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Scottish Gaelic Given Names for Women

Scottish Gaelic Given Names for Women:
Names of Scottish Gaels from Non-Gaelic Scottish Sources

(Agnes)
Draft Edition

Last updated 6 Nov 2001

This is a draft edition! It is very incomplete! See the first part of this article. You have been warned!

Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Evidence

As yet, no pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic examples of the name have been found.

Pre-1600 Latin Language Evidence

A list of Gaels who were parishioners in Kilmacronak in Muckarne, in the west Highlands, in 1541 included "Anna dominici Cristini".[Ewen, p. 209]  But here her name is being recorded in Latin, not Gaelic.

So while this shows that mid-16th century Scottish Gaels were using a name that was recorded in Latin documents as <Anna>, it does not tell us what the medieval Gaelic form of that name was.

Pre-1600 Scots Language Evidence

Entries in the late 16th century Burgh Court Books for Inverness record the names of a number of women who, based on their full names, were apparently Gaels (although, since they appear in a burgh/town, at least some of them may have been bi-cultural). Examples include:

• "Agnes Neyn Schir Andra" - 1571
• "Anne Neyn Fynla Moyr" - 1563 (Here <Anne> is a known Scots language form of <Agnes>.)
• "Agnes Neyn Fynla Moir" - 1577 (Possibly the same woman as above.)
• "Janat and Agnes Uykintochie" - 1564 (<U> may be misreading of <N>.)
• "Agnes Neyn Donquhie" - 1572

But these names are being recorded in Scots, not Gaelic.

So while this shows that late 16th century Scottish Gaels were using a name that was recorded in Scots language documents as <Agnes> and <Anne>, it does not tell us what the medieval Gaelic form of that name was.

Pre-1600 Irish Gaelic Evidence

Modern Scottish Gaelic Evidence

Speculative Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Form

Scottish Gaelic Given Names for Women

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