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With apologies to TS Elliot; the naming of Scots is a difficult matter, not just one of your holiday games... Scotland was invaded or influenced by just about everyone in Europe at the time of our play. The Romans once occupied the lowlands up to Hadrian's Wall. The norse settled in the north and raided up and down the coastlines. It is said that the MacLeods and most of the northern clans all have norse ancestry. The 'Auld Alliance' with France brought the gallic sons to our shores as well. Of course, the English periodically invaded as well and babies were borne to all of these occupiers.

This gives Scotland something of a potpourri of names and quite the hodgepodge of languages grafted onto the native Gaelic they brought with them from Ireland. It would be

100 Suitable given names for males, with variations in spelling and nicknames derived from them. This is just a list to show you suitable names and give you ideas. If you want to know the meanings, you'll have to look them up. (You have to do some of the work yourself after all)

# Name Variants

1 Adrian (Hadrian, Ryan)

2 Aerich (Eric, Arik, Aerc)

3 Aisling (Aislinn (modern but period-sounding))

4 Alan (Allen, Alun, Alain)

5 Alasdair (Scots form of Alexander)

6 Alban (Albann, Albanus, Albion)

7 Aleksandr (Alexander, Alex, Alec)

8 Aloysius

9 Andra (Andrew, Andreas)

10 Angharad

11 Ashleigh (Ash, Leigh)

12 Auberon (Oberon)

13 Baerin (Baer)

14 Barton (Bart)

15 Benedict (Benedik, Ben)

16 Beryl

17 Bevan (Van)

18 Bonar (Nar)

19 Branwen (Bran)

20 Breandan (Brandon, Brand, Bran)

21 Bryan (Brian, Brion, Bryon)

22 Bryce

23 Brynchan (Bryn)

24 Brynmor (Bryn)

25 Cadfael (Cad)

26 Caelean (Cael)

27 Caerwyn (Corwin, Kerwyn, Kerwin)

28 Calum (Cal)

29 Caoimhinn (Keveen, Kevin, Kevan)

30 Cearr

31 Cedrych (Cedric)

32 Conor (Connor, Conar)

33 Conrad

34 Dafydd (David, Davd, Daibhid)

35 Deaglan (Declan)

36 Derek (Dirk, Dek)

37 Devys (Devis, Davis)

38 Dougal (Doug, Dougl)

39 Duff

40 Duncan

41 Dunstan

42 Earnan

43 Edgar (Ed)

44 Eldon (El)

45 Elwyn (Nelwyn, El, Nel)

46 Emlyn (Em)

47 Ewan (Eoghan)

48 Fearchar (Char)

49 Fergus (Fearghas)

50 Fionn (Finn, Finlay, Finnleogh)

51 Gaeric (Garrick)

52 Gareth (Garth)

53 Gaspar (Jaspar)

54 Griogair (Gregor)

55 Gwyn (Wynne)

56 Hadyn (Haidan)

57 Heath

58 Hugh

59 Hywel (Howell)

60 Iain (Ian)

61 Jaime (Jamie)

62 Jan (Jon, John, Jean, Sean)

63 Jock (James, Jack)

64 Jolyon (Julian)

65 Kendall (Ken)

66 Kieran (Ciaran)

67 Kirk

68 Lachlann (Lachan)

69 Lambert (Bert)

70 Lewis (Louis)

71 Liam (Irish Gaelic form of William)

72 Lyall (Lyle)

73 Lynn (Linn)

74 Malmaedoc (Marmaduke)

75 Meilyr

76 Merfyn (Merven, Mervin)

77 Meryl

78 Morley (Morleigh)

79 Niall (Neal)

80 Odell (Del)

81 Oran (Odhran)

82 Oswyn (Oswick)

83 Padraigh (Paddy, Patrick, Pat)

84 Peregrine

85 Phelan

86 Raibert (Robert, Rupert)

87 Ridley

88 Ronan (Rohan)

89 Rowland (Roland)

90 Ruaridh (Ruairi, Rory)

91 Ryan

92 Seamus (James)

93 Selwyn

94 Seoman (Simon)

95 Talfryn

96 Taliesin

97 Tam

98 Tiarnan (Taran)

99 Torcal (Torcul, Torquil)

100 Tristan (Tristram)