
Short form of AUGUSTUS or ANGUS.
HAMISH
Anglicized form of a Sheumais, the vocative case of SEUMAS.
HECK
Scottish short form of HECTOR.
HENDRY
Scots variant of HENRY.
HECKIE
Scottish diminutive of HECTOR.
IAIN
Scottish form of JOHN.
IAN
Scottish form of JOHN.
IAGAN
Variant of Aodhagán, a diminutive of AODH.
INNES
Anglicized form of AONGHUS, also used as a feminine name.
IOMHAR
Scottish form of IVOR.
IRVINE
Variant of IRVING.
ISEABAIL
Scottish form of ISABEL.
ISOBEL
Scottish form of ISABEL.
IONA (1)
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery. The name of the island is Old Norse in...
IRVING
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name meaning "green water". Historically this na...
ISHBEL
Anglicized form of ISEABAIL.
ISLA
Variant of ISLAY, typically used as a feminine name.
ISLAY
From the name of the island of Islay, which lies off of the west coast of Scotland.
IVOR
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior". During the Middle Ag...
JAMIE
Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of JAMES. Since the late 19th century it has also been used as a feminine form.
JAMESINA
Feminine form of JAMES.
JEAN (2)
Medieval English variant of Jehanne (see JANE). It was common in England and Scotland during the Middle Ages, but eventu...
JESSIE (1)
Originally a Scottish diminutive of JEAN (2). In modern times it is also used as a diminutive of JESSICA.
JOCK
Scottish form of JACK.
JOCKIE
Scottish diminutive of JACK.
JOCKY
Scottish diminutive of JACK.
KEAVY
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE.
KEIR
From a surname which was a variant of KERR.
KEITH
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name, itself probably derived from the Brythonic eleme...
KENNA
Feminine form of KENNETH.
KENNETH
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED. This name was borne by the Scottish king Kenneth (Cináed) mac Alpin, who u...
KENNY
Diminutive of KENNETH.
KERR
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.
KEITHA
Feminine form of KEITH.
KENINA
Feminine form of KENNETH.
KENTIGERN
Possibly means "chief lord" in Gaelic. This was the name of a 6th-century saint from Glasgow.
KESTER
Scottish form of CHRISTOPHER.
KIRSTIE
Diminutive of KIRSTIN.
KIRSTEEN
Variant of KIRSTIN.
KIRSTIN
Scottish form of CHRISTINA.
KIRSTY
Diminutive of KIRSTIN.
LABHRAINN
Scottish form of LAURENCE (1).