Editing Macbeth, King of Scotland (section)

== Name ==
The name ''Mac Bethad'' (or, in modern Gaelic, ''MacBheatha''), from which the anglicized "MacBeth" is derived, means "son of life".<ref name= Aitchison>{{cite book |title=Macbeth: Man and Myth |last=Aitchison |first=Nicholas Boyter |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7509-1891-6 |page=38|publisher=Sutton }}</ref> Although it has the appearance of a [[Patronymic#Irish, Scottish, and Manx|Gaelic patronymic]] it does not have any meaning of [[filiation]] but instead carries an implication of a righteous man<ref name= Aitchison/> or religious man.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Shakespeare Name and Place Dictionary |editor-last=Davis |editor-first=J. Madison  |year=1995 |isbn=978-1884964-17-6 |page=294 |publisher=[[Routledge]] }}</ref> An alternative proposed derivation is that it is a corruption of ''macc-bethad'' meaning "one of the elect".<ref name= Aitchison/>

Macbeth's full name in [[Middle Irish]] (medieval Gaelic) was ''{{lang|mga|Macbethad mac Findláech}}''. This is realised as ''{{lang|gd|MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh}}'' in modern [[Scottish Gaelic]], and is rendered ''Macbeth MacFinlay'' (also spelled ''Finley'', ''Findlay'', or ''Findley'') in modern English. ''Mac Findláech'' is a [[Patronymic#Irish, Scottish and Manx|Gaelic patronymic]] meaning "son of Findláech", referring to his father [[Findláech of Moray]].{{sfn|Ellis|1990|p=2}}