Scott
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘(Gaelic-speaking) person from Scotland’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/skɒt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Scott is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 29th most common given name.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 283(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 310
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 329
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #92 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 683 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 283 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,900,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘(Gaelic-speaking) person from Scotland’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Scott counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈3,900,000 est. | ≈1 in 354 | — | Scott | 93 |
| US United States | #37 | 655,952 | 1 in 507 | 655K | Scott | 683 |
| GB United Kingdom | #56 | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 329 | 27 | Scott | 382 |
| CA Canada | #37 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 340 | 4 | Scott | 371 |
| EG Egypt | #454 | ≈88,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Scott | 38 |
| AU Australia | #41 | ≈82,000 est. | ≈1 in 310 | 94 | Scott | 351 |
| NZ New Zealand | #34 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 283 | — | Scott | 186 |
| IE Ireland | #41 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 336 | 69 | Scott | 123 |
| SG Singapore | #29 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 539 | — | Scott | 114 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Scott is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OE Scott, originally 'an Irishman', later 'a Gael from Scotland', or from the personal name Scott; first attested Uchtred filius Scot c124 Black (Selkirk)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, From Scot, originally a Gael/Irish person; later applied in the south as a surname, strongly associated with the Borders from the 13th century.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, Scotland or, more commonly, for a Gaelic-speaker within Scotland. The Gaelic-speaking peoples in Scotland came originally from Ireland, and it is possible that their name is connected with OW ysgthru to cut, carve, referring to their habit of tatooing themselves with iron points. Vars.: Skidmore, Skitmore
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Scott är ett engelskt släktnamn (ursprungligen ett binamn ’skotten, den skotske’) som också används som förnamn. Det var mycket populärt i USA på 1960- och 70-talet. En känd namnbärare är den amerikanske författaren Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Scott Joplinb. 1868USAmerican composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
- Francis Scott Fitzgeraldb. 1896USAmerican writer (1896–1940)
- Scott Kellyb. 1964USAmerican astronaut and engineer (born 1964)
- Bill Goldbergb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and football player (born 1966)
- Scott Morrisonb. 1968AUPrime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
- MacKenzie Scottb. 1970USAmerican philanthropist and novelist
- Scott Stokedb. 1973CACanadian voice actor
- Chris Murphyb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1973)
- Scott Caanb. 1976USAmerican actor (born 1976)
- Scott BuckleyAUAustralian composer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 112 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 655K | #59 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 685 | #59 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 561 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1999 | 94 | #95 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2018 | 69 | #96 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1999 | 62 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 39 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 21 | #199 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 4 | #922 |
Reference works 8
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Scott mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘(Gaelic-speaking) person from Scotland’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Scott a male or female name?
- Scott is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Scott have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.9 million people named Scott in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled scott.
- What are other forms of the name Scott?
- In the etymology graph, Scot is a form of the same name in other languages; Scotty and Scottie are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Scott?
- In the United States, the national register counted 655,952 people named Scott in 2020, about 1 in 507 residents.
- How common is Scott compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Scott is the 29th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Scott?
- A machine transcription gives /skɒt/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Scott?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/scottThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Scott” — the 29th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.