G'day Frank Ham(ilton),

The first recorded (by the Romans) names for Scotland and Ireland ... were given by the Romans. Beig a bunch of Mediterranean types sent, by Caesar, to the cold, dark north, they called Ireland Hibernia ... Roman fro the "land of Winter" and Scotland Scotia ... Greek (spoken by posh Romans) for "(land of) darkness".

You don't need aname until someone else needs to distinguish you from them ... or where you live from where they live.

Lots of "folk etymology" gets applied down the track - but this is where the names come from.

Regards,

Bob Bolton