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Scottish place names

132 replies

Cosydressinggown · 31/05/2013 16:38

Hello - I need Scottish place names that can also be used as baby names. Any ideas??? So far I can only think of:

Isla
Harris
Lewis
Skye
Dundas

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sleepyhead · 31/05/2013 16:40

I know of people called Paisley & Tiree.

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sleepyhead · 31/05/2013 16:41

I also know a Coll actually.

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galwaygirl · 31/05/2013 16:41

Vaila - one of the Shetland Islands. For a girl

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DiaryOfAWimpyMum · 31/05/2013 16:42

Angus


Edinburgh ?

sorry...

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sleepyhead · 31/05/2013 16:42

Rona - another island name.

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LoganMummy · 31/05/2013 16:43

Coire? Think its a mountain.
Lewis
Iona
Ailsa or Craig
Nairn

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DiaryOfAWimpyMum · 31/05/2013 16:44

Aberdour
Aberfeldy
Aberfoyle
Alcoa
Androssan
Annan
Arbroath
Argyle
Arran
Auchinleck
Aviemorel
Ayr
Balloch
Bearsden
Beauly
Ben Nevis
Bishopbriggs
Bowmore
Braemar
Brechin
Cala na Creige
Callander
Colonsay (Isle of)
Cowdenbeath
Culross
Carmichael
Carnock
Comrie
Crieff
Cumbrae
Cumnock
Dalkeith
Dingwall (Inbhir Pheofharain)
Dornoch
Dumbarton
Dumfries
Dunbar
Dundee
Dunfermline
Dunkeld
Dunoon
Duntocher
Elgin
Erskinde
Falkirk
Fife
Firth of Clyde
Forres
Galloway
Glencoe
Gleneagles
Glen Gyle
Gourock
Govan
Grangemouth
Gretna
Hamilton
Harris (Isle of)
Huntly
Hurlford
Invenrurie
Inverary
Kelburn
Kerrera (Isle of)
Kiloran
Kilsyth
Kingussie
Kirkcaldy (Cair Chaladain)
Kirkcudbright
Kirkintilloch. (Caer Ceann Tulach)
Kyle of Lochalsh (Caol Loch Ailse)
Larbert
Largs
Lochranza
Lockerbie
Lomond (Loch Lomond)
Lunan
Mallaig
Montrose
Morar
Muirkirk
Nairn
Oban
Partick. (Partaig or Pearraig)
Prestwick
Rosemarkie
Rosyth
Rothesay
Rutherglen
Salen
Sanquhar
Scarista
Stanraer
Strathpeffer. ( Srath Pheofhair)
Stonehaven (Calla Na Creige)
Taigh an Rathaid
Tarbert
Tillicoultry (Tulach Cultraidh)
Tobermory
Trossachs
Turriff
Skye (Isle of)
Ullapool
Vikinga
Whithorn
Wick

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DiaryOfAWimpyMum · 31/05/2013 16:45

Oops sorry, I had no idea that was so long!

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KatoPotato · 31/05/2013 16:46

Tell me you pasted that list!!

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KatoPotato · 31/05/2013 16:46

And you forgot Lenzie and Milngavie!

Bishopbriggs... haha

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twooter · 31/05/2013 16:47

Eigg

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daimbardiva · 31/05/2013 16:48

Brodie

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sleepyhead · 31/05/2013 17:07

Stirling

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Anjou · 31/05/2013 17:14

There are hundreds! Male or female? Is it actually for a baby, or is it just hypothetical?

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Meringue33 · 31/05/2013 17:16

Kyle
Don
Coe
Forfar
John O'Groats :)

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Meringue33 · 31/05/2013 17:18

Oban
Ossian
Tobermory!

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DiaryOfAWimpyMum · 31/05/2013 17:18

I pasted the list from yahoo answers! Grin Blush

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 31/05/2013 17:19

I know a Torridon.

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weebarra · 31/05/2013 17:25

I was going to say Lenzie! If I wasn't from there and everyone I know would go Hmm , I'd consider it for DC3.
Anyway: Coll, Vaila, Angus, Islay, Nairn, Carrick, Rannoch.

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MrsBungle · 31/05/2013 17:27

Selkirk

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whyno · 31/05/2013 17:28

Alba for a girl. Actually means Scotland in gaelic i think but is a pretty girls name too.

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JojoMags · 31/05/2013 17:39

Iona

Dundas? Really?

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squoosh · 31/05/2013 17:40

Drumnadrochit.

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squoosh · 31/05/2013 17:41

Definitely not Twatt.

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ThistleDown · 31/05/2013 17:42

I know an Oban and a Jura.

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