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Re: Missing Scotsmen ...where to look now?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 13 January 24 16:24 GMT (UK) »
Is there a patronymic naming system in Scotland
There is a system

First daughter after mother's mother
Second daughter after father's mother
Third daughter after mother

First son after father's father
Second son after mother's father
Third son after father

but it tends to be mainly used for first given names.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.