Shettleston
Baile Nighean Sheadna
Meaning
town of the daughter of Seadna
Location
City of Glasgow
Glasgow City
NS648643
English / Map Form: Shettleston
Gaelic Form: Baile Nighean Sheadna
Location: Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Shettleston
Gaelic Form: Baile Nighean Sheadna
Language Notes
These forms represent Latin and Gaelic forms of the name. The Gaelic represents *Baile (translated as villa) + Inghean 'daughter' (modern Gaelic: nighean) + Seadna a personal name
Element Meaning
G Baile (town)+ Inghean (daughter), modern Gaelic: nighean) + Seadna (a personal name)
Sources
baile inghine Seadna Watson 1926, 204-5
| villa filie Sadin | 1170 Glas. Reg. no. 26 |
| villa inineschadin | 1173 Glas. Reg. no. 28 |
| inienschedin | 1175 Glas. Reg. no. 32 |
| villam filie Sedin | 1179 Glas. Reg. no. 51 |
| Schedenest’ | 1182 Glas. Reg. no. 57 [rubric] |
| villam filie scadin | 1182 Glas. Reg. no. 57 |
| Schedinestun’ | 1186 Glas. Reg. no. 62 |
| Schedenest’ | 1216 Glas. Reg. no. 111 [rubric] |
| Sedinchistun’ | 1216 Glas. Reg. no. 111 |
| Crucem de Schedenestun’ | 1223 Glas. Reg. no. 135 |
Additional Information
This means ‘Estate of Seadna’s daughter’. For further discussion of this name see Watson 1926, 204-5 and Taylor, S Gaelic in Glasgow: The Onomastic Evidence, 7 and 16 in Kidd, Glasgow: Baile Mòr nan Gàidheal, 2007.
