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Scottish Gaelic Given Names: For Men:
Names of Scottish Gaels from Scottish Gaelic Sources
Gille Chríosd
Draft Edition

by Sharon L. Krossa

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)

The early 12th century Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer mention "Gille Críst mac Cormaic" and "Gille Críst mac Finguni".[Jackson; Simple Guide]

The 1467 manuscript, a collection of genealogies of Scottish Gaelic families written in Ireland by a Scottish Gael and dated 1467 A.D., gives the following spellings for forms of Gille Chríosd (1467 MS):

Above, <r[-]> represents an <r> with a straight line above it as an abbreviation mark and <{ll[-]}> represents two <ll>s with a line through them as an abbreviation mark. Generations are counted backwards in time, such that the 1st generation is the first person listed, the 2nd generation is his father, the third generation is his grandfather, and so on. Note, however, that the first person listed in a genealogy was not necessary alive at the time the genealogy was written in 1467 -- in some cases he may have been dead for many generations. Note also that the 1467 MS tends towards archaic spellings.

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

(To be included when found.)

Pre-1600 Scots Language Evidence

(To be included when found.)

Pre-1600 Irish Gaelic Evidence

(To be included when 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.)

Summary

In the table below, all Gaelic spellings are normalized; the first column gives Early Gaelic spellings (roughly 600-900 AD), the fifth text column gives Middle Gaelic spellings (roughly 900-1200 AD), and the ninth text column gives Common Gaelic spellings (roughly 1200-1700). A question mark, ?, after a form indicates it is a speculative Scottish Gaelic spelling and parentheses, ( ), around a form indicates it is a non-Gaelic spelling (e.g., Latin or Scots language). Genitive case forms are labeled as such and within square brackets, [ ]. An X in a column indicates there is at least one known example of the name used for a Scottish Gael in the century indicated at the top of that column. An asterisk, *, in a column indicates the same thing except that the evidence has not yet been included above.

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