English
Scobie
Scobie comes from Scottish Gaelic sgolbach ‘thorny place’.
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsgolbach‘thorny place’
- EnglishtodayScobie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsgolbach‘thorny place’
- EnglishtodayScobie
The story
Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (‘thorny place’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic sgolbach
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic sgolbach / Scobie