Ùisdean Explained

Ùisdean
Gender:	Masculine
Language:	Scottish Gaelic
Language origin:	Old Norse
Origin:	Eysteinn
Derivation:	ey, ei + steinn
Meaning:	"always, forever" + "stone"
Variant:	Hùisdean; Uisdean
Anglicisation:	Hugh

Ùisdean is a Scottish Gaelic masculine given name.^[1] Variant forms include Uisdean^[2] and Hùisdean.^[3] The names are derived from the Old Norse personal name Eysteinn,^[4] *Aystein (later Øysteinn).^[5] Eysteinn is composed of the elements ey, ei, meaning "always, forever"; and steinn, meaning "stone".^[1] An anglicised form of Ùisdean^[1] and Uisdean is Hugh.^[6]

People with the name

• Hugh of Sleat (1437–1498), Scottish clan chief
• Hugh MacDonald (Scottish politician) (1929–2013), Scottish politician
• Hugh Dan MacLennan (Scottish Gaelic: Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein), Scottish broadcaster, author and academic

References

• Book: Cox, RAV . 1991 . Norse-Gaelic Contact in the West of Lewis: The Place-Name Evidence . Ureland . PS . Broderick . G . Language Contact in the British Isles: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Language Contact in Europe, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1988 . Linguistische Arbeiten (series vol. 238) . Max Niemeyer Verlag . Tübingen . 3-484-30238-0 . 0344-6727 . 10.1515/9783111678658.479 . 479–494 . C1 .
• Book: Cox, RAV . 2002 . The Gaelic Place-Names of Carloway, Isle of Lewis . School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies . Dublin . 1 85500 192 6 . . C1 .
• Grant . A . 2003 . Scandinavian Place-Names in northern Britain as Evidence for Language Contact and Interaction . PhD . . . G1 .
• Book: Hanks . P . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . K . Hodges . F . 2006 . 1990 . A Dictionary of First Names . Oxford Paperback Reference . 2nd . . Oxford . 978-0-19-861060-1 . H1 .
• Book: Kruse, A . 2005 . Explorers, Raiders and Settlers: The Norse Impact upon Hebridean Place-Names . Gammeltoft . P . Hough . C . Waugh . D . Cultural Contacts in the North Atlantic Region: The Evidence of Names . NORNA . Uppsala . 141–156 . K1 .
• Book: Robertson . B . Taylor . I . 2003 . 1993 . Teach Yourself Gaelic . . . London . 0-07-142022-3 . R1 .

Notes and References

1. [#O7|Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]
2. [#K1|Kruse (2005)]
3. [#O7|Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]
4. [#O7|Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]
5. [#O7|Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]
6. [#O7|Robertson; Taylor (2003)]