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Ailsa (F)>

Ailsa (female)

Variants:Ealasaid (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish.

1. The FreeCEN record of the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire shows a small number of occurrences of this name. It is derived from the island of Ailsa Craig in the Clyde estuary, originating from an Old Norse personal name.

2. Ailsa is also used as an Anglicized version of Ealasiad, the Scottish Gaelic form of Elizabeth.