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House names the way Scottish homes carry them: Gaelic names with short meanings, such as Tigh na Mara (house by the sea) and An Cala (the harbor), anglicized place forms like Ardmore and Kinloch, Scots names like Burnbrae and Cosy Neuk, and Northern Isles names like Da Noost and Langskaill.

About Scottish house names

A Scottish house name usually comes from one of three languages, and it helps to know which. Scottish Gaelic, the language of the Highlands and Hebrides, gives Taigh or Tigh (house) followed by what the house stands beside: Tigh na Mara (house by the sea), Tigh an Uillt (house by the burn), Taigh Geal (white house). Landscape words do the same work: cnoc (hill), druim (ridge), allt (burn), achadh (field). Every Gaelic name here carries a short meaning in parentheses.

The same words turn up in anglicized spelling on gates across the country: Ardmore (big height), Kinloch (head of the loch), Dalmore, Drumbeg. Scots, the Lowland tongue, supplies brae (slope), knowe (knoll), neuk (corner), haugh (riverside meadow) and bield (shelter), and with them Burnbrae, Cosy Neuk and the farm names Mains, Milton and Kirkton. Orkney and Shetland are different again. Their place words come from Norn, the Norse language once spoken there, not from Gaelic: voe (inlet), ayre (shingle beach), quoy (enclosure), skaill (hall).

The rest covers Highland lodges, shore and island names, former uses such as The Old Manse, The Tollhouse and The Doocot, hill and firth views, and a few fond jokes like Dunroamin. Gaelic spelling changes with grammar, so ask a fluent speaker to confirm a Gaelic name before it goes on a sign.

How to choose Scottish house names

  • Copy a Gaelic name letter for letter. The grave accent and the changes at the start of a word are grammar: it is Tigh a' Chnuic and Tigh na h-Aibhne, and swapping in another noun by guesswork usually produces a mistake.
  • Do not use Taigh Beag for a small house. Written as taigh-beag it is the everyday Gaelic word for the toilet, so this list has no name built on it. Bothan Beag (little bothy) or Dachaigh Bheag (little home) says what you mean.
  • Match the language to the place. Gaelic names and their anglicized forms suit the Highlands, Argyll and the Hebrides, Scots names suit the Lowlands, the Borders and the North-East, and voe, quoy and skaill names belong in Orkney and Shetland.
  • Let the site choose the name. A house above the shore suits Os Cionn na Mara or Shorehead, a house by a stream Burnfoot or Taobh an Uillt, and an old croft Croit Bheag or The Auld Croft.
  • Check an old-use name against the building. The Old Manse, The Old Smiddy or The Tollhouse reads best on a house that really was one, and the neighbors will know.

Frequently asked questions

What are traditional Scottish house names?

Most belong to a few families: Gaelic names such as Tigh na Mara and Taigh Geal, anglicized Gaelic forms such as Ardmore and Kinloch, Scots names such as Braeside and Burnbrae, and former uses such as The Old Manse and The Old Smiddy. Farms add Mains, Milton and Kirkton, and Orkney and Shetland have Norse-rooted names such as Langskaill and Hamnavoe. Many houses simply carry the name of the island or district the family came from, such as Tiree, Lochaber or Galloway.

What do Taigh, Tigh, Cnoc, Druim, Allt and Achadh mean?

Taigh is house, and Tigh is an older spelling of the same word that many gates still use. Cnoc is a hill, druim a ridge, allt a burn and achadh a field. So Cnoc Àrd is high hill, Druim Beag is little ridge and Tigh an Uillt is house by the burn.

Are Scottish Gaelic and Irish house names the same?

They are related but not interchangeable. Scottish Gaelic writes Taigh, or the older Tigh, where standard Irish writes Teach, though Tigh turns up on Irish gates too. The surer sign is the accent, which slopes the other way in Scottish Gaelic, as in Tràigh Bhàn (white beach). Use a Scottish Gaelic form for a house in Scotland, and check it with a speaker.

Can I build my own name from these Gaelic words?

Not safely by swapping words. Gaelic nouns change form inside a phrase (mara comes from muir, uillt from allt), and a word after 'the' often changes its first letter, as cnoc does in Tigh a' Chnuic. Take a name from the list as it is written, or use an anglicized form such as Drumbeg or Craigmore.

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A: 95 names

  • A' Bheithe (the birch)
  • A' Bhuaile (the fold)
  • A' Cheàrdach (the smithy)
  • A' Choille (the wood)
  • A' Chreag (the rock)
  • A' Chroit (the croft)
  • A' Chùil (the nook)
  • A' Chuthag (the cuckoo)
  • Achadh an Lìn (the flax field)
  • Achadh Bàn (fair field)
  • Achadh Beag (little field)
  • Achadh Mòr (big field)
  • Achadh na Mara (field by the sea)

A, continued

  • Achadh nan Each (field of the horses)
  • Achaglass (gray-green field)
  • Achintraid (field by the beach)
  • Achnacloich (field of the stone)
  • Achnacraig (field of the rock)
  • Achnacroish (field of the cross)
  • Achnadarroch (field of the oaks)
  • Achnaha (field of the kiln)
  • Achnasheen (field of the storm)
  • Achnashellach (field of the willows)
  • Aikenshaw
  • Ailsa View
  • Àird Mhòr (big headland)
  • Allt a' Bhradain (burn of the salmon)

A, continued

  • Allt a' Mhuilinn (the mill burn)
  • Allt an Fhèidh (burn of the deer)
  • Allt Dubh (dark burn)
  • Allt Mòr (big burn)
  • Allt na Crìche (the boundary burn)
  • Allt nam Breac (burn of the trout)
  • Altnacraig (burn of the rock)
  • Am Bealach (the pass)
  • Am Bothan (the bothy)
  • Am Bradan (the salmon)
  • Am Brù-dhearg (the robin)
  • Am Fiadh (the deer)
  • Am Monadh (the moor)

A, continued

  • An Àirigh (the shieling)
  • An Cala (the harbor)
  • An Calltainn (the hazel)
  • An Caolas (the narrows)
  • An Caorann (the rowan)
  • An Cluaran (the thistle)
  • An Dachaigh (the home)
  • An Darach (the oak)
  • An Dòbhran (the otter)
  • An Doire (the grove)
  • An Dreathan-donn (the wren)
  • An Fhaoileag (the gull)
  • An Fhàrdach (the dwelling)
  • An Giuthas (the pine)

A, continued

  • An Grianan (the sunny spot)
  • An Iolaire (the eagle)
  • An Neòinean (the daisy)
  • An Ròn (the seal)
  • An Sabhal (the barn)
  • An Seann Mhansa (the old manse)
  • An Sìthean (the fairy knoll)
  • An Smeòrach (the thrush)
  • An t-Allt (the burn)
  • An t-Eas (the waterfall)
  • An t-Òban (the little bay)
  • An t-Seann Sgoil (the old school)
  • An t-Sòbhrach (the primrose)

A, continued

  • An Taigh Mòr (the big house)
  • An Taigh-cèilidh (the ceilidh house)
  • An Taigh-sgoile (the schoolhouse)
  • An Taigh-solais (the lighthouse)
  • An Tràigh (the beach)
  • An Uiseag (the lark)
  • Annandale
  • Antler Lodge
  • Appin
  • Ar Dachaigh (our home)
  • Ardarroch (height of the oaks)
  • Ardbeg (little height)
  • Ardentinny (height of the fire)
  • Ardfern (height of the alders)

A, continued

  • Ardlui (height of the calf)
  • Ardmore (big height)
  • Ardnacross (height of the cross)
  • Ardnamurchan
  • Ardoch (high place)
  • Ardroy (red height)
  • Arinagour (shieling of the goats)
  • Arran View
  • Assynt
  • Atholl
  • Auld Brig Cottage
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Aultbea (birch burn)
  • Aye Welcome

B: 91 names

  • Back o' the Brae
  • Backhill of Cairnie
  • Badcall (hazel thicket)
  • Badenoch
  • Baile a' Chladaich (township on the shore)
  • Baile Beag (little township)
  • Baile na Coille (township by the wood)
  • Baile Ùr (new township)
  • Balblair (township of the field)
  • Baldarroch (township of the oaks)
  • Balmeanach (middle township)
  • Balmore (big township)
  • Balnabruaich (township of the bank)

B, continued

  • Balnacraig (township of the rock)
  • Balnahard (township of the height)
  • Balnakeil (township of the church)
  • Barra
  • Bealach Lodge
  • Bealach na Gaoithe (windy pass)
  • Bell Heather
  • Ben Ledi View
  • Benbecula
  • Benmore (big mountain)
  • Bennachie View
  • Bide a Wee (stay a while)
  • Bieldside

B, continued

  • Birchwood Lodge
  • Birkenburn
  • Birkenshaw
  • Birkwood
  • Black Grouse Lodge
  • Blacklaw
  • Blaeberry Hill
  • Blaeberry Lodge
  • Blairbeg (little level field)
  • Blairbuie (yellow plain)
  • Blairmore (big level field)
  • Blàr Buidhe (yellow field)
  • Boat Shore

B, continued

  • Bog Cotton
  • Bog Myrtle Lodge
  • Boghead
  • Bogside
  • Bonnie Neuk
  • Bonnybrae
  • Bonxie (the great skua)
  • Bothan a' Chìobair (the shepherd's bothy)
  • Bothan an Iasgair (the fisherman's bothy)
  • Bothan Beag (little bothy)
  • Brackenbrae
  • Brackenlea
  • Brackenrigg

B, continued

  • Brae Cottage
  • Braeface
  • Braemore (big upland)
  • Braes of Laggan
  • Braeside
  • Bràigh a' Ghlinne (head of the glen)
  • Bràigh an Uillt (upper reach of the burn)
  • Breadalbane
  • Breck (the slope)
  • Bressay View
  • Bridge of Garve
  • Brigend
  • Brigside

B, continued

  • Broadlaw
  • Broch View
  • Brochside
  • Brockwood
  • Broombrae
  • Broomfield
  • Broomhaugh
  • Broomknowe
  • Broomlea
  • Broompark
  • Bruach an Uillt (bank of the burn)
  • Bruach na h-Aibhne (riverbank)
  • Buaile nan Caorach (the sheep fold)

B, continued

  • Buchan
  • Bun a' Chnuic (foot of the hill)
  • Bun an Uillt (foot of the burn)
  • Bun na Beinne (foot of the mountain)
  • Bun na h-Aibhne (mouth of the river)
  • Burn o' the Glen
  • Burnbrae
  • Burnfoot
  • Burnhead
  • Burnhouse
  • Burnlea
  • Burnmouth
  • Bute

C: 102 names

  • Cairndhu (black cairn)
  • Cairngorm View
  • Cairnmore (big cairn)
  • Caledonian Pines
  • Caller Herrin' (fresh herring)
  • Camas Beag (little bay)
  • Camas Mòr (big bay)
  • Camas na Grèine (sunny bay)
  • Camas nan Ròn (bay of the seals)
  • Cambusmore (big river bend)
  • Camuscross (bay of the cross)
  • Camusdarach (oak bay)
  • Camusnagaul (bay of the strangers)
  • Canty Neuk

C, continued

  • Capercaillie Lodge
  • Càrn Bàn (white cairn)
  • Càrn Dearg (red cairn)
  • Carnoch (place of cairns)
  • Causeway Cottage
  • Ceann a' Bhàigh (head of the bay)
  • Ceann a' Ghàrraidh (end of the garden)
  • Ceann an Locha (head of the loch)
  • Ceann an Rathaid (end of the road)
  • Ceann na Coille (end of the wood)
  • Ceann na Creige (end of the rock)
  • Ceann na Tràghad (end of the beach)
  • Ceòl an Uillt (music of the burn)
  • Ceòl na Gaoithe (music of the wind)
  • Ceòl na Mara (music of the sea)

C, continued

  • Ceòl nan Eun (birdsong)
  • Ceud Mìle Fàilte (a hundred thousand welcomes)
  • Cheviot View
  • Clach Bhàn (white stone)
  • Clach Liath (gray stone)
  • Clachan (the kirk hamlet)
  • Clashindarroch (hollow of the oak)
  • Clashmore (big hollow in the ground)
  • Clatterin Burn
  • Cleuchfoot
  • Clootie Dumpling
  • Cloudberry Lodge
  • Clyde View
  • Clydesdale Cottage

C, continued

  • Cnoc Àrd (high hill)
  • Cnoc Fraoich (heather hill)
  • Cnoc Glas (green hill)
  • Cnoc Mòr (big hill)
  • Cnoc na Gaoithe (hill of the wind)
  • Cnoc na Grèine (hill of the sun)
  • Cnoc nan Uan (hill of the lambs)
  • Coble Cottage
  • Cockle Strand
  • Coille Bheag (little wood)
  • Coille Bheithe (birch wood)
  • Coille Dharaich (oak wood)
  • Coille Dhubh (dark wood)
  • Coille Ghiuthais (pine wood)
  • Coille Mhòr (big wood)

C, continued

  • Colonsay
  • Come Awa' Ben (come on in)
  • Corbett Cottage
  • Corn Rig
  • Corncrake Cottage
  • Corran (the curved spit)
  • Corrie (the mountain hollow)
  • Corrie Lodge
  • Cosy Bield
  • Cosy Neuk
  • Couthie Neuk
  • Cowal
  • Craigard (high rock)
  • Craigdarroch (rock of the oak)

C, continued

  • Craigmore (big rock)
  • Craignure (rock of the yew)
  • Craigroy (red rock)
  • Craw's Nest (crow's nest)
  • Creag an Fhithich (the raven's rock)
  • Creag Bhàn (white rock)
  • Creag Bheag (little rock)
  • Creag Dhubh (black rock)
  • Creag Liath (gray rock)
  • Creag Mhòr (big rock)
  • Creag na h-Iolaire (the eagle's rock)
  • Creel Cottage
  • Crofter's Rest
  • Croftfoot
  • Crofthead

C, continued

  • Croftside
  • Croit a' Chnuic (croft on the hill)
  • Croit an Rubha (croft on the point)
  • Croit an Uillt (croft by the burn)
  • Croit Bheag (little croft)
  • Croit na Beinne (croft of the mountain)
  • Croit na Mara (croft by the sea)
  • Crossbill Wood
  • Cùil na Grèine (sunny nook)
  • Cuillin View
  • Cùl a' Chnuic (back of the hill)
  • Cùl an Dùin (back of the fort)
  • Cùl na Beinne (back of the mountain)
  • Cùl na Coille (back of the wood)
  • Culnacraig (back of the rock)

D: 61 names

  • Da Auld Skule (the old school)
  • Da Banks (the sea cliffs)
  • Da Böd (the fishing booth)
  • Da Haa (the laird's hall)
  • Da Noost (the boat shelter)
  • Da Nort Hoose (the north house)
  • Da Peerie Hoose (the little house)
  • Da Planticrub (the walled kale plot)
  • Da Sooth Hoose (the south house)
  • Dachaigh Bheag (little home)
  • Dachaigh Bhlàth (warm home)
  • Dachaigh Shona (happy home)

D, continued

  • Dachaigh Ùr (new home)
  • Dail a' Mhuilinn (the mill meadow)
  • Dail an Easa (meadow by the waterfall)
  • Dail Bhàn (fair meadow)
  • Dail Bheag (little meadow)
  • Dail Mhòr (big meadow)
  • Dail na Mara (meadow by the sea)
  • Dalbreck (speckled meadow)
  • Dalmore (big meadow)
  • Dalnabo (meadow of the cattle)
  • Dalnacardoch (meadow of the smithy)
  • Dalnacraig (meadow of the rock)

D, continued

  • Dalnaspidal (meadow of the hospice)
  • Dalreoch (brindled meadow)
  • Dalroy (red meadow)
  • Damhead
  • Damside
  • Deerstalker Cottage
  • Denhead
  • Denside
  • Dinna Fash (don't fret)
  • Dipper Burn
  • Dòchas (hope)
  • Doire nan Eun (grove of the birds)

D, continued

  • Doon the Watter
  • Dreich Nae Mair (dreary no more)
  • Drove Road Cottage
  • Drovers' Lodge
  • Druim an Fhraoich (ridge of the heather)
  • Druim Bàn (fair ridge)
  • Druim Beag (little ridge)
  • Druim Fada (long ridge)
  • Druim Mòr (big ridge)
  • Druim na Coille (ridge of the wood)
  • Drumbeg (little ridge)
  • Drumbreck (speckled ridge)

D, continued

  • Drumbuie (yellow ridge)
  • Drumdarroch (oak ridge)
  • Drumdhu (black ridge)
  • Drumgarve (rough ridge)
  • Drumglass (gray-green ridge)
  • Drystane Cottage
  • Dulse Cottage
  • Dùn Àrd (high fort)
  • Dunan (little fort)
  • Dunglass (gray-green fort)
  • Dunroamin
  • Dunstravaigin
  • Dunter (the eider duck)

E: 15 names

  • Eadar Dà Allt (between two burns)
  • Eadar Dà Loch (between two lochs)
  • East Neuk
  • East West Hame's Best
  • Easter Brae
  • Easter Croft
  • Easter Haugh
  • Easterton
  • Eigg View
  • Eildon View
  • Eilean Beag (little island)
  • Eilean Fraoich (heather isle)
  • Èirigh na Grèine (sunrise)
  • Eriskay
  • Ettrick

F: 19 names

  • Fàilte (welcome)
  • Fair Isle
  • Fairy Knowe
  • Fasgadh (shelter)
  • Fearn (the alder)
  • Fernieknowe
  • Ferry Croft
  • Ferry Point
  • Fetlar

F, continued

  • Firth Cottage
  • Firthside
  • Fisher's Neuk
  • Fishwife's Cottage
  • Fit o' the Glen
  • Fois (rest)
  • Forth View
  • Foula
  • Fraoch Geal (white heather)
  • Fuaim nan Tonn (sound of the waves)

G: 33 names

  • Galloway
  • Gaoth an Iar (west wind)
  • Gàrradh nan Ròs (garden of the roses)
  • Garron Lodge
  • Garth (the enclosure)
  • Garvault (rough burn)
  • Garve (rough place)
  • Gateside
  • Ghillie's Lodge
  • Gigha
  • Gleann Beag (little glen)

G, continued

  • Gleann Ciùin (quiet glen)
  • Gleann Dubh (dark glen)
  • Gleann Fada (long glen)
  • Gleann Mòr (big glen)
  • Glebe Croft
  • Glenbuie (yellow glen)
  • Glendarroch (oak glen)
  • Glenroy (red glen)
  • Golden Eagle Lodge
  • Gowan Knowe
  • Gowanbank

G, continued

  • Gowanbrae
  • Gowanlea
  • Gowk's Hill (the cuckoo's hill)
  • Granny Pines
  • Green Loan
  • Greenknowe
  • Greenlaw
  • Greystanes
  • Grind (the gate)
  • Grouse Lodge
  • Guizer's Rest

H: 36 names

  • Haar Cottage
  • Hairst Home (harvest home)
  • Hamars (the rocky outcrops)
  • Hame Fae Hame (home from home)
  • Hameldaeme (home will do me)
  • Hamnavoe (harbor bay)
  • Harbour Brae
  • Harbour Master's House
  • Harebell Bank
  • Harelaw
  • Haste Ye Back
  • Hatton

H, continued

  • Haugh of Logie
  • Haughhead
  • Haughside
  • Hazelshaw
  • Head of the Voe
  • Heather Bell
  • Heatherknowe
  • Heatherlea
  • Heathermuir
  • Heid o' the Glen
  • Here's Tae Us
  • High Corrie

H, continued

  • Hill Croft
  • Hill of Fearn
  • Hill Park Croft
  • Hillfoot
  • Hillhead
  • Hilton
  • Hind's Hollow
  • Hogmanay House
  • Holm View
  • Hoolet's Roost (the owl's roost)
  • Houll (the hill)
  • Hoy View

I: 6 names

  • Inby Cottage
  • Inchmore (big river meadow)
  • Ingle Neuk
  • Inver (river mouth)
  • Inverbeg (little river mouth)
  • Islay

J: 2 names

  • Juniper Lodge
  • Jura View

K: 35 names

  • Kelp Store
  • Kenmore (big headland)
  • Kentallen (head of the inlet)
  • Kerrera
  • Kilbeg (little church)
  • Kilbride (Bride's church)
  • Kildonan (Donnan's church)
  • Kilfinan (Finan's church)
  • Kilmartin (Martin's church)
  • Kilmichael (Michael's church)
  • Kilmore (big church)

K, continued

  • Kilmory (Mary's church)
  • Kinloch (head of the loch)
  • Kinnaird (head of the height)
  • Kintail
  • Kintyre
  • Kirbister (church farm)
  • Kirk Neuk
  • Kirkbrae
  • Kirkgate House
  • Kirklea
  • Kirkside
  • Kirkstyle

K, continued

  • Kirkton
  • Kirkton Cottage
  • Kirkton of Laggan
  • Knockan (little hill)
  • Knockbain (white hill)
  • Knockbreck (speckled hill)
  • Knockbuy (yellow hill)
  • Knockdhu (black hill)
  • Knowehead
  • Knoweside
  • Knoydart
  • Kyleside

L: 40 names

  • Ladeside
  • Lag an Uillt (hollow of the burn)
  • Lag na Grèine (sunny hollow)
  • Laggan (little hollow)
  • Lagganmore (big hollow)
  • Laighe na Grèine (sunset)
  • Lambing Park
  • Lang May Yer Lum Reek (long may your chimney smoke)
  • Langrig
  • Langshaw
  • Langskaill (long hall)
  • Larachbeg (little house site)
  • Laverock Knowe

L, continued

  • Laverockbank
  • Lazybeds
  • Ledmore (big slope)
  • Letterfearn (hillside of the alders)
  • Lettermore (big hillside)
  • Limekiln Cottage
  • Linksfield
  • Linnhead
  • Linnside
  • Lios nan Ubhal (garden of the apples)
  • Lismore
  • Loanend
  • Loanhead

L, continued

  • Lochaber
  • Lochalsh
  • Lochan Dubh (dark lochan)
  • Lochan Lodge
  • Lochan Uaine (green lochan)
  • Lochhead
  • Lochnagar View
  • Lochside Lodge
  • Lomond View
  • Lonbain (fair wet meadow)
  • Lonemore (big wet meadow)
  • Lorne
  • Lown Neuk (sheltered nook)
  • Lucky White Heather

M: 49 names

  • Ma Ain Hoose (my own house)
  • Maalie (the fulmar)
  • Machair Cottage
  • Machair Edge
  • Mains Cottage
  • Mains of Cairnie
  • Mains of Logie
  • Mains of Tulloch
  • Mambeg (little rounded hill)
  • Marchbank
  • Marram
  • Mavis Brae

M, continued

  • Meikle Haugh
  • Midgarth (middle enclosure)
  • Midgie Hollow
  • Midhouse
  • Midton
  • Mill Loan
  • Mill of Garve
  • Mill of Tulloch
  • Millbrae
  • Millburn
  • Millhaugh
  • Milton

M, continued

  • Milton Cottage
  • Milton of Fearn
  • Minch Cottage
  • Minch View
  • Mingulay
  • Mirrie Dancers (the northern lights)
  • Mo Chridhe (my heart)
  • Mo Dhachaigh (my home)
  • Moidart
  • Mony a Mickle
  • Moray View
  • Morvern

M, continued

  • Moss Croft
  • Mossend
  • Mosside
  • Muckle Hoose (big house)
  • Muir of Corrie
  • Muirend
  • Muirhead
  • Muirside
  • Muirton
  • Mull View
  • Munro Bagger's Rest
  • Munro View
  • My Ain Fireside

N: 13 names

  • Nae Bother
  • Narrows Cottage
  • Nead na h-Iolaire (the eagle's nest)
  • Nessie's Neuk
  • Nether Croft
  • Nether Mains
  • Netherton
  • Neuk Cottage
  • Nevis View
  • Newbigging (new building)
  • Newton of Ardoch
  • Nithsdale
  • North Mains

O: 9 names

  • Ochil View
  • Old Mains
  • Oor Hame
  • Oor Hoose
  • Os Cionn a' Bhàigh (above the bay)
  • Os Cionn na Mara (above the sea)
  • Osprey Lodge
  • Otter Rocks
  • Overton

P: 19 names

  • Parkneuk
  • Partan Cottage
  • Peat Reek
  • Peat Road Croft
  • Peat Stack
  • Peedie Hoose (wee house)
  • Peerie Biggin (little building)
  • Peesweep Croft
  • Pentland View

P, continued

  • Pine Marten Lodge
  • Polbain (white pool)
  • Port Bàn (white port)
  • Portnacroish (port of the cross)
  • Portnahaven (port of the river)
  • Portnalong (harbor of the ships)
  • Ptarmigan Lodge
  • Puddock Burn (frog burn)
  • Puffer's Rest
  • Puffin Burrow

Q: 2 names

  • Quoy (the cattle enclosure)
  • Quoybanks

R: 18 names

  • Raasay
  • Rain Goose (the red-throated diver)
  • Rannoch
  • Red Squirrel Wood
  • Rhu (the point)
  • Ri Taobh an Uillt (beside the burn)
  • Ri Taobh na Mara (beside the sea)
  • Rigside
  • Roebuck Lodge

R, continued

  • Rousay
  • Rowan Croft
  • Rowanbank
  • Rowanbrae
  • Rubha Beag (little point)
  • Rubha Mòr (big point)
  • Rubha na Gaoithe (windy point)
  • Rubha nan Sgarbh (point of the cormorants)
  • Runrig Cottage

S: 72 names

  • Sair Fecht (a hard struggle)
  • Salen (the little inlet)
  • Sallachy (place of willows)
  • Salmon Pool Lodge
  • Sandend
  • Sandwick (sandy bay)
  • Saughtree (willow tree)
  • Sawmill Cottage
  • Scapa View
  • Scart Rock
  • Schiehallion View
  • Scotch Mist
  • Scots Pine Lodge
  • Sea Pink Cottage

S, continued

  • Sealladh an Eilein (island view)
  • Sealladh an Locha (loch view)
  • Sealladh na Mara (sea view)
  • Sealladh nam Beann (mountain view)
  • Seann Taigh (old house)
  • Seatown Cottage
  • Selkie (the seal)
  • Selkie Geo
  • Selkie Shore
  • Sgeir Mhòr (big skerry)
  • Sgeir nan Ròn (skerry of the seals)
  • Shalder (the oystercatcher)
  • Shawhead
  • Sheep Fank Cottage

S, continued

  • Shell Sand Cottage
  • Shenval (old township)
  • Shepherd's Bield
  • Shore Croft
  • Shorehead
  • Shoreside Croft
  • Silver Darlings
  • Silver Sands
  • Simmer Dim (summer twilight)
  • Singing Burn
  • Singing Sands
  • Sìth (peace)
  • Sixareen (the six-oared boat)
  • Skaill (the hall)
  • Skerry Cottage

S, continued

  • Skerry Sound
  • Skye View
  • Slàinte Mhath (good health)
  • Sleat
  • Solan Cottage
  • Sòlas (comfort)
  • Solas an Fheasgair (evening light)
  • Solas na Gealaich (moonlight)
  • Solas na Maidne (morning light)
  • Solway View
  • Spey View
  • Stackyard Cottage
  • Staffa View
  • Stag Lodge

S, continued

  • Stalker's Lodge
  • Standing Stones
  • Steading Cottage
  • Stenness (stone headland)
  • Stey Brae (steep brae)
  • Storm Beach
  • Strathan (little strath)
  • Strathbeg (little broad valley)
  • Strathspey
  • Stravaiger's Rest (the wanderer's rest)
  • Stronachlachar (the mason's point)
  • Strone (the nose of the hill)
  • Suilven View
  • Sunny Knowe
  • Sunnybrae

T: 257 names

  • Taigh a' Bhàird (the bard's house)
  • Taigh a' Bhealaich (house at the pass)
  • Taigh a' Bhreabadair (the weaver's house)
  • Taigh a' Chaorainn (house of the rowan)
  • Taigh a' Chìobair (the shepherd's house)
  • Taigh a' Chuain (house of the ocean)
  • Taigh a' Ghobhainn (the smith's house)
  • Taigh a' Mhinisteir (the minister's house)
  • Taigh Àlainn (lovely house)
  • Taigh an Aiseig (the ferry house)
  • Taigh an Fheasgair (house of the evening)
  • Taigh an Iasgair (the fisherman's house)
  • Taigh an t-Samhraidh (summer house)
  • Taigh an t-Saoir (the joiner's house)

T, continued

  • Taigh an t-Sìthein (house by the fairy knoll)
  • Taigh Àrd (high house)
  • Taigh Bàn (fair house)
  • Taigh Blàth (warm house)
  • Taigh Buidhe (yellow house)
  • Taigh Ciùin (quiet house)
  • Taigh Cloiche (stone house)
  • Taigh Dearg (red house)
  • Taigh Dubh (black house)
  • Taigh Fada (long house)
  • Taigh Geal (white house)
  • Taigh Glas (gray house)
  • Taigh na Fairge (house of the sea)
  • Taigh na Gealaich (house of the moon)

T, continued

  • Taigh na Maidne (house of the morning)
  • Taigh nam Faoileag (house of the gulls)
  • Taigh nan Clach (house of the stones)
  • Taigh nan Darach (house of the oaks)
  • Taigh nan Òran (house of the songs)
  • Taigh nan Rionnag (house of the stars)
  • Taigh nan Tonn (house of the waves)
  • Taigh Sona (happy house)
  • Taigh Tughaidh (thatched house)
  • Taigh Ùr (new house)
  • Tàmh (repose)
  • Tammie Norie (the puffin)
  • Tangle o' the Isles
  • Tangle Shore

T, continued

  • Taobh a' Chnuic (hillside)
  • Taobh an Ear (east side)
  • Taobh an Locha (lochside)
  • Taobh an Uillt (burnside)
  • Taobh Deas (south side)
  • Taobh na h-Aibhne (riverside)
  • Taobh na Machrach (beside the machair)
  • Taobh Siar (west side)
  • Taobh Tuath (north side)
  • Taps Aff (tops off, the sun is out)
  • Tapsalteerie (topsy-turvy)
  • Tarbert (the isthmus)
  • Tay View
  • Tayinloan (house by the wet meadow)
  • Teuchat Moss (lapwing moss)

T, continued

  • The Angels' Share
  • The Auld Bakehouse
  • The Auld Croft
  • The Auld Hoose
  • The Auld Kirk
  • The Ayre (the shingle beach)
  • The Beadle's House
  • The Bents
  • The Bield (the shelter)
  • The Big Hoose
  • The Biggin
  • The Birks (the birches)
  • The Birlinn
  • The Blackhouse

T, continued

  • The Bleachfield
  • The Boat House
  • The Boatie Rows
  • The Brewhouse
  • The Brough (the broch mound)
  • The Bu (the head farm)
  • The But and Ben
  • The Change House
  • The Chaumer (the farmhands' room)
  • The Cleuch (the ravine)
  • The Coachman's House
  • The Coble (the flat-bottomed boat)
  • The Cooperage
  • The Corn Kiln

T, continued

  • The Cornyard
  • The Cottar House
  • The Cruive (the fish trap)
  • The Deer Larder
  • The Den
  • The Dominie's House
  • The Doocot (the dovecote)
  • The Drill Hall
  • The Drovers' Rest
  • The Ebb (the foreshore)
  • The Ewe Bughts (the ewe pens)
  • The Factor's House
  • The Fank (the sheep pen)
  • The Fauld (the fold)

T, continued

  • The Fishing Lodge
  • The Forester's Cottage
  • The Free Church Manse
  • The Galley Shed
  • The Game Larder
  • The Gardener's Bothy
  • The Garron Stable
  • The Gauger's House (the exciseman's house)
  • The Gean Tree (the wild cherry)
  • The Ghillie's Bothy
  • The Girnel (the meal store)
  • The Gloup (the blowhole)
  • The Grieve's House
  • The Haaf (the deep-sea fishing)
  • The Haugh (the riverside meadow)

T, continued

  • The Head Keeper's House
  • The Herring Station
  • The Heugh (the steep bank)
  • The Hill Bothy
  • The Holm (the islet)
  • The Howe (the hollow)
  • The Kailyard
  • The Kennels
  • The Kipper House
  • The Kishie (the straw basket)
  • The Knowe
  • The Law
  • The Lea Rig
  • The Lifeboat House

T, continued

  • The Links
  • The Linn (the waterfall pool)
  • The Lint Mill
  • The Loaning
  • The Lunch Hut
  • The Mains
  • The Malt Barn
  • The Meal Mill
  • The Milk House
  • The Mission Hall
  • The Net Store
  • The Neuk
  • The Noup (the headland crag)
  • The Nurse's House

T, continued

  • The Old Distillery
  • The Old Glebe
  • The Old Icehouse
  • The Old Joiner's Shop
  • The Old Manse
  • The Old Net Loft
  • The Old Smiddy
  • The Old Store
  • The Peat Bank
  • The Pier House
  • The Pierhead
  • The Pilot House
  • The Piper's Rest
  • The Reading Room
  • The Riverkeeper's House

T, continued

  • The Roadman's House
  • The Rocket House
  • The Roddens (the rowan berries)
  • The Rowan Tree
  • The Salmon Bothy
  • The Shaws
  • The Shepherd's Bothy
  • The Shepherd's House
  • The Shooting Lodge
  • The Shore Station
  • The Smokehouse
  • The Smokie Shed
  • The Souter's House (the cobbler's house)
  • The Stalker's Bothy

T, continued

  • The Stance
  • The Stationmaster's House
  • The Steamie (the public wash house)
  • The Stell (the sheep shelter)
  • The Stillman's House
  • The Surfaceman's House
  • The Taing (the tongue of land)
  • The Tattie Shed
  • The Tollhouse
  • The Tushkar (the peat spade)
  • The Underkeeper's Cottage
  • The Wabster's House (the weaver's house)
  • The Walled Garden
  • The Wart (the beacon hill)

T, continued

  • The Watcher's Bothy
  • The Waulk Mill
  • The Wee Dram
  • The Yett (the gate)
  • The Yoal (the Shetland skiff)
  • Thistledae (this will do)
  • Thornieknowe
  • Tigh a' Bhàigh (house on the bay)
  • Tigh a' Chaolais (house by the narrows)
  • Tigh a' Chladaich (house on the shore)
  • Tigh a' Chnuic (house on the hill)
  • Tigh a' Ghàrraidh (house in the garden)
  • Tigh a' Ghlinne (house in the glen)
  • Tigh a' Mhonaidh (house on the moor)

T, continued

  • Tigh a' Mhuilinn (house by the mill)
  • Tigh an Achaidh (house in the field)
  • Tigh an Droma (house on the ridge)
  • Tigh an Dùin (house by the fort)
  • Tigh an Easa (house by the waterfall)
  • Tigh an Eilein (house on the island)
  • Tigh an Fhraoich (house in the heather)
  • Tigh an Locha (house by the loch)
  • Tigh an Rubha (house on the point)
  • Tigh an Tobair (house by the well)
  • Tigh an Uillt (house by the burn)
  • Tigh na Beinne (house of the mountain)
  • Tigh na Bruaich (house on the bank)
  • Tigh na Coille (house by the wood)
  • Tigh na Creige (house by the rock)

T, continued

  • Tigh na Drochaide (house by the bridge)
  • Tigh na Gaoithe (house of the wind)
  • Tigh na Grèine (house of the sun)
  • Tigh na h-Aibhne (house by the river)
  • Tigh na Mara (house by the sea)
  • Tigh na Sìthe (house of peace)
  • Tigh na Tràghad (house by the beach)
  • Tigh nam Beann (house of the mountains)
  • Tigh nan Craobh (house of the trees)
  • Tigh nan Eun (house of the birds)
  • Tigh nan Ròn (house of the seals)
  • Tim'rous Beastie
  • Tìr nam Beann (land of the mountains)
  • Tìr nan Òg (land of the young)

T, continued

  • Tiree
  • Tirricks (the terns)
  • Todhill (fox hill)
  • Toft (the house site)
  • Tollbar House
  • Tom Bàn (fair knoll)
  • Tom Beag (little knoll)
  • Tom na Grèine (sunny knoll)
  • Tom nan Eun (knoll of the birds)
  • Tombreck (speckled knoll)
  • Tomdoun (brown knoll)
  • Tomich (place of knolls)
  • Tomnavoulin (knoll of the mill)
  • Top o' the Brae

T, continued

  • Torbeg (little rocky hill)
  • Tormore (big rocky hill)
  • Torran (little rocky hill)
  • Townhead
  • Tràigh Bhàn (white beach)
  • Tràigh Gheal (bright beach)
  • Tràigh Mhòr (big beach)
  • Tulloch (the hillock)
  • Tullochgorm (blue-green hillock)
  • Twa Burns
  • Tweed Cottage
  • Tweed View
  • Tweeddale
  • Twelve Pointer
  • Tystie (the black guillemot)

U: 2 names

  • Unst
  • Upper Croft

V: 2 names

  • Vennel Cottage
  • Voeside

W: 21 names

  • Wardhill
  • Wee Bield
  • Wee Burn
  • Wee Croft
  • Wester Croft
  • Wester Knowe
  • Westerton
  • Westray
  • Whaup Hill
  • Whigmaleerie (a whim)

W, continued

  • Whinbrae
  • Whinfield
  • Whinny Knowe
  • Whinpark
  • Whitelaw
  • Wildcat Lodge
  • Windswept
  • Windy Ha'
  • Windy Yett
  • Wrack Bay
  • Wyndfoot

Y: 1 name

  • Yarrow