Scotland is a place name used as a first name; it means "land of the Scots", after the Latin Scoti, the name Roman writers gave to the Gaelic peoples. It belongs with other geographic girls' names such as Ireland, London and Georgia. In the United States Scotland ranked number 14683 in 2000, rose through the 2010s and reached number 2093 among girls' names in 2025, its highest rank yet.