Ùisdean
title: "Ùisdean" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["scottish-gaelic-masculine-given-names", "scottish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "general/scottish-gaelic-masculine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ùisdean" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ùisdean |
| gender | Masculine |
| language | Scottish Gaelic |
| languageorigin | Old Norse |
| origin | Eysteinn |
| derivation | ey, ei + steinn |
| meaning | "always, forever" + "stone" |
| variant | Hùisdean; Uisdean |
| anglicisation | Hugh |
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| name = Ùisdean | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Masculine | language = Scottish Gaelic | languageorigin = Old Norse | origin = Eysteinn | derivation = ey, ei + steinn | meaning = "always, forever" + "stone" | variant = Hùisdean; Uisdean | cognate = | anglicisation = Hugh | derivative =
Ùisdean is a Scottish Gaelic masculine given name. Variant forms include Uisdean and Hùisdean. The names are derived from the Old Norse personal name Eysteinn, *Aystein (later Øysteinn). Eysteinn is composed of the elements ey, ei, meaning "always, forever"; and steinn, meaning "stone". An anglicised form of Ùisdean and Uisdean is Hugh.
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
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- [[#O7. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]] p. 410.
- [[#K1. Kruse (2005)]] p. 160; [[#G1. Grant (2003)]] p. 33; [[#O7. Robertson; Taylor (2003)]] p. 341.
- [[#O7. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]] pp. 404, 410.
- [[#O7. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]] p. 410; [[#C1. Cox (2002)]] p. 110.
- [[#O7. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]] p. 410; [[#K1. Kruse (2005)]] p. 160; [[#G1. Grant (2003)]] p. 33; [[#C1. Cox (1991)]] p. 485.
- [[#O7. Robertson; Taylor (2003)]] p. 341.
- [[#O7. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006)]] p. 126.
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