BEGBIE (Settlement) ScottishDerived from the Old Norse name
BAGGI and
býr meaning "farm, settlement". This is the name of a small town in East Lothian, Scotland.
BRACKENRIG (Settlement) ScotsFrom Middle English
braken meaning "bracken" (via Old Norse
brækni) and
rigg meaning "ridge" (via Old Norse
hryggr). This is the name of several Scottish towns.
DEE (River) ScottishPossibly from a Celtic root meaning "divine". This is the name of a river in Scotland.
HOUSTON (Settlement) Scottish, EnglishMeans "Hugh's town", from the given name
HUGH and Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, town". This is the name of a town in Scotland. The American city of Houston is named after the Texas governor Sam Houston, whose surname is derived from the Scottish town.
IRVINE (River & Settlement) ScottishDerived from Old Celtic meaning "green water". This is a river and city in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
LENNOX (Region) ScottishFrom Gaelic
Leamhnachd, possibly meaning "place of elms". This is the name of a district in Scotland.
MAXWELL (Settlement) ScottishMeans "Mack's stream", from the name
Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name
MAGNUS, combined with Old English
well "well stream". This is the name of a place in Roxburghshire, Scotland.
MORAY (Region & Political Subdivision) ScottishFrom Gaelic
Muireb meaning "seaboard settlement". This is the name of a historical region in Scotland, as well as a modern council area.
ROSS (Region & Settlement) ScottishFrom Scottish Gaelic
ros meaning "promontory". This is the name of a historic region in northern Scotland, as well as towns in Scotland and northern England.
RUTHERFORD (Settlement) ScottishFrom Old English
hryðer "cattle" and
ford "ford, river crossing". This was the name of a town in southern Scotland.
SKYE (Island) ScottishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Sgitheanach, meaning unknown. This is the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland.