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How do you write the surname West in Scottish Gaelic?

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The surname is found in northeast Scotland (especially Banffshire) not in the Highlands so there may not be a Gaelic form.

Names are not 'gaelicized' in more recent times, as virtually all Gaelic speakers are bilingual.

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