Boy · Latin, through English
Scott
Say it: SKOT
Meaning
From a surname meaning 'Gael, Scotsman', from Latin Scotus.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Peaked in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 775,276 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 57 boys
- 494 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Scot
Famous bearers
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, US novelist
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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