Given name · also Old Norse
Ùisdean
“luck”·“stone”
Ùisdean is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Original Old NorseEysteinn
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ùisdean is built from elements meaning “luck” and “stone”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Ùisdean developed from Eysteinn.
Ùisdean’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Ùisdean developed from the Old Norse form Eysteinn. Ùisdean has an English adaptation in Hugh. Ùisdean has a related form in Hùisdean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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