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If you like the names Angus and Hamish...

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 10/11/2010 16:42

what other names do you like?

I'm stuck. Still.

Getting fed up with not having a clue.

:(

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smaych · 13/11/2010 22:12

I love Edwin, after Scots poet Edwin Morgan.

Some great name choices on here :)

Also my nephew (we're a Scottish family) is called Rory.

freerangeeggs · 13/11/2010 21:48

Sholto
Iain
Alasdair
Wallace
Niven
Keir
Lochlan
Murray
Callum

You sound like you want something solid and sensible.

sensiblesusannigella · 13/11/2010 21:31

Fergus
Fraser
Cameron
Liam
Robert (Robbie)
Kier
Toby
Rory
Samuel
Joseph
Francis (Frank)
Niall

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 12/11/2010 12:00

I love Danger Mouse. Haven't seen it for years though.

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AnnOnimous · 11/11/2010 22:31

Do you like Danger Mouse the cartoon? I mentioned earlier I have a Donald, and the DM cartoon character is called Donnie Murdo in the Gaelic version, so we quite often call DS Donnie Murdo!

So, both fab names!

stressedHEmum · 11/11/2010 20:37

Innes
Callum
Caimbeul
Sean
Jamie
Lachlann
Logan
Ruaraidh
Fionnlaigh
Oisinn
Emrys
Blair
blaine
EUan
Iain
Parrish

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 11/11/2010 20:10

That's the trouble with pets' names - so many have 'people' names. I also like Archie, Ted, Paddy (though this is also the name of a nephew), Caspar all of which are names of current dogs within our family.

Toby keeps cropping up as a possible and gets dismissed though not sure why.

Not sure how I feel about Innes - I think I only know it as a surname.

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BikeRunSki · 11/11/2010 20:10

Frazer

tassisssss · 11/11/2010 19:58

Cameron
Calum
Fergus
Murdo
Alastair
Finlay
Campbell
Harrison

And, not Scottish, but I also love Toby. A lot. But dh's aunt once had a cat called Toby so that name was vetoed...

Wallace · 11/11/2010 19:56

Hamish is the only boys name dh and I can agree on at the mo - due in 12 days!

Love Lachlan but ds2 has a friend called Lachlan. Not Home and awayish at all - wasn't that Locklan?

SaorAlba · 11/11/2010 19:53

Fergus
Murdo
Tavish
Campbell
Newton
Miller
Douglas
Seamus

skatpot · 11/11/2010 19:49

Innes.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 11/11/2010 14:45

Sorry persephone, but doesn't it sound very like "murder"?

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 11/11/2010 14:05

I did wonder about the Anus thing to be honest... Grin.

I love Murdo. Really love it.

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persephonesnape · 11/11/2010 13:34

My ex partner is Angus. be prepared for bitter exes to rename them An(g)us in correspondence :) Our Sons are Hamish & Murdo. Hamish's pet name is Moushka and Murdo's is 'Mo'.

Hedwig3 · 11/11/2010 12:43

Rory

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 11/11/2010 09:13

Aargh - Jethro? Well hopefully the sexist racist fartarse of a comedian will be no more retired by time the baby is at school.

Love Rufus.

Not sure whether most people pronounce Lachlan "lach-lun" or "loch-lun". Was thinking of Cameron of Lochiel.

Alexander good Scottish heritage too.

diddl · 11/11/2010 07:54

Fergus, Rufus, Arlo, Jethro.

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thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 11/11/2010 07:28

These are all great, and have mostly been suggested (by me to DH) at some point. I like Lachlan but worry it's a bit 'Home and Away' iykwim?

Lorcan? Hmmm - will go and try that one out on DH...

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expectingno3 · 10/11/2010 22:50

Lorcan

PrinceRogersNelson · 10/11/2010 22:18

Lachlan?

noddyholder · 10/11/2010 22:10

Fraser

Sidge · 10/11/2010 22:07

I like Angus - I was madly in love with an Angus at the age of 18

In the same vein I also like:

Fraser
Rufus
Gregor/y
Tobias
Jonathan
Benedict
William

VFemme · 10/11/2010 21:55

Most of my faves are up there already (and I have a Hamish)

Others that come to mind...

Laird
Logan
Charles
John

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 10/11/2010 21:54

Well my parents always used to tell me that one of my names was also the name of an animal they'd owned before I was born. She had a lovely nature apparently Hmm. I always hated that name because of it, and it took me about 15 years to finally realise they hadn't named me after her, just that they'd liked the name and given it first to the animal and then to me. :)

I'm fine with it now but did give me a bit of name-hate for a while!

Can't you do a shortlist of 5 each under exam conditions and then compare notes?