Scotland Names for Boys

There are 54 Scotland names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Scotland names 1 to 20. Christopher was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander, the English, French, and German Benjamin, the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, the English and French Charles, the English Carter, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English and Irish Brody, and the English and Scottish name, Bruce. The unusual Scotland names are Aeneas (English), Alban (English and German), Albion (English and Albanian), Alistair (English and Scottish), Angus (English, Irish, and Scottish), Archibald (English and Scottish), Arran (English and Scottish), Calum (English and Scottish), Cathal (Irish), and Clyde (English and Scottish).

Scotland names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1950s. At the height of their usage in 1955, 18.063% of baby boys were given Scotland names. There were 36 Scotland names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Scotland names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 32 Scotland names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 8.530%. Within all Scotland names, the English Christopher was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #6 and a usage of 0.9073%.

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Aeneas ... praiseworthy ... was rather common in Scotland as an Anglicized form ...

Aidan 54 ... little fire ... long been used England, Scotland, and Ireland ...

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... Gaelic name for Scotland, which is derived from ...

Albion ... white rock; man from ... Gaelic name for Scotland. ...

Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... especially popular in Scotland after it was borne by ... not formerly used in Scotland ...

Alistair ... defender of men ... a popular name in Scotland ... and spread beyond Scotland and Ireland by the 19th ...

Andrew 10 ... male, manly, brave, ... as the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Russia, and ...

Angus ... one choice ... Turimleach conquered Scotland, thereby giving his ...

Archibald ... truly brave ... they introduced it into Scotland, where it became ...

Arran ... peaked island, arched ... for given names in Scotland. ...

Benjamin 26 ... son of the south, son ... used by Jews, and in Scotland, it is sometimes taken ...

Brody 105 ... ditch, muddy place ... has been well used in Scotland despite the infamy of ...

Bruce 438 ... Norman family in Scotland during medieval times; ... speakers outside Scotland started in the late ...

Calum ... dove ... by Saint Columba of Scotland (521-597), an ... to Calum or Callum in Scotland; the Scottish forms ...

Carson 90 ... rock, coastal rocks; ... Dumfriesshire in Scotland; the 'de' suggests a ...

Carter 80 ... cart driver, son of ... Scotland the surname could also be an Anglicized form ...

Cathal ... battle-mighty ... from Badenoch in Scotland. ...

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... became King James VI of Scotland and King James I of ...

Christopher 6 ... bearing Christ ... is sometimes used in Scotland as the equivalent of ...

Clyde ... washer ... Glasgow in south-west Scotland ... 19th century, both in Scotland and in the USA ...