Scot

Where Scot comes from

Inherited from Middle English Scot, from Old English Sċottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scōttī (see Scōtī for more). See Scoti.
— Wiktionary's entry for Scot
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #2,871 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Peak, #310
    633 babies named Scot — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    Scot Gemmill born
    Scottish footballer
  4. 1975
    Scot Pollard born
    American basketball player and reality television contestant
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #524.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.
Namesakes
  • Scot Gemmill · Scottish footballer, born 1971
  • Scot Pollard · American basketball player and reality television contestant, born 1975
  • Scot Symon · Scottish footballer and manager, 1911–1985
  • Scot Bennett · English association football player, born 1990
  • Scot Armstrong · screenwriter, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.