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Sibling for Alistair?

22 replies

bagofsnakes · 21/10/2014 20:27

Baby on the way in Feb, DC1 is named Alistair. Had so many great names for DS but DH and I just can't seem to agree on any of them for DC2 - think we need fresh ideas. Thank you!

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 21/10/2014 22:40

Gregor
Innes
Euan

Morven
Ishbel
Cara

all seem to work with Alistair, at least to me.

helensburgh · 21/10/2014 22:42

Calum
Innes
Seamus ( shaymus)

Fiona
MAris ( as long as your surname isn't piper)
Eilidh

KlokkenVin · 21/10/2014 22:43

Diarmuid
Maeve

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 21/10/2014 22:44

Lawrence

Beatrice

myotherusernameisbetter · 21/10/2014 23:12

Mairi
Lorna
Kirsty

Rory
Findlay
Brodie

cheepsskram · 21/10/2014 23:18

Lindsay
Gillian
Kirsty

Mark
Michael
Stuart
Ewan

All of the above have a relation called Alasdair. But only one of them is a sibling. ;)

If my mum had had another daughter, she'd have been called Fiona. :)

SurfsUp1 · 22/10/2014 00:13

I have a Cameron who would have been Alistair if a cousin hadn't beaten me to it (by a couple of weeks!). Cameron has a brother named Leo.
Other names in contention were Henry, Alexander, Patrick, James, Duncan, Lachlan, Edward.

Lunastarfish · 22/10/2014 08:36

Joel
Dominic
Benjamin

Phoebe
Ursula
Scarlett

bagofsnakes · 22/10/2014 08:42

Oh, these are all good ideas and are getting me thinking afresh. A do particularly like Rory but our surname starts with and R and for some reason I'm really not keen on R alliteration, which is strange as other letter alliteration doesn't bother me.

helensburgh, luckily not Piper, so it could well be in the running :-)

Innes - never considered it before but I do really like it. Is it a girls name here too? I only ask because when I was working abroad I taught a Spanish girl called Ines.

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SurfsUp1 · 22/10/2014 08:56

R alliteration is best avoided in case your child has difficulty saying R. Imagine being Wowy Woberts!

bagofsnakes · 22/10/2014 10:40

SurfsUp that is a very good point! I hadn't even thought of that!

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myotherusernameisbetter · 22/10/2014 12:05

R alliteration is best avoided in case your child has difficulty saying R. Imagine being Wowy Woberts!

My eldest was kwaig for a few years but he grew out of it - his brother couldn't say the "k" sounds either so called him twaig - he grew out of it too :)

What about:

Blair
Struan
Torin

Shona
Marnie
Alison

helensburgh · 22/10/2014 21:15

Hi bag,

Here in Scotland it is usually a boys name( Innes) but I have met a couple of girls spelt the same, no Spanish connection with the girls I know.

Shockers · 22/10/2014 21:28

My brother is Alistair, I'm Philippa. Naturally I think the two go together beautifully Wink.

TsukuruTazaki · 22/10/2014 21:31

Flora
Helena
Grace
Catherine
Isla
Faye
Marianne

Evan
Stellan
Thomas
Miles
Hamish
Lewis

GloriousGloria · 22/10/2014 21:34

My brother is Alistair but I can't give my name because it will totally out me but put it this way it is Spanish not Scottish Grin

Belazu84 · 22/10/2014 21:34

Lachlan
Cormac
Charlie

Chloe
Anna
Fiona

BlueChampagne · 22/10/2014 21:36

Matthew
Conrad

Iona
Skye

ProveMeWrong · 22/10/2014 21:36

Laurie

Harriet

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 24/10/2014 08:13

Re Innes/ Ines, I know the Scots name is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (INN-is) and I thought the Spanish name was the other way round (In-EZ) but I am not a Spanish speaker, so happy to be contradicted if I gave got that wrong!

eatyourveg · 24/10/2014 08:33

Fergus
Hamish

Iona
Claire (dunno why just think it fits with Alistair)

Siblings of the Alistairs I know are Gregory, Jennifer, Marcus and George

skolastica · 24/10/2014 08:41

Siblings of the Alistairs I know are Callum, Angus and Catriona

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