Scotti is a feminine spelling of Scottie, the pet form of Scott, an English surname that means "Scotsman" or "person from Scotland". Like Billie and Stevie it belongs to the recent wave of tomboyish nickname names for girls. Scotti was nearly unknown a decade ago, ranked beyond number 8,000 in 2015, jumped to number 2,852 in 2024 and reaches number 2,685 in 2025, its highest rank so far, with 65 births.