This page is a list of place names in
Scotland which have subsequently been applied to other parts of the world by
Scottish emigrants or
explorers, or contain distinctive Scottish surnames as an element.
Glenmore (
fr:Glenmore (Indonésie),
id:Glenmore, Banyuwangi) - From a Gaelic placename both in Mull and Lismore, it was named by Scottish Highland soldiers serving in the Dutch East India Company of the 18th Century who were garrisoned in the area near Mount Raung and who eventually married locally and settled down.
Ireland
Because Scotland and Ireland have their own Gaelic languages, many of the same placename elements can be found in both countries. However, during the
Ulster Plantations, Scottish settlers from the Lowlands who were mostly of Anglo-Saxon stock have left their mark with some place names in
Ulster which are distinct to Ireland's predominantly Celtic placenames.
The
Isle of Man like
Ireland also has its own
Gaelic language meaning that Scottish placename elements such as "glen" (Manx: "glione") frequently turn up there, e.g.
Sulby Glen, but these are indigenous.
The South Island also contains the
Strath-Taieri and the
Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining
Scots Gaelic and
Māori origins.
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin have names mirroring those in Edinburgh.
Inchbonnie is a hybrid of
Lowland Scots and
Scottish Gaelic
Due to the
Darién scheme, the Caribbean coast of Panama has various names which refer to the Scottish presence. The colony was called "New Caledonia", the settlement "New Edinburgh", the fort "Fort St Andrew" and the bay near it "Caledonia Bay". These names are defunct, although references to the Scottish settlers remain in some of the Spanish language names of the region.
Some post-colonial renaming has taken place, e.g.
Lake Chivero was formerly known as Lake McIlwaine. It is uncertain whether the "Glen" of
Glen Norah is Scottish inspired.