Scobie

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proper noun

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

OriginScottish Gaelic sgolbach →
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Meanings

proper nounScobie (plural Scobies)

plural Scobies

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicsgolbach“thorny place”
  2. EnglishScobie

Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Biscoe
Cite this entry
APA

Scobie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scobie

MLA

“Scobie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scobie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scobie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scobie.

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