G'day Ian, I've also found that in many cases girls were given a second name that was the maiden name of their maternal grandmother. My M-I-L's second name is Young and her mother's second name was Carnie. This is useful for tracing back the female side of the family. I think this was done this way as a method of carrying the family history through two generations. Most people would know their mother's maiden name but probably not their grandmother's. Hence the naming pattern. I don't know exactly how long this method existed, but my M-I-L was born in 1938 and her mother in 1914, both in Edinburgh. Paul Kean (Sunny?? Melbourne Australia) --- Ian Dunbar <ian_dunbar@bigpond.com> wrote: > Would some one be able to outline Scottish naming patterns for me > please? > > Ian > http://my.yahoo.com.au - My Yahoo! - It's My Yahoo! Get your own!