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toughest challenge yet ladies - boys name with tough criteria

142 replies

ImpatiencePersonified · 24/05/2015 21:29

Soooo hubs is English, I'm Scottish, and we need a boys name. I've been flicking through MN now for weeks, but it's the same names over and over... So here's a challenge for you ladies.
Give me your best names based on the following criteria.... I know you can do it. I believe in you!
1 - I'm Scottish, hubs is English, I genuinely don't like traditional English boys names like Harry, Olly etc, he hates overly masculine Scottish names such as Magnus, Fergus (I love Torrin for instance, he thinks it sounds like something you get cream for)
2 - we both want something that's a little unusual but not totally out there.... Names like fox, hunter etc are lovely but too much for a wee boy to live up to in our opinion.
3 - no quirky spellings, it makes our teeth itch
4 - we like the following but they've been ruled out of a variety of reasons; Lachlan, Ethan, Logan, Joshua,
5 - our surname rhymes with.... Erm... Tellers, so names with a prominent L Feel are out... For fear of sounding like Rhianna. Also, no middle names, we won't use em.
6 - massively eloquent names such as Tarquin, Farquhar are way out of our comfort zone
7 - if it's been on MN recently, we've seen it and discounted it!

Your challenge is on..... Help us!

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temperamentalamongcorvids · 25/05/2015 22:48

Deacon, Forres, Hector, Logan, Wallace, Donald, Duncan, Nichol, Fraser, Guthrie, Thomas, Barry...

neddle · 25/05/2015 22:28

Ivan

hawkmcqueen · 25/05/2015 22:12

Conan
Aidan
Euan/Eunan
Cillian
Finonn

ButterflyOfFreedom · 25/05/2015 21:18

Sorry for any repeats and I imagine some of these won't meet all your criteria but here goes:
Nathan / Nate / Nathaniel
Cormac
Willem
Harrison
Dominic
Louis
Anthony
Rory
Tobias
Casper
Orson
Aidan
Marcus
Seth
Drake
Gregor
Justin
Leon
Shaun
Drew
Xander
Niall
Joel
Maxwell
Noel
Christian
Ellis
Robin
Aaron

WankerDeAsalWipe · 25/05/2015 21:14

ffs - it's K E I R...

Heard someone shouting for an Albus today - too Harry Potter?

felkov · 25/05/2015 21:06

My family is half Scottish and half English. The men/ boys are

Ian
Douglas
James
Stuart
John
Stephen
Gordon

guineapig1 · 25/05/2015 21:04

Aargh auto correct! Should have been Innes

guineapig1 · 25/05/2015 21:04

In new

elephantmarch · 25/05/2015 19:51

Kier
sandy
rory
Byron

ZaZathecat · 25/05/2015 10:27

Blaine
Anthony

redspottydress · 25/05/2015 10:20

Also Lewis.

redspottydress · 25/05/2015 10:18

Craig is a good strong name. Are you living in Scotland?

florascotia · 25/05/2015 10:15

Second vote for Robert - has Scottish connections but wouldn't frighten any English horses. Ditto Alexander, Hugh, Andrew, David.

Patrick? Arthur?

Scottish geographical, rather than hairy-kneed tartan, such as Adair, Athol, Cavan, Craig, Clyde, Derry, Kelvin, Lennox, Maxwell, Mearns, Moray, Ross...?

'Old-man chic?' I know older Scots with names (some of Celtic origin, but some not) such as Leonard, Dennis, Hector, Aeneas, Colin, Duncan, Daniel, Dougal, Kenneth...

MotherFluffyBottom · 25/05/2015 10:13

I have a Donald, it suits him. We were also looking for a Scottish sounding name, I love Sorley too but my husband didn't.

TheImprobableGirl · 25/05/2015 10:07

I quite like finnick, if finley is a problem, erring into Irish /gaelic now though!

EugenesAxe · 25/05/2015 10:05

I was also going to say Angus.

Hamish
Angus
Colin
Robert
William
Joseph
Francis
James
Gregor/ Macgregor/ Gregory
Ralph
Ronald/ Ranald
Alexander

Angelto5 · 25/05/2015 09:58

Dougray ? (I have a soft spot for the fabulous actor Dougray Scott )

Eigg · 25/05/2015 09:43

Craig might be another option.

Eigg · 25/05/2015 09:43

What about Angus, Jamie, Ian or Andrew?

I would think that most English people might not associate Jamie, Ian or Andrew too strongly with Scotland. Jamie is very common in Scotland just now but Andrew and especially Ian are quite rare round here.

Angus is more obviously Scottish but IME is also used among the public school set in England so should cause too many problems.

WireCat · 25/05/2015 09:35

Rory
Aaron

backtowork2015 · 25/05/2015 09:28

someone said fintan, I like that

amy0787 · 25/05/2015 08:17

Ruairi
Euan
Callum

CousinCairngormMcWomble · 25/05/2015 01:19

Logan
Murray/Moray

Damien
Nathaniel (Nate)
Charlie

Taja123 · 25/05/2015 01:17

Finlay
Maxwell
Gabriel
Anton
Alfie

Momagain1 · 25/05/2015 00:58

Keirnan/Ciarnan
The K version may become problematic due to the silly parents of the MadMen actress (sally) giving her a boys name.

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