Bibliography
Here are all of the sources we've used to compile this information. If you want more information on Irish and Scottish names, check your local book store for these titles first! Note: not all of these book contain information solely about Irish and/or Scottish names. Some are about names in general. 



An Roinn Oideachtais Na hEireann, Foclóir Scoile.
   Dublin: An Gúm, 1994.

Robert Bain Clans and Tartans of Scotland
   Glasgow: Collins, 1964

Julia Cresswell, Irish First Names.
   Glasgow: Harper Collins , 1996.

Julia Cresswell, Scottish First Names.
   Glasgow: Harper Collins, 1999.

Connie Lockhart Ellefson  The Melting Pot Book of Baby Nmaes   
   Cincinnati: Better Way Books , 1990.

Laurence Flanagan, Favourite Irish Names For Children.
   Dublin: Gill and Macmillan , 1993.

Patrick Hanks, Babies' Names
   Oxford University Press: London, 1995.

Geoffrey Johnson, O'Baby: the Irish Baby Name Book.
   New York: Berkeley Books , 1999.

Edward MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland.
   Dublin: Irish Academic Press , 1997

George MacKay, Celtic First Names.
   New Lanark, Scotland: Geddes & Grosset, 1999.

Peadar Morgan, Ainmean Chloinne: Scottish Gaelic Names for Children
   Isle of Skye: Taigh na Teud Music Publishers , 1989.

James O'Connell, The Meaning of Irish Place Names.
   Belfast: The Blackstaff Press , 1995.

Donncha Ó Corráin & Fidelma Maguire, Irish Names. 
   Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990.

Adrian Room, The Cassell Dictionary of First Names.
   London: Cassell Publishers , 1997.

Adrian Room, A Dictionary of Irish Place Names.
   Belfast: Appletree Press, 1994.

Lisa Shaw, The Everything Baby Names Book.  
   Holbrook MA: Adams Media Corporation ,1997

Judy Sierra, Celtic Baby Names. 
   Eugene OR: Folkprint, 1997

Loreto Todd, Celtic Names for Children.
   Dublin: The O'Brien Press, 1998.

Donald Whyte, Scottish Forenames.
    Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1996.

Patrick Woulfe, Irish Names for Children.
   Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1974.