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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

(Anna)
Draft Edition

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

Evidence: * Scottish * Irish * Modern * Conclusions

Evidence

Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Evidence (from documents written using Gaelic orthography)

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

Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Evidence (from documents written in Gaelic but using Scots orthography)

As yet, no pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic examples of the name have been found in documents written in Gaelic but using Scots orthography.

Pre-1600 Latin Evidence from Scotland

A Papal dispensation to marry was granted to "Robert Duncani MacLagmayn and Ana Donaldi domini Insularum", dated 30 October 1397. Marriage dispensations were also granted to "Walter Stewart and Anna de Insulis", dated 24 February 1432/3; "Alexander, son of John Alexandri of Ardnamurchan, and Anne, daughter of John Macleoid of Glenelg" and "Alexander, son of John Macleoid of Glenelg, and Anne, daughter of John Alexandri of Ardnamurchan", both dated 14 December 1443. (Munro, 242-3) 

All these women were Scottish Gaels. Munro (or Munro's sources) appear to have Anglicized the given names of at least some of these women. <Anne> is almost certainly an Anclicized spelling, but <Anna> and especially <Ana> may reflect the Latin spellings used in the orginal documents.

However, that some form of <Anna> was used for the names of Scottish Gaels in Latin documents tells us only that there was some Gaelic name associatd with Latin <Anna>; it does not tell us what that Gaelic name might have been.

Pre-1600 Scots Language Evidence

(To be included when found.)

Pre-1600 Irish Gaelic Evidence

(To be included if found.)

Pre-1600 Latin Evidence from Ireland

(To be included if found.)

Pre-1600 English Language Evidence from Ireland

(To be included if found.)

Modern Scottish Gaelic Evidence

(To be included if found.)

Conclusions

Speculative Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Forms

(To be written when time permits.)

Scottish Gaelic Given Names for Women

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