Scott as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Scott

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The baby name Scott is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /skɒt/ (British), /skɑt/ (American); respelling: SKOT.

Scott is English, Scottish in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 1.0

Origin: English, Scottish

Pronunciation: /skɒt/ (British), /skɑt/ (American); respelling: SKOT

What is the meaning of the name Scott ?

The baby name Scott is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /skɒt/ (British), /skɑt/ (American); respelling: SKOT.

Scott is English, Scottish in Origin.

Scott is an English and Scottish given name derived from a surname indicating ethnic origin. From Medieval Latin Scottus, plural Scotti, the term referred to Gaels from Ireland and later the people of Scotland. In Middle English, Scot/Scott came to denote a Scotsman or someone who spoke Gaelic. The name thus carries the meaning “a person from Scotland” or “a Gael.”

As a family name along the Anglo-Scottish Borders since the 12th century, it became a forename in the 18th–19th centuries, boosted by Sir Walter Scott’s fame and the 20th‑century American taste for surname names. It ranked high in the United States from the 1960s through the 1980s, then declined yet remains familiar. Variants and diminutives include Scot, Scottie, and Scotty; Scottie also appears for girls. Related coinages such as Scottlyn are modern. Notable bearers include composer Scott Joplin and golfer Scottie Scheffler.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Scott	Eastwood	Clint Eastwood	film director	★★★★★
Scott	Newman	Paul Newman	film director	★★★★★
Scott	Marshall	Garry Marshall	film director	★★★★★
Scott	Caan	James Caan	film director	★★★★★

Scott – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2015	#1	—	429
KH		0	#3	1	102
FJ		0	#6	1	374
DJ		0	#17	1	322
BW		0	#19	1	960
KR	Boys	0	#26	2	897
DJ	Girls	0	#29	1	488
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
NA		0	#33	1	2,537
HT	Boys	0	#34	1	903
TM	Boys	0	#36	1	614
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
CM		0	#56	1	2,592
CY		0	#59	2	1,632
JP		0	#60	18	4,057
LU		0	#61	6	2,830
CN		0	#71	15	3,857
AO		0	#76	2	2,729
MV	Boys	0	#76	4	3,375
TW		0	#81	20	4,523
TW	Boys	0	#88	225	7,111
JM		0	#90	4	3,714
CR		0	#99	60	5,526
QA		0	#99	8	7,011
OM		0	#104	13	6,215
GE	Boys	0	#109	2	2,055
PH		0	#109	2	5,607
HU		0	#113	3	1,675
KW		0	#116	6	5,216
CY	Boys	0	#119	11	3,473
EC		0	#121	1	2,502
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
Norway	Boys	2025	#126	9	444
AZ	Boys	0	#131	1	1,400
IQ		0	#131	3	3,533
AE		0	#132	46	10,220
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#134	4	1,769
BN	Boys	0	#134	6	6,332
BW	Boys	0	#135	15	4,685
GR		0	#135	1	3,911
MU		0	#136	2	3,613
PA		0	#136	3	3,797
JO		0	#140	1	2,158
Belgium	Boys	2024	#143	46	401
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
RS	Boys	0	#154	1	2,277
CN	Boys	0	#161	189	9,639
MT	Boys	0	#163	14	4,064
Sweden	Boys	2022	#173	10	1,509
HU	Boys	0	#173	2	3,954
PR	Boys	0	#174	5	2,508
HR		0	#180	2	2,081
CZ		0	#185	2	3,154
RU		0	#187	8	3,641
CR	Boys	0	#188	503	10,188
MO	Boys	0	#193	31	5,842
DK		0	#199	8	5,198
LU	Boys	0	#202	17	4,970
SI	Boys	0	#210	2	3,402
BG	Boys	0	#216	5	3,850
SG		0	#223	47	11,010
PS		0	#224	3	5,692
NA	Boys	0	#226	10	6,830
AO	Boys	0	#227	16	5,568
IR		0	#229	3	4,221
GH		0	#230	14	5,396
NA	Girls	0	#237	1	7,146
JM	Boys	0	#238	35	6,876
BD		0	#241	1	5,992
NG		0	#242	23	5,926
JP	Boys	0	#244	54	7,909
EC	Boys	0	#245	2	3,322
PT		0	#248	3	4,161
HR	Boys	0	#255	5	3,997
MO	Girls	0	#255	9	7,056
GH	Boys	0	#259	88	8,138
Canada	Boys	2024	#268	39	2,588
GR	Boys	0	#271	3	6,912
AF	Boys	0	#272	3	3,535
JM	Girls	0	#275	4	7,507
IL		0	#276	7	6,291
SA		0	#278	18	10,560
KZ	Boys	0	#289	8	6,578
TW	Girls	0	#289	1	8,139
DK	Boys	0	#293	33	7,401
CZ	Boys	0	#297	9	6,530
MY		0	#298	33	12,352
AL	Boys	0	#302	2	5,122
HK		0	#310	39	8,483
HK	Boys	0	#315	244	12,905
PL	Boys	0	#324	12	6,459
France	Boys	2021	#328	60	2,865
PE		0	#328	2	6,350
PH	Boys	0	#331	53	11,440
GH	Girls	0	#335	3	6,973
GT		0	#337	2	5,948
MU	Boys	0	#339	19	8,477
QA	Girls	0	#342	2	15,378
PT	Boys	0	#347	21	7,951
CN	Girls	0	#355	5	8,829
BR		0	#360	1	5,969
NG	Boys	0	#361	1,153	16,906
NL		0	#364	28	2,481
ZA		0	#365	83	14,421
YE		0	#371	11	8,639
JO	Boys	0	#385	5	7,057
UY	Boys	0	#386	14	5,922
Germany		0	#403	35	2,542
MX		0	#403	11	8,339
BO		0	#408	1	6,868
CM	Boys	0	#409	147	12,054
EG		0	#410	3	6,387
Finland	Boys	0	#410	18	2,041
OM	Girls	0	#418	7	15,987
PH	Girls	0	#424	6	13,098
Austria	Boys	0	#426	17	2,180
CL		0	#432	3	6,867
Spain		0	#434	19	2,326
SG	Boys	0	#444	261	17,960
PA	Boys	0	#454	28	9,305
AR	Boys	0	#458	10	7,628
SD	Boys	0	#458	9	10,523
RU	Boys	0	#465	41	12,621
PT	Girls	0	#470	2	7,952
United States	Boys	2024	#472	517	7,044
GT	Boys	0	#492	8	7,625
PS	Boys	0	#509	40	10,655
CO		0	#510	1	7,768
PA	Girls	0	#517	2	9,861
LY		0	#519	17	12,703
RU	Girls	0	#520	4	11,913
IQ	Girls	0	#522	4	11,303
CM	Girls	0	#527	14	11,671
IR	Boys	0	#533	20	10,162
NL	Boys	0	#533	497	5,873
BH		0	#536	18	17,937
UY	Girls	0	#536	1	6,731
GT	Girls	0	#541	1	7,500
IR	Girls	0	#545	1	8,334
PS	Girls	0	#547	1	10,981
KW	Girls	0	#553	9	19,177
ZA	Boys	0	#561	859	25,619
BD	Boys	0	#567	10	10,045
CR	Girls	0	#571	3	11,342
BO	Boys	0	#578	15	9,244
IL	Boys	0	#579	29	10,983
CL	Boys	0	#590	76	13,390
AE	Girls	0	#594	4	20,968
NG	Girls	0	#601	191	15,093
QA	Boys	0	#608	100	18,093
Finland	Boys	2026	#621	62	3,552
AR	Girls	0	#629	2	8,289
SG	Girls	0	#630	3	18,916
IQ	Boys	0	#638	30	13,071
HK	Girls	0	#643	8	16,104
IL	Girls	0	#644	2	11,648
LB		0	#649	10	13,263
IT		0	#661	54	4,183
BR	Boys	0	#717	35	12,213
KW	Boys	0	#720	50	18,755
PE	Boys	0	#751	128	14,506
SY		0	#760	8	11,684
Germany	Boys	0	#776	177	5,697
Spain	Boys	0	#781	151	5,610
TN		0	#793	37	13,765
OM	Boys	0	#816	66	17,948
MX	Boys	0	#823	161	16,355
MY	Boys	0	#824	294	25,439
EG	Boys	0	#834	53	15,035
CO	Boys	0	#849	72	15,656
United States	Girls	2001	#872	6	9,507
CL	Girls	0	#914	2	14,098
SA	Girls	0	#917	19	25,931
AE	Boys	0	#935	158	22,615
IN	Boys	0	#979	23	16,750
BR	Girls	0	#992	1	12,708
EG	Girls	0	#1,007	3	14,742
PE	Girls	0	#1,008	3	14,861
MA		0	#1,059	70	20,986
MY	Girls	0	#1,067	6	24,821
DZ		0	#1,074	103	20,130
ZA	Girls	0	#1,119	23	25,928
CO	Girls	0	#1,148	5	16,140
IT	Boys	0	#1,149	325	10,046
TR		0	#1,151	61	19,440
MX	Girls	0	#1,259	9	17,781
SA	Boys	0	#1,404	211	28,008

Scott is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

Ireland

France

Norway

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

United States

Switzerland

Wallonia, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Sweden

Belgium

England & Wales, United Kingdom

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

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