First name of a Scottish female, Not sure if this us the right place foIanswythe

[fraser1]

I am not sure if this is the correct place for this query.  Please move if more appropriate elsewhere.
It is out of curiosity.
I have Ianswythe MacDonald Grant 1922 - 2016 daughter of Ewan Smith Grant and Edith Pursey.
She was born in Duthil and died in Pitlochry. I have googled the name and eventually found it on a list but couldn't get a translation of which country.  Scandinavian?  Recently in the news an Anglo Saxon princess Eanswythe.

[josey]

The princess name sounds very similar....

[barryd]

Try this - a  northern European name! And Language ? 

www.navnebetydning.dk/pigenavn/Ianswythe.shtml

[fraser1]

Thank you both for your replies.  It is such an unusual name to me.  Is there any way to find out if there is anyone else in Scotland with that name

[barryd]

Unless the name is spelled slightly different and that fails to give a hit

Scotlands People

Four Women married with that name
Two Women died with that name

[sonofthom]

Actually only three occurrences of the name on Scotland's People as three of the marriages listed are the same woman. Surnames of the women are Grant, Inglis and McIver. As all three are in the same area (Inverness/Duthil) and as this is such an unusual name I would suspect that there is a connection between all three.

[rlw254]

Perhaps a variant of Ainsworth? Local dialect? Maybe a family connection in the mix.

[heywood]

There are several references in BMD  on Ancestry and Free BMD  for the name Eanswythe/Ianswyth
St Eanswith  - the Anglo Saxon Princess https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eanswith

[fraser1]

Thank you for your replies.  I will investigate further the possibility of a family connection.  Can't do much at the moment as other calls on my time.
I appreciate all efforts to help.