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    1 month ago

    They are, but they’re both forms of the same original name. Iain came via our Gaelic-speaking areas and John via our English- and Scots-speaking ones

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        1 month ago

        I know, it’s a bad title. I’m just explaining what it’s actually showing

        That said, if you go to one of the remaining Gàidhlig-speaking areas, there actually is a chance that they’d switch “John” to “Iain”. See here, for example, where BBC Alba refers to the First Minister as Iain Sweeney