Help with Scots and Irish-inspired shortlist please

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PurpleSharpie · 01/10/2014 09:25

DC1 is due in 3 weeks and we're still deciding about names.

We have some Irish and Scottish heritage between us so keen on names from those. Nothing ending in -ara (like Cara or Tara) as that would rhyme with my name. And we don't want anything v fiddly to spell or pronounce (like Aiofe or Eilidh).

Here's our current shortlist. Please tell me what you think and suggest others we might like? Hoping to hear some gems we've not thought of!

For a girl:
Orla
Morgan
Kirsten
Fiona

For a boy:
Fraser
Finn
Neil
Ross
Rowan

Thank you!

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PurpleSharpie · 01/10/2014 13:17

Thanks everyone. How is Struan pronounced?

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PinkyAndTheBump · 01/10/2014 12:59

I like Alastair and all the variants thereof e.g. Alasdair Allister Alisdair Alistair. But not quite sure which is the correct one!

There's a Billy Connoly skit about Finlay-with-an-a and Alasdair-that's-d-a-i-r which did make me giggle.

slippermaiden · 01/10/2014 12:54

Ewan - a good strong sounding name

TheresLotsOfFarmyardAnimals · 01/10/2014 12:54

Quinn
Alistair
Blair
Elspeth
Elise
Freya
Sorcha

I love Fiona & Rowan from your list.

PinkyAndTheBump · 01/10/2014 12:49

Isla / Iona
Inga / Ingrid
Thorfinn
Kirsty
Erlend
Fiona
Catriona

LittleBairn · 01/10/2014 12:43

Popular traditional boys name in Scotland at the moment are Rory and Struan and Finley.

LittleBairn · 01/10/2014 12:42

For a girl I prefer Morven to Morgan.
For a boy I like Fraser.

nicename · 01/10/2014 09:31

Flora? Kristen?

I always think of scottish boys names as : andrew, ian, alexander, neil, james, alan, george (good old traditoinal ones).

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