Scottish Girls Old Names

Five Old Scottish names of baby girls are Una, Marsail, Lucrais, Dolleag, and Ceanna. Most of these names are not listed in the Scottish baby names. Most are found in old books that list them. Some are on an old Scottish census. At least one became a surname when people emigrated to America.

Scotland has a long history and many traditional names for girls
Scotland has a long history and many traditional names for girls

Una or in English Agnes was 2,688 in 2020 in Scotland. It means one or lamb from Latin. A more popular and modern version is spelled Oona and pronounced the same way.


Marsail or in English Marjory. It means woman sweet as wine. From records, there is a recording of a marriage in 1427 of Marsala, another spelling of the name.


Lucrais means bring light but no other information could be found, but the name was recorded before 1840.


Dolleag means Dolena in English and means the gift of God. In 2020 it was 9,929 in popularity.
Ceanna means Grace and in English is Kenna. It was listed in a book before 1840.

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