Scottish Family Names

[carol sea]

Hi Anne
Thanks for the photo.Seems to be a perfect example of what I was talking about.The second John would have been born the year that the first John died. Must say this seems to have happened more with my English ancestors rather than the Scots, but have known it in both places.

Carol

P.S. Anyone feeling festive yet?

[trish251]

If anyone can show me a family where the 4th to 14th names are as on that list, I'll happily eat my hat, or anyone else's for that matter! 

Hi Ibi

For the family of 13 that I have who most closely followed Scottish naming patterns
Son  4  is the Mother's Mother's Father
Son 5  is the Mother's Father's Father  - Father's Mother's Father produced a duplicate name  so presumably could not be used.
Son 6 is where it stops, as this is Father's Grandfather, rather than Great grandfather as the link suggests.  The link gives Grandfather as Son 3, but I have always found this to be the father. Grandfather and father would be the same name  for a first born son only.

I think I am too confused to trace the girls, but I believe this, my favourite Scottish family, did try to follow the list, without using Aunts and Uncles, but given the naming patterns, Aunts and Uncles would have the same names as parents, grandparents etc.

Trish

[Forfarian]

I recently came across the following page tucked away on the internet. It lists the typical naming pattern for the first ten sons & first ten daughters:
http://www.halmyre.abel.co.uk/Family/naming.htm

I am a bit wary of this one, as it's the first time I have ever seen a formal listing of naming of the fourth and subsequent sons or daughters. Also in Scotland the third child is named after the parent of the appropriate sex, before the more remote relatives' names are used. I'd be interested to know where this naming pattern for ten of each sex came from.

Actually, given the relatively smal number of given names in regular use, I suspect that it would never actually have been possible to adhere to such a long list