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Scottish Girl Names
Scotland has given the UK some of its best-loved girls’ names — Isla and Elsie both sit high in the England and Wales top ten, and Skye and Iona carry whole islands in five letters. This is a short, hand-picked list rather than a long one: every name on it is genuinely Scottish, with its meaning and the place or story behind it.
10 names
Annabel
Scottish / English
Loving
GirlLiterary
Effie
Greek / Scottish / English (from Euphemia)
Well-spoken
GirlLiterary
Elsie
English / Scottish
Pledged to God
GirlHistorical
Greer
Scottish / American
Watchful, alert
UnisexHistorical
Iona
Scottish Gaelic
The sacred Scottish isle where St Columba founded his abbey
GirlNatureHistorical
Isla
Scottish Gaelic
Island
GirlNature
Maisie
Scottish
Pearl
GirlVirtue
Marnie
Hebrew / Scottish
Sea of bitterness
GirlLiterary
Paisley
Scottish
Church
Girl
Skye
Scottish
The misty Scottish island, also the open sky
UnisexNatureCelestial
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