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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

(Gruoch)
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Last updated 25 Nov 2001

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

Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Evidence

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

Pre-1600 Latin Language Evidence

Reference to the wife of King MacBeth (lived c. 1005-57) from 13th century notitiae in the Register of the Priory of St. Andrews which "profess to be compiled from 'an old book written in the ancient tongue of the Scots'" (Gouldesbrough, 154):

"Machbet filius Finlach ... et Gruoch filia Bodhe, Rex et Regina Scottorum ..." (Gouldesbrough, 156)

"Macbeth son of Finlach and Gruoch daughter of Bodhe, King and Queen of Scots, ..." (Gouldesbrough, 156)

Pre-1600 Scots Language Evidence

Pre-1600 Irish Gaelic Evidence

Modern Scottish Gaelic Evidence

Speculative Pre-1600 Scottish Gaelic Form