Ùisdean is a

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 410. Variant forms include ''Uisdean'' and ''Hùisdean''. The names are derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

personal name ''Eysteinn'', *''Aystein'' (later ''Øysteinn''). ''Eysteinn'' is composed of the elements ''ey'', ''ei'', meaning "always, forever"; and ''steinn'', meaning "stone". An

anglicised Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

form of ''Ùisdean'' and ''Uisdean'' is ''

Hugh Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name , itself the Old French variant of '' Hugo (name)">Hugo'', a short form of Continental Germanic Germanic name">given names beginning in the element "mind, spirit" (Old English ). ...

''. Robertson; Taylor (2003) p. 341.

People with the name

Hugh of Sleat Hugh of Sleat ( 1436 – 1498), pronounced "Slate", who is known as Ùisdean () in Gaelic, was a son of Alexander MacDonald, 10th Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles. He was a member of the Highland and Western Isles Clan Donald. Hugh's clan late ...

(1437–1498), Scottish clan chief * Hugh MacDonald (Scottish politician) (1929–2013), Scottish politician *

Hugh Dan MacLennan Hugh Dan MacLennan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein'') is a Scottish broadcaster, author and sporting academic with specific interest in the sport of shinty. A fluent Gaelic speaker from Lochaber, he attended the University of Glasgow ...

(

: ''Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein''), Scottish broadcaster, author and academic

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