List of Gaelic Baby Names Meanings

Athol

(ATH-ol)

The name Athol is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Athol is: From a surname based on the Scottish place name Atholl, used occasionally as a first name since the late 19th century.

Meaning: New Irish land Origin: Gaelic, Scottish

Bain

(BAYN)

The Scottish surname Bains is derived from a nickname for a person with fair-hair. This name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic bàn, meaning "white", "fair". The name was common in the Scottish Highlands, and is first recorded in 1324 in Perth.

Meaning: White Origin: Gaelic

Baines

(BAYNZ)

Scottish and northern English: nickname meaning 'bones'. Compare Bain 2. Scottish: reduced form of McBane, with English patronymic -s. English, of Welsh origin: Anglicized form of Welsh ab Einws 'son of Einws', a pet form of the personal name Einon (see Eynon). English: from a derivative of Bain.

Meaning: White Origin: English, Gaelic

Baird

(BAYRD)

Baird Name Meaning. Scottish: occupational name from Gaelic bàrd 'bard', 'poet', 'minstrel', or of Gaelic Mac an Baird 'son of the bard'.

Meaning: Minstrel Origin: Gaelic

Balfour

(BAL-fawr)

Gaelic Meaning: The name Balfour is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Balfour is: From the grazing land.

Meaning: Pasture land in a village Origin: Gaelic

Barris

(BAR-is)

Welsh Meaning: The name Barris is a Welsh baby name. In Welsh the meaning of the name Barris is: Son of Harry.

Meaning: Barry's son, Harry's son Origin: Gaelic

Beathag

(BEH-ak)

Given Name BEATHAG. GENDER: Feminine. USAGE: Scottish. PRONOUNCED: BYA-hak [details]

Meaning: Living Origin: Gaelic, Scottish

Beathan

(BEETH-ən)

Scottish Meaning: The name Beathan is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Beathan is: Son of the righthand.

Meaning: Life Origin: Gaelic

Bowie

(BO-wee)

The name can be derived from the Gaelic nickname buidhe, meaning "yellow", "fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Buadhaigh; this surname means "descendant of Buadhach" and is also rendered as Bogue and Boyce. The personal name Buadhach means "victorious".

Meaning: Prominent landmark Origin: English, Gaelic

Boyd

(BOID)

The name Boyd is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Boyd is: From the Scottish Gaelic 'buidhe' meaning yellow. Used commonly as a name referring to its owner's blonde hair color. Common as both a first name and a surname in Scotland.

Meaning: Son of the yellow haired Origin: Gaelic, Scottish