In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.

SG variant of Ciorstaidh.

See SG variants Curstaidh, Curstag.

SG variant of Ciorstag.

SG variant of Curstaidh.

See SG variants Ciorstaidh, Ciorstag.

Fenella, Finella, Finola are Anglicisations.

See SG variant Fionnaghal.

Ishbel is an Anglicisation (based on SG pronunciation).

See also SG variant Isbeil.

Believed to have been created by James Macpherson in the 18th century.

Shona is an Anglicisation; Seona is a semi-Anglicisation.

Anglicised as Euna.

Etymologically unrelated to Agnes, Winifred.

The name is said to have been borne by various families of the surname Kennedy.

In Scottish Gaelic Eghann and Eghan are most often anglicised as Ewen or, less often, Owen.

The name is generally considered cognate with the Greek and Latin name Eugenes, meaning noble born: Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912), reprinted for Clearfield Company, INC by Genealogical Publishing Co.

Cormic gives this origin for Eogan (one MS, Eogen); and Zimmer considers Owen to be borrowed from Latin Eugens, as noted by MacBain, p.

The mediaeval Latinization of Owen as Oenus led to a belief that the etymology was the Welsh and Breton oen, lamb.

Ogan- f. Old Irish oc- Welsh og, young, youth.

Surnames of the United Kingdom cites Toms Ua Concheanainn, Mion-Chomhrdh (p.

Eghan is a diminutive of Eghainin, Owain, Eugene.

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