Ùisdean

Ùisdean is a Scottish Gaelic masculine given name. Variant forms include Uisdean and Hùisdean. The names are derived from the Old Norse personal name Eysteinn, *Aystein (later Øysteinn). Eysteinn is composed of the elements ey, ei, meaning "always, forever"; and steinn, meaning "stone". An anglicised form of Ùisdean and Uisdean is Hugh.

People with the name

 * Hugh of Sleat (1437–1498), Scottish clan chief
 * Hugh MacDonald (Scottish politician) (1929–2013), Scottish politician
 * Hugh Dan MacLennan (Scottish Gaelic: Ùisdean MacIllFhinnein), Scottish broadcaster, author and academic