Sholto

Scottish from the Gaelic

"sower"

Sholto Origin and Meaning

The name Sholto is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "sower".

Rugged but gentle, Sholto is a traditional Scottish first name, especially within the Douglas clan, with Sholto Douglas being its mythical ancestor. It is an Anglicized form of Sìoltach, meaning "sower".

Sholto appears in on a minor character in Elizabeth Gaskell's1855 novel, North and South, and as a surname in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel,
The Sign of the Four. It has been notably borne by wheelchair rugby player Sholto Taylor, pianist Sholto Kynoch, and rower Sholto Carnegie.

Sholto Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1279 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sholto

• 1279 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Sholto

• Sholto Douglas mythical progenitor of Scotland's Clan Douglas
• (William) Sholto Douglas 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, senior commander in the Royal Air Force
• Sholto George Watson Douglas 19th Earl of Morton
• (Robert) Sholto Johnstone Douglas Scottish figurative artist
• (Charles) Sholto Wyndham Marcon English schoolmaster, clergyman and Olympic field hockey player
• Sholto Kynoch English pianist

The name Sholto in Pop Culture

• Sholto Pinn character in The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
• Sholto Lennox baby in the 2004 movie version of Elizabeth Gaskell's "North & South"
• James Sholto character on TV's "Sherlock"