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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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ELSPETH. Also Elspath (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. ii. i.), Elspat (Sc. 1827 Scott Highland Widow i.), Elspet (Rs. 1844 Judiciary Reports (1846) 21), Elspa (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. ii. i.; Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize xx.), and reduced dim. forms Else (Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 98; Kcd. 1933 L. G. Gibbon Cloud Howe 28 and passim), Elsie (Gen.Sc.). Sc. forms of Elizabeth (Sc. 1739 Morison Decisions 16344, 1816 Scott Antiquary xxviii.; Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xl.; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 98). Gen.Sc. See also Eppie.