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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> A formal <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic language</a> name consists of a given name and a surname. First names are either native or nativized (i.e. borrowed and made to fit <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_phonology" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic phonology">the Gaelic sound system</a>). Surnames are generally <a href="/wiki/Patronymic_surname" title="Patronymic surname">patronymic</a>, i.e. they refer to a historical ancestor. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is male (e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacDhòmhnaill</i></span> "MacDonald") or female (e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">NicDhòmhnaill</i></span> "MacDonald") though for some surnames the adjectival form of a name such as <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnallach</i></span> (adjectival form of MacDonald) can be used for both men and women. However, when used in the female form the first letter is <a href="/wiki/Lenition" title="Lenition">lenited</a> (if possible). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_names">First names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: First names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gaelic first names chiefly hail from 5 linguistic layers, <a href="/wiki/Goidelic_languages" title="Goidelic languages">Goidelic</a> and 4 others, coinciding with the main languages of contact: <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Norse language">Norse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unusually, male first names outnumber female first names by about a factor of 2:1.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goidelic_names">Goidelic names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Goidelic names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This layer can be broadly split into three main types:<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>descriptive names (nouns or adjectives), e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Fionn</i></span> "fair, bright", <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Art</i></span> "bear"</li> <li>old compounds (names which had fused to the extent of now being opaque); e.g., <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall</i></span> "Donald" (*Dumnoualos "world strength"), <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Murchadh</i></span> "Murdo" (*Moricatus "sea battle")</li> <li>compounds, e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Donn-slèibhe</i></span> "Dunlevy" ("brown one of the mountain"), <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Gille Chrìost</i></span> "Gilchrist" ("servant of Christ")</li></ul> <p>The first two categories were no longer productive for the most part towards the end of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Irish" title="Old Irish">Old Irish</a> period but the last type persisted, reinforced by the coinage of ecclesiastical names following Christianization.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norse_names">Norse names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Norse names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quite a number of names still common hail from the period of Norse contact:<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Somhairle</i></span> < <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">Sumarliðr</i></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Tormod</i></span> < <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">Þórmóðr</i></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Torcuil</i></span> < <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non"><a href="/wiki/Thorkel" title="Thorkel">Þórkell, Þórketill</a></i></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ìomhar</i></span> < <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non"><a href="/wiki/Ivar" title="Ivar">Ívarr</a></i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglo-Norman">Anglo-Norman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Anglo-Norman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Names from this layer include:<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Sìleas</i></span> < <span title="Anglo-Norman-language text"><i lang="xno">Giles</i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scots">Scots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scots names which have been borrowed into Gaelic include:<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Eairrdsidh</i></span> < <span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">Archie</i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latin">Latin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Names which were borrowed from Latin include:<sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morgan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Pàdraig</i></span> < <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Patricius</i></span></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Sìle</i></span> < <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Caecilia</i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Borrowing_into_English/Scots"><span id="Borrowing_into_English.2FScots"></span>Borrowing into English/Scots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Borrowing into English/Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A fair number of Gaelic names were borrowed into English or <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a> at different periods (e.g. Kenneth, Duncan, Donald, Malcolm, Calum, Lachlan, Alasdair, Iain, Eilidh), although it can sometimes be difficult to tell if the donor language was <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> or Scottish Gaelic (e.g. Deirdre, Rory, Kennedy, Bridget/Bride, Aiden). On occasion, the same name was borrowed more than once due to misinterpretation of Gaelic <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)" title="Morphology (linguistics)">morphology</a>. For example, the names Hamish and Mhairi <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> are derived from Gaelic <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈʃeːməs̪]</a></span> and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Màiri</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈmaːɾʲɪ]</a></span> but rather than borrowing the root forms, the English/Scots forms are based on the Gaelic <a href="/wiki/Vocative_case" title="Vocative case">vocative case</a> forms <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Sheumais</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈheːmɪʃ]</a></span> and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Mhàiri</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[ˈvaːɾʲɪ]</a></span>. </p><p>Some names which did not acquire currency outside the Gaelic-speaking world were roughly transliterated into English, such as <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Gorm(sh)uil</i></span> which is often rendered as "Gormelia". </p><p>Others with no <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a> were often equated with English/Scots names which bore some similarity to the Gaelic name in order to obtain "English equivalents". This includes <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Oighrig</i></span> which was equated with <a href="/wiki/Euphemia" title="Euphemia">Euphemia</a> or <a href="/wiki/Henrietta_(given_name)" title="Henrietta (given name)">Henrietta</a>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dìorbhail</i></span> with <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_(given_name)" title="Dorothy (given name)">Dorothy</a>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Beathag</i></span> with <a href="/wiki/Rebecca" title="Rebecca">Rebecca</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sophie" title="Sophie">Sophie</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surnames">Surnames</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of Gaelic surnames in the Highlands and western parts are <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymic</a> in nature and of Goidelic extraction, although epithets, geography or occupation and borrowings also occur in some surnames.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, many surnames are derived from topographical features or place names, Such surnames include Caddenhead/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cionnchadach</i></span>, Cadell/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cadalach</i></span>, Cleghorne/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Clagarnach</i></span>, Dalzell/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dailghileach</i></span>, Dalrimple/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ruimpealach</i></span>, Elphin/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ailbhinneach</i></span>, Inverbervie/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Biorbhach</i></span>, Kelty/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cailtidheach</i></span>, Learmonth/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Learmonadhach</i></span>, Ochiltree/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ochailtreabhach</i></span> and many more. </p><p>Campbell/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Caimbeul</i></span> "crooked mouth" and Cameron/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Camshron</i></span> "crooked nose" are two examples of surnames based on epithets, while Fraser/<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Frisealach</i></span> is an example of a borrowing (from Anglo-French <span title="Anglo-Norman-language text"><i lang="xno">Fresel</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The usage of patronymic surnames was much more varied than is generally assumed. Historically, clan surnames were used by the descendants or dependants of an ancestor but not generally by everyone in the clan territory.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only with the advent of a non-Gaelic speaking administration were clan surnames applied en-masse to people in a clan's territory.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patronymic surnames for men feature either the word <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">mac</i></span> "son" (e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacDhòmhnaill</i></span>, lit. son of Donald) or the <a href="/wiki/Nominalization" title="Nominalization">nominalizing</a> suffix <i lang="gd"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ach#Scottish_Gaelic" class="extiw" title="wikt:-ach">-ach</a></i> (e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnallach</i></span>). In the case of women, the word <i lang="gd"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nic#Scottish_Gaelic" class="extiw" title="wikt:nic">nic</a></i> is used, a shortening of the full phrase <i lang="gd"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nighean#Scottish_Gaelic" class="extiw" title="wikt:nighean">nighean mhic</a></i> "daughter of the son of").<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various other morphological changes (such as <a href="/wiki/Lenition" title="Lenition">lenition</a> or <a href="/wiki/Palatalization_(phonetics)" title="Palatalization (phonetics)">slenderization</a>) may apply in Gaelic, so the surname MacDonald for example may appear as <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacDhòmhnaill</i></span>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MhacDhòmhnaill</i></span>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MhicDhòmhnaill</i></span>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">NicDhòmhnaill</i></span> depending on the grammatical context. </p><p>In Classical Gaelic culture, clans could also feature the word <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">ua</i></span> (alt. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">ó</i></span>) "grandchild, descendant" (spelled <i>ogha</i> /<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">oə</span>/ in Modern Gaelic), e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ua Dhuibhne</i></span> "Duibhne's descendant", the original surname of the Campbells (Duibhne was a Celtic goddess). In speaking, <i>ua</i>/<i>ó</i> in names became reduced to [ə], as happened also in Northern Irish and Manx, and disappeared from Anglicised forms. With the break-up of Classical Gaelic culture, <i>ua</i>/<i>ó</i> disappeared from Scottish surnames, sometimes replaced by <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">mac</i></span>. </p><p>As a result of misspellings, one Gaelic surname often corresponds to numerous English/Scots forms, e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacDhonnchaidh</i></span> "son of Duncan" may appear as: <i>Donagh(y), Donnagh, Dono(u)gh, MacConachie, MacConachy, MacConaghy, MacConchy, MacConechie, MacConkey, MacConnachie, MacConnechie, MacConnichie, MacConochie, MacConoughy, MacDona, MacDonachie, MacDonachy, MacDonaghy, MacDonaugh, MacDonnach, MacDonnagh, MacDonnoghie, MacDonogh, MacDonoghue, MacDonough, MacDunphy, MacKonochie, MacOnachie, MacOnechy, MacOnochie, Donohue</i> or <i>Donohoe</i> (ignoring the Mac/Mc variation). </p><p>Scottish Gaelic does not put a space between the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Mac/Nic</i></span> and the second element, whereas in Irish, there is a space:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Scots Gaelic </th> <th align="left">Irish </th> <th align="left">English/Scots </th></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacAonghais</i></span></td> <td><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Mac Aonghasa</i></span></td> <td>MacInnes et al. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacDhòmhnaill</i></span></td> <td><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Mac Domhnaill</i></span></td> <td>MacDonald et al. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacEòghainn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Mac Eoghain</i></span></td> <td>MacEwen et al. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">MacMhàrtainn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Mac Máirtín</i></span></td> <td>MacMartin et al. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nicknames">Nicknames</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nicknames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">Nicknames</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">far-ainm</i>, <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">frith-ainm</i></span>) in Gaelic operate similarly to those in other languages and usually indicate a physical characteristic, an occupation, a location or an incident the person is associated and so forth.<sup id="cite_ref-HS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some examples </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Character_traits">Character traits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Character traits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Caitrìona na h-Aonar</i></span> ("Catriona on her own"), a woman who enjoyed doing everything on her own<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm119_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographical_references">Geographical references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geographical references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">An t-Arcach</i></span> ("The <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney Islands">Orcadian</a>"), a man who used to fish around the Orkney Islands in his youth<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm119_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bliadhnach Phabaigh</i></span> ("<a href="/wiki/Pabbay,_Harris" title="Pabbay, Harris">Pabbay</a> yearling"), a woman who had been a year old when the Isle of Pabbay was cleared of people<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm121_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm121-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Humorous_names">Humorous names</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Humorous names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Calum Seòladair</i></span> ("Calum Sailor"), an unusual name for a woman who was in the habit of wearing a sailor's cap<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm127_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm127-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Clag a' Bhaile</i></span> ("The town bell"), a man with a very loud voice<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm130_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm130-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Occupation">Occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ailean Còcaire</i></span> ("Alan the cook"), a man who was employed at one time as the cook at <a href="/wiki/Ormacleit_Castle" title="Ormacleit Castle">Ormacleit Castle</a><sup id="cite_ref-Gairm131_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm131-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Aonghas a' Bhancair</i></span> ("Angus the banker"), a man who was employed in a bank in <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Gairm119_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Donchadh Clachair</i></span> ("Duncan the stonemason" but always presented in English as the literal translation, "Duncan Stoner"), a known 19th and 20th century resident of <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Achadh an Droighinn</i></span>/Auchindrain township in Argyll, Scotland: used for Duncan Munro, d. 1937.</li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Domnhall Rothach</i></span> ("Donald on wheels"), used in Argyll in the 1920s to describe a Donald MacCallum who ran a mobile grocer's shop in a van</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physical_characteristics">Physical characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Physical characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bodach a' Chnatain</i></span> ("The old man of the cold")<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm122_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm122-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Calum na Coise</i></span> ("Calum of the leg"), a man who had a short leg<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm127_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm127-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall na Cluaise</i></span> ("Donald of the ear"), a man who is said to have lost an ear in a fight<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm131_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm131-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Raibeart Bhan</i></span> ("Fair Robert"), a man called Robert with light-coloured hair</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">An Caillteanach</i></span> ("The lost one"), a man who had become lost, causing the entire village to spend the night looking for him<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm126_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm126-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Ìomhair a' Bhogha Mhaide</i></span> ("Ivor of the wooden bow"), a renowned archer and one time resident of Pabay<sup id="cite_ref-Gairm122_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gairm122-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bell a' Phuill</i></span> ("Bella who lives by the muddy place"), used for Isabella McCallum (1822–1915) of <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Achadh an Droighinn</i></span>/Auchindrain township in Argyll, Scotland: her house was close to the ford where the cattle crossed the burn</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identifying_names">Identifying names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Identifying names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Original_research plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td 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Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Due to the relative paucity of names and surnames in Gaelic, the official name of a person (i.e. first name plus a surname, in Gaelic or English/Scots) is rarely used in Gaelic speaking communities as, with a small number of surnames usually predominating in an area, there are usually several people who go by the same combination, for example John MacLeod might apply to several people in the same village.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In everyday life, this is usually solved by using the first name of a man, followed by the first name of his father in the <a href="/wiki/Genitive_case" title="Genitive case">genitive case</a> or by using the first name plus an <a href="/wiki/Epithet" title="Epithet">epithet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HS_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So a man called James (<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas</i></span>) with a father called Neil (<span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Niall</i></span>) would become <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas Nèill</i></span> or <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas a' Ghlinne</i></span> ("James of the glen").<sup id="cite_ref-HS_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the case of married women, the convention is normally to use <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">bean</i></span> ("wife") plus the husband's first name and father's first name, in our example resulting in <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bean Sheumais Nèill</i></span> ("the wife of Neil's James"). The (fictitious) family tree below illustrates this custom. <br /> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><b><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Catrìona</i></span></b></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><b><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Niall MacLeod</i></span></b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">(<a href="/wiki/Legal_name" title="Legal name">legal name</a>) <b>Mary-Kate MacAulay</b><br />(technically) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Màiri Ceit NicAmhlaigh</i></span><br />(known as) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bean Sheumais Nèill</i></span><br />("wife of <a href="/wiki/Neil" title="Neil">Neil</a>'s James")<br />(nicknamed) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Bròg miamh</i></span> ("miaowing shoe")</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">(legal name) <b>James MacLeod</b><br />(technically) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas MacLeòid</i></span><br />(known as) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas Nèill</i></span> ("Neil's James")<br />(nicknamed) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Seumas a' Ghlinne</i></span><br />("James of the glen")</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">(legal name) <b>Donald MacLeod</b><br />(technically) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall MacLeòid</i></span><br />(known as) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall Sheumais Nèill</i></span><br />(Neil's James' Donald)<br />(nicknamed) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall a' Bhanca</i></span> ("Donald the banker")</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">(legal name) <b>Fiona MacLeod</b><br />(technically) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Fionnghal NicLeòid</i></span><br />(known as) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Fionnghal Sheumais Nèill</i></span><br />(Neil's James's Fiona)<br />(nicknamed) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Fionnghal Ruadh</i></span> ("red-haired Fiona")</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">(legal name) <b>Colin MacLeod</b><br />(technically) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cailean MacLeòid</i></span><br />(known as) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cailean Sheumais Nèill</i></span><br />(Neil's James's Colin) <br />(nicknamed) <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Cailean Bodhar</i></span> ("deaf Colin")</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>Historically, such an identifying name would take the <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">mac</i></span> "son" element, e.g. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall mac Sheumais mac Nèill</i></span> ("Donald son of James son of Neill") but in modern usage, this is usually dropped, resulting in <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall Sheumais Nèill</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-CGS_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Identifying names sometimes use female reference points, for example if a local woman marries an outsider, this may result in the children being identified via the mother. <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Dòmhnall Chiorstan</i></span> ("Kirsten's Donald") for instance would indicate a son called Donald with a mother called Kirsten.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_onomastics" title="Celtic onomastics">Celtic onomastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_name" title="Icelandic name">Icelandic names</a>, which still use patronymics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_name" title="Irish name">Irish name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_names#Patronymic" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian names">Russian patronymics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_given_names" title="List of Scottish Gaelic given names">List of Scottish Gaelic given names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_surnames" title="List of Scottish Gaelic surnames">List of Scottish Gaelic surnames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_toponymy" title="Scottish toponymy">Scottish toponymy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_surnames" title="Welsh surnames">Welsh surnames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_names_in_Ulster" title="Scottish names in Ulster">Scottish names in Ulster</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Gaelic_name&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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name)">Aodh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aidan (name)">Aodhán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_(given_name)" title="Angus (given name)">Aonghus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_(given_name)" title="Art (given name)">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_(given_name)" title="Brendan (given name)">Breandán</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breasal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Breasal (page does not exist)">Breasal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian" title="Brian">Brian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth" title="Kenneth">Cainneach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairbre_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Cairbre (disambiguation)">Cairbre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caoimh%C3%ADn" class="mw-redirect" title="Caoimhín">Caoimhín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathal" title="Cathal">Cathal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cearbhall" class="mw-redirect" title="Cearbhall">Cearbhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian_(name)" title="Cian (name)">Cian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keenan" title="Keenan">Cianán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n" title="Ciarán">Ciarán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_(given_name)" title="Kennedy (given name)">Cinnéididh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_(given_name)" title="Colin (given name)">Coileán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colm" title="Colm">Colm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conaire" title="Conaire">Conaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conall_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Conall (disambiguation)">Conall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conan_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Conan (disambiguation)">Conán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conor" title="Conor">Conchobhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormac" title="Cormac">Cormac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimthann" title="Crimthann">Criofan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1ire" title="Dáire">Dáire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declan_(given_name)" title="Declan (given name)">Deaglán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diarmaid" title="Diarmaid">Diarmaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald" title="Donald">Dónall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn_(given_name)" title="Donn (given name)">Donn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnchadh" title="Donnchadh">Donnchadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dougal_(name)" title="Dougal (name)">Dubhghall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eachann" title="Eachann">Eachann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ibhear" title="Éibhear">Éibhear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eochaidh" class="mw-redirect" title="Eochaidh">Eochaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E%C3%B3gan" title="Eógan">Eoghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergal" title="Fergal">Fearghal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergus_(name)" title="Fergus (name)">Fearghus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9ilim" title="Féilim">Féilim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiach" title="Fiach">Fiach</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%ADn%C3%ADn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fínín (page does not exist)">Fínín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fionn" title="Fionn">Fionn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finbar_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Finbar (disambiguation)">Fionnbharr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fintan" title="Fintan">Fionntán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flann" title="Flann">Flann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garaidh" title="Garaidh">Garaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarlath" title="Jarlath">Iarlaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorcan" title="Lorcan">Lorcán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugaid" title="Lugaid">Lughaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muircheartach" class="mw-redirect" title="Muircheartach">Muircheartach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muiredach" title="Muiredach">Muiredach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muirgheas" title="Muirgheas">Muirgheas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murchadh" title="Murchadh">Murchadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niall" title="Niall">Niall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odhr%C3%A1n" title="Odhrán">Odhrán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oisin" title="Oisin">Oisín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_(given_name)" title="Oscar (given name)">Oscar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rian" title="Rian">Rian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3n%C3%A1n" title="Rónán">Rónán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory" title="Rory">Ruairí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadhg" title="Tadhg">Tadhg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toirdelbach" title="Toirdelbach">Toirdhealbhach</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Native feminine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aifric_(name)" title="Aifric (name)">Aifric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ine_(given_name)" title="Áine (given name)">Áine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aisling_(name)" title="Aisling (name)">Aisling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aodhnait" class="mw-redirect" title="Aodhnait">Aodhnait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoibheann" title="Aoibheann">Aoibheann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoife" title="Aoife">Aoife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrdhubh" title="Barrdhubh">Barrdhubh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9binn" class="mw-redirect" title="Bébinn">Bébhinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget" title="Bridget">Bríd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cacht" title="Cacht">Cacht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caoimhe" title="Caoimhe">Caoimhe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciara_(given_name)" title="Ciara (given name)">Ciara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%ADodhna" title="Clíodhna">Clíona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobhlaith" title="Cobhlaith">Cobhlaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dervla" title="Dervla">Dearbháil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derbforgaill_(given_name)" title="Derbforgaill (given name)">Dearbhfhorghaill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dervla" title="Dervla">Deirbhile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_(given_name)" title="Deirdre (given name)">Deirdre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubhchobhlaigh" title="Dubhchobhlaigh">Dubhchobhlaigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89adaoin_(name)" title="Éadaoin (name)">Éadaoin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eithne" title="Eithne">Eithne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedelm" title="Fedelm">Feidhealm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%ADneamhain" title="Fíneamhain">Fíneamhain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona" title="Fiona">Fíona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fionnghuala_(Irish_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fionnghuala (Irish name)">Fionnuala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbflaith" title="Forbflaith">Forbflaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gormflaith" title="Gormflaith">Gormfhlaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A1inne_(given_name)" title="Gráinne (given name)">Gráinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dde" title="Íde">Íde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasairfh%C3%ADona_(Irish_name)" title="Lasairfhíona (Irish name)">Lasairfhíona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeve" title="Maeve">Méabh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3r_(Irish_name)" title="Mór (Irish name)">Mór</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muireann" title="Muireann">Muireann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muriel_(given_name)" title="Muriel (given name)">Muirgheal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niamh" title="Niamh">Niamh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuala" title="Nuala">Nuala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93rlaith" title="Órlaith">Órlaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn" title="Róisín">Róisín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhbh_(name)" title="Sadhbh (name)">Sadhbh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saoirse_(given_name)" title="Saoirse (given name)">Saoirse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%ADthmaith" title="Síthmaith">Síothmhaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sl%C3%A1ine" title="Sláine">Sláine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorcha" title="Sorcha">Sorcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ana" class="mw-redirect" title="Úna">Úna</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Germanic-derived<br />masculine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aulay" title="Aulay">Amhlaoibh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_(given_name)" title="Henry (given name)">Annraoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamonn_(given_name)" title="Eamonn (given name)">Éamonn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald" title="Gerald">Gearóid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gofraid" title="Gofraid">Gofraid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor" title="Ivor">Íomhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachlan_(name)" title="Lachlan (name)">Lochlann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam" title="Liam">Liam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnus" title="Magnus">Maghnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragnall_(name)" title="Ragnall (name)">Raghnall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riste%C3%A1rd" title="Risteárd">Risteárd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roibe%C3%A1rd" title="Roibeárd">Roibeárd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles" title="Charles">Séarlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorley_(given_name)" title="Sorley (given name)">Somhairle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobald" title="Theobald">Tiobóid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_(name)" title="Walter (name)">Ualtar</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bible-derived<br />masculine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_(given_name)" title="Abraham (given name)">Abracham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81dhamh" title="Ádhamh">Ádhamh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_(given_name)" title="Aaron (given name)">Árón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_(name)" title="Benjamin (name)">Biniáimin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">Daibhí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_(given_name)" title="Daniel (given name)">Dainéal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_(given_name)" title="Ephraim (given name)">Eafráim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_(given_name)" title="Gabriel (given name)">Gaibrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_(name)" title="Isaac (name)">Íosac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_(name)" title="Joshua (name)">Iósua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy (name)">Irimia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew (name)">Maitiú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_(given_name)" title="Moses (given name)">Maois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(given_name)" title="Michael (given name)">Mícheál</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mike_(given_name)" title="Mike (given name)">Maidhc</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_(name)" title="Bartholomew (name)">Parthalán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_(name)" title="Samuel (name)">Samúéil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus" title="Séamus">Séamus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean" title="Sean">Seán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph" title="Joseph">Seosamh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_(given_name)" title="Simon (given name)">Síomón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_(name)" title="Solomon (name)">Solamh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_(name)" title="Thomas (name)">Tomás</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bible-derived<br />feminine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_(name)" title="Abigail (name)">Aibigeál</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_(given_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hannah (given name)">Ánna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_(name)" title="Eva (name)">Éabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_(given_name)" title="Elizabeth (given name)">Eilís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leah_(given_name)" title="Leah (given name)">Léá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madeleine (name)">Madailéin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ire" title="Máire">Máire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_(name)" title="Molly (name)">Mallaidh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_(given_name)" title="Naomi (given name)">Náoimí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_(given_name)" title="Rachel (given name)">Ráichéal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(given_name)" title="Rebecca (given name)">Ríobhca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_(given_name)" title="Ruth (given name)">Rút</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_(given_name)" title="Jacqueline (given name)">Seacailín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_(given_name)" title="Josephine (given name)">Seosaimhín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad" title="Sinéad">Sinéad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siobhan" title="Siobhan">Siobhán</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Latin/Greek-derived<br />masculine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew" title="Andrew">Aindréas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_(given_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony (given name)">Antóin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cr%C3%ADost%C3%B3ir" class="mw-redirect" title="Críostóir">Críostóir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic" title="Dominic">Damhnaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig" title="Pádraig">Pádraig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_(given_name)" title="Francis (given name)">Proinsias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giolla_Cr%C3%ADost" title="Giolla Críost">Giolla Críost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_(given_name)" title="Gregory (given name)">Gréagóir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labhr%C3%A1s" title="Labhrás">Labhrás</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_(given_name)" title="Leon (given name)">León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_(name)" title="Martin (name)">Máirtín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_(given_name)" title="Mark (given name)">Marcas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas" title="Nicholas">Nioclás</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_(given_name)" title="Noel (given name)">Nollaig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peadar" title="Peadar">Peadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip (name)">Pilib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%B3l" title="Pól">Pól</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seoirse" title="Seoirse">Seoirse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen" title="Stephen">Stiofán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_(given_name)" title="Theodore (given name)">Téadóir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent" title="Vincent">Uinseann</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Latin/Greek-derived<br />feminine names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div lang="ga"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_(given_name)" title="Agatha (given name)">Agata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_(name)" title="Agnes (name)">Aignéas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_(given_name)" title="Barbara (given name)">Bairbre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caitlin" title="Caitlin">Caitlín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caitr%C3%ADona" class="mw-redirect" title="Caitríona">Caitríona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_(given_name)" title="Clare (given name)">Claire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_(given_name)" title="Helen (given name)">Léan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy" title="Lucy">Luíseach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret" title="Margaret">Máiréad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_(given_name)" title="Monica (given name)">Muinice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honoria_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Honoria (disambiguation)">Onóra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig%C3%ADn" title="Pádraigín">Pádraigín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_(given_name)" title="Charlotte (given name)">Séarlait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%ADle" title="Síle">Síle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa" title="Teresa">Treasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triona_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triona (disambiguation)">Tríona</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goidelic_languages" title="Goidelic languages">Goidelic languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_language" title="Manx language">Manx language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_name" title="Irish name">Irish name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_given_names" title="List of Scottish Gaelic given names">List of Scottish Gaelic given names</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scottish Gaelic name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_genealogy" title="Irish genealogy">Irish genealogy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Scottish_Gaelic" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" title="Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" title="Proto-Celtic language">Proto-Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_Celtic_languages" title="Insular Celtic languages">Insular Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goidelic_languages" title="Goidelic languages">Goidelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primitive_Irish" title="Primitive Irish">Primitive Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Irish" title="Old Irish">Old Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Irish" title="Middle Irish">Middle Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelicisation" title="Gaelicisation">Gaelicisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Irish" title="Early Modern Irish">Early Modern Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_Renaissance" title="Scottish Gaelic Renaissance">Renaissance</a> <small>(present)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dialects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Minch_Gaelic" title="Mid-Minch Gaelic">Mid-Minch Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebridean_Gaelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebridean Gaelic">Hebridean Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll_Gaelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Argyll Gaelic">Argyll Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Sutherland_Gaelic" title="East Sutherland Gaelic">East Sutherland Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galwegian_Gaelic" title="Galwegian Gaelic">Galwegian Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Gaelic" title="Canadian Gaelic">Canadian Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_phonology_and_orthography" title="Scottish Gaelic phonology and orthography">Dialect phonology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_grammar" 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stage names">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_one-word_stage_names" title="List of one-word stage names">Mononyms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Username" class="mw-redirect" title="Username">Username</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By culture<br /><a href="/wiki/Surnames_by_country" title="Surnames by country">Surnames by country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_cultural_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian cultural sphere">East Asian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amami_name" title="Amami name">Amami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_name" title="Chinese name">Chinese</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">Courtesy</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Generation_name" title="Generation name">Generation</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Chinese_titles" title="Chinese titles">Titles</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_name" title="Japanese name">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchu_name" title="Manchu name">Manchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_name" title="Okinawan name">Okinawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples">Indigenous Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_name" title="Vietnamese name">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Asia<br />and Central Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_name" title="Kalmyk name">Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_name" title="Mongolian name">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakut_names" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakut names">Sakha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_name" title="Tibetan name">Tibetan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a><br />and Western Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_name" title="Afghan name">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_name" title="Arabic name">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_name" title="Azerbaijani name">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berber_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berber name (page does not exist)">Berber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic name">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Mandaean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtun_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun name">Pashtun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_name" title="Somali name">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_name" title="Tatar name">Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_name" title="Turkish name">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_kinship" title="Australian Aboriginal kinship">Australian Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_name" title="Fijian name">Fijian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_name" title="Hawaiian name">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_naming_customs" title="Māori naming customs">Māori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_names" title="Akan names">Ashanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_naming_customs" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo naming customs">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_in_Eritrea_and_Ethiopia" title="Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia">Eritrean and Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewe_language#Naming_system" title="Ewe language">Ewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_name" title="Ghanaian name">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_name" title="Igbo name">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_name" title="Yoruba name">Yoruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_names" title="Zimbabwean names">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_name" title="Albanian name">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_name" title="Armenian name">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_surname#Ashkenazi_Jewry" title="Jewish surname">Ashkenazi Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basque_surnames" title="Basque surnames">Basque</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Estonian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Estonian name (page does not exist)">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_name" title="Finnish name">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_name" title="Georgian name">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_name" title="Greek name">Greek</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_personal_names" title="Ancient Greek personal names">Ancient Greek</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriot_name" title="Greek Cypriot name">Cypriot</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_names" title="Hungarian names">Hungarian</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baltic_languages" title="Baltic languages">Baltic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_name" title="Latvian name">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_name" title="Lithuanian name">Lithuanian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_onomastics" title="Celtic onomastics">Celtic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_surnames" title="Cornish surnames">Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_name" title="Irish name">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_surnames" title="Manx surnames">Manx</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_surnames" title="Welsh surnames">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_name" title="Germanic name">Germanic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_name" title="Dutch name">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_name" title="English name">English</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States" title="Naming in the United States">American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/African-American_names" title="African-American names">African-American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Canadian_name" title="Canadian name">Canadian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_name" title="Hong Kong name">Hongkongese</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_name" title="German name">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_name" title="Gothic name">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_name" title="Icelandic name">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_family_name_etymology" title="Scandinavian family name etymology">Scandinavian</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Swedish_name" title="Swedish name">Swedish</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Romance_languages" title="Romance languages">Romance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan name">Catalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_name" title="French name">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_name" title="Italian name">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Occitan_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Occitan name (page does not exist)">Occitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_name" title="Portuguese name">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions" title="Roman naming conventions">Roman</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Praenomen" title="Praenomen">Praenomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Nomen_(Roman_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nomen (Roman name)">Nomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Cognomen" title="Cognomen">Cognomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Agnomen" title="Agnomen">Agnomen</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_name" title="Romanian name">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs" title="Spanish naming customs">Spanish</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Hispanic_America" title="Naming customs of Hispanic America">Hispanic America</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slavic_names" title="Slavic names">Slavic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_name" title="Bulgarian name">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_name" title="Croatian name">Croatian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_name" title="Czech name">Czech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs" title="Eastern Slavic naming customs">Eastern Slavic</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_name" title="Belarusian name">Belarusian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs" title="Eastern Slavic naming customs">Russian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_name" title="Ukrainian name">Ukrainian</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kashubian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kashubian name (page does not exist)">Kashubian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_onomastics" title="Macedonian onomastics">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish name">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_name" title="Serbian name">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_name" title="Slovak name">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_name_suffixes" title="Slavic name suffixes">Suffixes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indosphere" title="Indosphere">Indosphere</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balinese_name" title="Balinese name">Balinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese name">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filipino_name" title="Filipino name">Filipino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_names" title="Indonesian names">Indonesian</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Indonesian_surname" title="Chinese Indonesian surname">Chinese</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javanese_name" title="Javanese name">Javanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmer_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Khmer name">Cambodian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_names" title="Malaysian names">Malaysian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_name" title="Indian name">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_name" title="Lao name">Lao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_name" title="Sinhalese name">Sinhalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_of_ancient_Tamil_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Naming conventions of ancient Tamil country">Ancient Tamil country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_name" title="Thai name">Thai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_name" title="Religious name">By religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_name" title="Christian name">Christian name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_biblical_names" title="List of biblical names">Biblical name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_name" title="Papal name">Papal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint%27s_name" title="Saint's name">Saint's name</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_surname" title="Buddhist surname">Buddhist surname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_name" title="Dharma name">Dharma name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_name" title="Jewish name">Jewish name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_name" title="Hebrew name">Hebrew</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Mandaean name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophoric_name" title="Theophoric name">Theophoric name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manners of address<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_titles" title="List of titles">List</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Title_of_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Title of authority">of authority</a>/<a href="/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">of honour</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Styles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">Honorific</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_rank" title="Diplomatic rank">Diplomatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_and_noble_styles" title="Royal and noble styles">Imperial, royal, and noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_styles" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary styles">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_religious_titles_and_styles" title="List of religious titles and styles">Religious</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_titles_and_styles" title="Ecclesiastical titles and styles">Ecclesiastical</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pre-nominal_letters" title="Pre-nominal letters">Pre-nominal letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffix_(name)" title="Suffix (name)">Suffix</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">Emeritus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-nominal_letters" title="Post-nominal letters">Post-nominal letters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academic_degree" title="Academic degree">Academic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_(distinction)" title="Order (distinction)">Orders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Award" title="Award">decorations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medals</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Title" title="Title">Titles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academic_degree" title="Academic degree">Academic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial,_royal_and_noble_ranks" title="Imperial, royal and noble ranks">Imperial, royal and noble</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chivalry" title="Chivalry">Chivalric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">Courtesy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_titles_of_nobility" title="False titles of nobility">False</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_title" title="Hereditary title">Hereditary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary_title" title="Subsidiary title">Subsidiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substantive_title" title="Substantive title">Substantive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional titles">Professional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academic_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic ranks">Academic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Professional_degree" title="Professional degree">Educational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_title_(academic)" title="Honorary title (academic)">Honorary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_title" title="Corporate title">Business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_rank" title="Diplomatic rank">Diplomatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_titles" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial titles">Judicial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_religious_titles_and_styles" title="List of religious titles and styles">Religious</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_titles_and_styles" title="Ecclesiastical titles and styles">Ecclesiastical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_titles" title="Papal titles">Papal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_day" title="Name day">Name day</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Calendar of saints</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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