Ùisdean is a

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...

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given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 410. Variant forms include ''Uisdean'' and ''Hùisdean''. The names are derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

personal name ''Eysteinn'', *''Aystein'' (later ''Øysteinn''). ''Eysteinn'' is composed of the elements ''ey'', ''ei'', meaning "always, forever"; and ''steinn'', meaning "stone". An anglicised form of ''Ùisdean'' and ''Uisdean'' is '' Hugh''. Robertson; Taylor (2003) p. 341.

People with the name

* Hugh of Sleat (1437–1498), Scottish clan chief *

Hugh MacDonald (Scottish politician) Hugh MacDonald (11 July 1929 – 3 December 2013), also known as Uisdean MacDonald, was a Scottish nationalist activist. Born in the Possilpark area of Glasgow to parents who both worked in bottling factories, MacDonald learned Gaelic at night sc ...

(1929–2013), Scottish politician *

Hugh Dan MacLennan Hugh Dan MacLennan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein'') is a Scottish broadcaster, author and sporting academic with specific interest in the sport of shinty. A fluent Gaelic speaker from Lochaber, he attended the University of Glasgow ...

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: ''Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein''), Scottish broadcaster, author and academic

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