Scottish Names: Their History and Meaning
Scottish Names This site is dedicated to First Names with Scottish roots.
Foreign Name Cross-reference will allow you to cross-reference Czechoslovakian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovakian Russian or Yiddish given first names, to their English equivalents.
Alternative Name Formats
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List of first name abreviations.
- Abm - Abraham
- Bart - Bartholomew
- Chas - Charles
- Frdk - Frederick
- Geo - George
- Hy - Henry
- Jas - James
- Jos - Joseph
- Jn - John
- Jno - John or Johnathan or Jonathan
- Nat'l - Nathaniel
- Robt - Robert
- Saml - Samuel
- Thos - Thomas
- Wm - William
- Xphr - Christopher
- Xrina - Christina
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List of "J" name abreviations and alternatives.
- Jon = Jonathan
- Jon + superscript a = Jonathan
- Jno = Johannes = John ** always **
- Joh = John
- Joh +superscript es = John
- Jo = John
- Ioh = John (I always = J in an abbreviation)
- Jas = Jacobus = James
- Ja + superscript s = Jacobus = James (also Ja + superscript bus)
- Jos = Joseph or rarely Josias
- Josh = Joshua
- Jos + superscript h = Josiah
in other documents: - Joh + superscript is = John's (belonging to)
- Joan + superscript is = John's (not Joan's)
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The Latin "J" Name alternatives.
- Jacobus = Jacob
- Jacoba = James (in Scotland = female Jamesina, Jacobina)
- Jana = Jane, Joan,
- (in Scotland = Jean)
- (in Wales = Sian)
- (in Ireland Sine - pronounced Sheena)
- Janetta = Janet (in Scotland Jennet)
- Jeremia/s = Jeremy, Jeremiah
- Jerominus = Jerome, Jeremy
- Joanna = Joan
- Johanna = Joan
- Joannes = John
- Johannes = John
- Johannis = John
- Ioannes = John
- Josca = Joyce
- Josephus = Joseph
- Josias = Josiah
- Josua = Joshua
- Judia = Judy
- Juditta = Judith
- Juliana = Jill, Gillian
- Julianus = Julian (virtually always female)
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Interchangable Names found amoung the Scots. These alternatives often appear in
separate documents for the same person.
- Etta for Heneriata [sic]
- Elspeth for Elizabeth
- Fanny for Francis (female name)
- Frank for Francis (male name)
- Flossie for Florence
- Jane/Jean
- Ian/John
- Hugh/Evan/Ewan
- Wallace/William
- Janet/Jessie [also have it spelled Jennet]
- Donald/Daniel
- Harriet/Henreitta/Erc/Eric/Hattie
- Grizel/Grizzy/Grace/Gaelic name Giorsal
- Finley/Philip/Phineaus/some unpronouncable Gaelic name
- Hattie is a diminutive of Harriet.
- Fanny is Frances.
- Peggy and Maggie are shortened Margarets.
- Molly and Mae are variants of Mary.
- Eliza and Betsy and Liz are also Elizabeth.
- Ena for Hughena
- Tina or Christie for Christina
- Hugh or Ewan for Evan
- Dolly or Dottie or Dot for Dorothy
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