It led to names like Ceitidh Ruadh (Red-haired Katie) and Pàdraig Murchadh Moilean (Peter, son of Murdo of the eyebrows).

A Scottish tradition of giving people a family name or a nickname based on their appearance, or where they are from or who ...

The first minister has vowed to use Donald Trump's affinity for Scotland in a bid to avoid the prospect of tariffs being applied on imports to the US. John Swinney said he had expressed the ...