 The Irish called themselves "Scots" or "the people of the Princess Scotia, per their ethnogenesis mythology.Other names the Irish used for themselves include Milesians and Gael.According to Keating's "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn", the woman's name "Scotia" ultimately means "blossom" ("scoṫ" or "scoth" meaning "blossom" and "Scoṫín" or "Scothín" meaning "wee blossom").