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Gaelic
| Double Given Names | Locative | Patronymic | Other relationship | Descriptive/
Occupational |
Dictus | Double Bynames | Order | |
| Pictish | Marked; mac B or filius B "son of B"; filia B "daughter of B" | nephew, nepos B | given+byname | |||||
| Oghamic (c.500-c.700) | No | Marked; maqqas B "son of b";
inigena B "daughter of B |
Descriptive | No | given+byname | |||
| Old/Middle Gaelic (before c.1200) | No | Rare | Marked; mac B
"son of B" ingen B "daughter of B" |
Clan affiliation; two-generation patronymics; "wife of" for women | Descriptive; rarely occupational | No | Multi-generational, descriptive and patronymic; descriptive and locative | Varied; see articles below |
| Early Modern Gaelic
(after c.1200) |
No | Rare | Marked; mac B "son of B,"
inghean B "daughter of B" |
Clan affiliation; two-generation patronymics; "wife of" for women | Descriptive; rarely occupational | No | Multi-generational, descriptive and patronymic; descriptive and locative | Varied; see articles below |
| Scots Gaelic | No | Rare | marked; mac B "son of B"
ingen or inghean B "daughter of B" |
Two-generation patronymics; "wife of" for women | Descriptive; rarely occupational | No | Multi-generational, descriptive and patronymic | given+pat
given+descr+pat given+pat+descr given+pat+pat |
Notes:
Pictish: Please refer to Tangwystl verch Mogrant Glasvryn, "A Consideration of Pictish Names" (http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/pictnames/).
Oghamic: Please refer to Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Index of Names in Irish Annals (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/).
Old/Middle Gaelic: For appropriate spellings, refer to Mari Elspeth nic Bryan , Index of Names in Irish Annals (http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/). For structure, please refer to Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald, "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names" (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/). See the May 2022 CL for information on compound Irish Gaelic names using descriptives and locatives.
Early Modern Gaelic: Please refer to Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald, "Quick and Easy Gaelic Names" (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/) for more details on Gaelic names. See the May 2022 CL for information on compound Irish Gaelic names using descriptives and locatives.
Scots Gaelic: Please refer to Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald, "A Simple Guide to Constructing 12th Century Scottish Gaelic Names" (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/simplescotgaelicnames12.shtml).
All patronymics are created using the genitive form of the father's name. Byname elements may need to have their spelling modified to soften the pronunciation (lenited) or change the grammar. For guidance on when lenition is required, please refer to Effric Neyn Ken3ocht Mcherrald, "The Spelling of Lenited Consonants in Gaelic" (http://medievalscotland.org/scotlang/lenition.shtml).
Accents may be used or omitted as long as it is done consistently. Capitalization is inconsistent in period records, but must match a period pattern.