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Category: Genealogy

What’s in a name?

13 Sep 201815 Oct 2018 by Ian Naismith, posted in Genealogy

These days people just tend to choose names they like for their babies.  Perhaps it's a friend's name, or a favourite Bible character or one whose meaning seems appropriate.  It wasn't always that way, certainly in Scotland.  There were strict rules for how you named your children. The pattern, which you can often follow through … Continue reading What’s in a name?

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