Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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DUNCAN. A popular name of Gaelic orig. common in the Lowlands from the 17th c. (Lnk. 1715 Minutes J.P.s (S.H.S.) 159, Ayr. 1792 Burns Duncan Gray i.; Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley x.). Dim. forms Dunk(ie) (Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 97), Duggie (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 164), Dochie [′dɔxe] (Per. 1910).
[Ad. Gael. Donnchadh, “brown-haired warrior”.]
