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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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GibberTheMonkey · 02/06/2013 15:11

I think kilda would go nicely
Rockall not so much Smile

Purplehonesty · 02/06/2013 14:51

Please don't go with Dingwall or tain! If you've been there you'll see why!
I know a Brodie...that's a lovely name and there is a fab castle and cake place there!

Anjou · 02/06/2013 11:06

Oooops, I meant 'Glaikit' not Glaichit. Maybe that's the Gaelic spelling. Smile

Anjou · 02/06/2013 11:04

Ah, thanks Glaichit. For some reason, I thought Taransay had a silent 'n' - not sure why! Also wondered if the 'ay' was pronounced the same as it is in Islay. I think Taransay pronounced as written is very pretty.

I adore the name Blythe! It was on my shortlist for both DC's but, as our surname starts with a 'J', we had to scrap it. It was DH who pointed out that its unkind to give your kid the initials BJ. Grin

GlaikitFizzog · 02/06/2013 07:07

I met a baby Cupar the other day!

Taransay is taran-say, with my accent the N sound is more like in, but other accents would be an iykwim. I also know a taran, who is always getting mistake for Darren. Just a heads up there.

Love his thread! I'm adding so many names to my list for non-existent DC2

Already on my list were
Mara (Gaelic meaning the sea/ocean)
Struan which has already been mentioned
Blythe, but we already have a Blair so maybe too Bl Bl!

Anjou · 02/06/2013 03:31

Ooh, yes, another island name would go well then. I know a Texa (tiny wee island off of Islay), which has grown on me lots since I first met her/heard it. Taransay looks lovely written down, but I'm not sure of the pronunciation. Would it be 'Tarasay', 'Tarasa'? Not sure. Either might work for a girl. Taransay is named after St Taran, which would work for a boy. Maybe drop the 'Saint' bit though!

Non-island ones: Corran (I know a boy named this, I think it's nice), Rannoch, Cupar? I've not been to any of these places though, so not sure what they're like or what connotations there might be! Grin

Meringue33 · 02/06/2013 03:09

I know a Barra

Love the poem Free

soontobeslendergirl · 01/06/2013 20:47

I know a female Nairn but I think it usually has an E on the end for girls so it would be Nairne which is lovely - I also went to school with a female Moray.

Alternatively, for a girl with Harris and Skye, I'd probably go for Ailsa or Rhona.

squoosh · 01/06/2013 20:41

Barra?

GlaikitFizzog · 01/06/2013 20:37

She needs another island then! Some bedtime reading for her

Cosydressinggown · 01/06/2013 19:52

Oooh some great suggestions here (and some fabulously bonkers ones!!! Grin ) - thanks!)

Yes, for my sister's babby. She has a Harris and a Skye already so has kind of got to name the third one a place name and can't think of any she likes (shortsighted!) We're Scottish. Don't know sex yet, but I think girl.

And yeah, we know a Dundas, and he's from Australia but his parents are from 'Scotland, way back' and they pronounce it wrong - DUN das (sounds like 'dunders' ) instead of Dun DAS.

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sparrowfart23 · 01/06/2013 19:29

I like Stirling. Grin at Bonnie & Clyde as names for twins...

MiaowTheCat · 01/06/2013 15:40

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Dynababy · 01/06/2013 14:02

Stirling as in the place and Moss!

freerangeeggs · 01/06/2013 02:43

Makes me think of this poem by Edwin Morgan which is all made up of Scottish place names:

oa! hoy! awe! ba! mey!

who saw?

rhu saw rum. garve saw smoo. nigg saw tain. lairg saw lagg. rigg saw eigg. largs saw haggs. tongue saw luss. mull saw yell. stoer saw strone. drem saw muck. gask saw noss. unst saw cults. echt saw Banff. weem saw wick. trool saw twatt.

how far?

from largo to lunga from joppa to skibo from ratho to shona from ulva to minto from tinto to tolsta from soutra to marsco from braco to barra from alva to stobo from fogo to fada from gigha to gogo from kelso to stoma from hirta to spango.

what is it like there?

och it?s freuchie, it?s faifley, it?s wamphray, it?s frandy, it?s sliddery.

what do you do?

we foindle and fungle, we bonkle and meigle and maxpoffle. we scotstarvit, armit, wormit, and even whifflet. we play at crosstobs, leuchars, gorbals, and finfan. we scavaig, and there?s aye a bit of tilquhilly. If it?s wet, treshnish and mishnish.

what is the best of the country?

blinkbonny! airgold! thundergay!

and the worst?

scrishven, shiskine, scrabster, and snizort.

listen! what?s that?

catacol and wauchope, never heed them.

tell us about last night

well, we had a wee ferintosh and we lay on the quiraing. It was pure stontian!

but who was there?

petermoidart and craigenkenneth and cambusputtock and ecclemuchty and corriehulish and balladolly and altnacanny and clauchanvrechan and stronachlochan and auchenlachar and tighnacrankie and tilliebruaich and killieharra and invervannach and achnatudlem and machrishellach and inchtamurchan and auchterfechan and kinlochculter and ardnawhallie and invershuggle.

and what was the toast?

schiehallion! schiehallion! schiehallion!

HSMMaCM · 01/06/2013 00:41

I had Glen and Ben and Bonnie and Clyde on my list, along with Heather. Not all quite places, but Scottish.

WildThongsHeartString · 01/06/2013 00:38

Mearns
Clarkston ( but not Jeremy, yuk)
Girvan

bouncingbelle · 01/06/2013 00:19

Hamilton
Brodie
Moray (pronounced Murray)
Alva

CookieB · 01/06/2013 00:04

Strathbungo? Grin Auchinairn or Milton perhaps? Arran is lovely place & lovely name on more serious note. Can anyone tell Im from Glasgow?

soontobeslendergirl · 31/05/2013 22:01

Clyde
Forth
Dunbar

soontobeslendergirl · 31/05/2013 22:00

Cairn
Merrick
Blaven
Lorne
Kyle
Hoy
Keir
Craig

Theonlyoneiknow · 31/05/2013 20:45

I guess you are from Aberdeenshire Glakit !! I know someone who lives there :-)

Harris would have been DC2 name but it was a girl. It's also running up the popular boys names fast (might be because of Brave?)

Kilda
Sheigra
Reiff

(These are climbing places!)

sjuperyoni · 31/05/2013 20:44

Theres a part of dundee called douglas. I used to know a douglas who stayed in douglas Grin

GlaikitFizzog · 31/05/2013 20:38

Finzean (fingin)

GlaikitFizzog · 31/05/2013 20:37

Sorry farmers daughter, I'm from next door and always got a row for calling it Morayshire. :o doesn't make a difference really! I worked with a moray (spelt that way) and anyone from not around here would say MohRay. Drove him bananas.

My friend is from twatt in Shetland!

Thought of more
Fife
Blyth
Rora