Scottish Boy Names
Scotland’s naming traditions include Gaelic names, royal standards, and surnames adopted as first names. Compare the familiar Callum and Malcolm with Alasdair and Lachlan, with the particular Scottish connection noted for each.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Scottish place name, river name, and historic family name. | 308#807 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
The royal surname associated with Robert the Bruce. | 558#536 | Down 38 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
A Scottish surname that became a given name. | 4,348#76 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
A Scottish surname and word associated with a crag or rock. | 102#1,644 | Down 399 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
A Scottish place name and surname with a long given-name history. | 209#1,052 | Down 87 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
A Scottish name connected with the Gaelic Cailean. | 950#343 | Down 56 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
A Scottish regional name and surname. | 122#1,465 | Down 141 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
The name of several Scottish kings. | 1,257#272 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
A spelling of the Scottish royal family name Stewart. | 53#2,534 | Down 217 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
A surname with a particularly strong Scottish association. | 2,967#120 | Up 66 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A Scottish regional surname used as a given name. | 50#2,633 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
An anglicized Gaelic name borne by medieval Scottish kings. | 190#1,124 | Down 142 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
An anglicized form of the Gaelic Calum. | 2,995#118 | Up 218 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A Scottish surname and place name used as a first name. | 70#2,094 | Up 494 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
A Scottish and Irish name with an ancient Gaelic history. | 58#2,363 | Down 337 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A Scottish clan surname used as a first name. | 337#764 | Up 402 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic Lachlann. | 468#606 | Up 99 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A familiar Scottish spelling related to Alasdair. | 265#897 | Up 64 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A Germanic name long established in Scotland. | 184#1,145 | Up 512 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An anglicized spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Eoghan. | 120#1,479 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
An anglicized spelling of Alasdair. | 67#2,147 | Up 832 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A Gaelic name with Scottish royal and legendary bearers. | 19#5,091 | Up 1,310 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A Scottish clan surname used as a first name. | 16#5,684 | Up 719 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander. | 28#3,849 | Up 692 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
An anglicized form derived from the Gaelic form of James. | 14#6,236 | Down 698 rank positions in five years | 2017 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.