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A name. A world of connections.
Recorded in official name statistics for United Kingdom and Australia
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Sholto is a masculine given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
Scotland, 2004: 3 boys (rank 490).
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03 / By the numbers
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1974–2025 Spelling: Sholto
Recorded category boys
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Source: National Records of Scotland · National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 3 | 490 | 108 | observed |
| 2005 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Sholto” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million use the matching published total for this region, recorded category and year; years without a compatible denominator remain gaps.
Released 2026-05-26 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Sholto— “sower (?)”
The female Christian name of Douglas, which belonged to one of the unfortunate wives of Queen Elizabeth’s Earl of Leicester, was either a free version of one of those varieties of ‘dark ladyes,’ or else was one of the first specimens of a surname converted into a Christian name, perhaps in compliment to Lady Margaret Douglas, the niece of Henry VIII. and mother of Lord Darnley. Douglas was, without doubt, a territorial designation from the dark vale and stream of Douglas; but…
The female Christian name of Douglas, which belonged to one of the unfortunate wives of Queen Elizabeth’s Earl of Leicester, was either a free version of one of those varieties of ‘dark ladyes,’ or else was one of the first specimens of a surname converted into a Christian name, perhaps in compliment to Lady Margaret Douglas, the niece of Henry VIII. and mother of Lord Darnley. Douglas was, without doubt, a territorial designation from the dark vale and stream of Douglas; but the heralds and genealogists of the gallant lineage of the bleeding heart made out an ancestor, ‘Sholto Dhu Glas’ (see the dark grey man), and then Sholto was adopted as a name in the Douglas family, and crept from thence to others. I have found no instance of it before the seventeenth century in looking through the peerage of Scotland, and the probable derivation of the word would be _sioltaich_, a sower.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter III (Gaelic Names), Section IX (Names of Complexion) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Scottish noble (1844-1900)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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