Begbie

Baigbie, 1594) originates in south-east Scotland, where it is most common in the Edinburgh and East Lothian areas.

In its contemporary form, Bagge appears both as a given and family name in Denmark and the southern regions of Sweden and Norway.

(The same place name elements can be found in Baggeby, Stockholm county, Sweden, and also Bagby, North Yorkshire, England).

Bagby) were gifted to the nunnery at Haddington by its founder, Queen Ada, wife of Henry, King of Scots, and mother to Malcolm IV and William I, upon her death in 1178.

Begbie is one of a number of settlements in East Lothian whose place name elements are Scandinavian in origin.