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Scottishish names...

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 17:50

I'm pregnant with DC2. We're team yellow and have a good list of boys' names. DD is Flora and i am struggling to find a girls' name I like as much.

I'd like a Scottish link but have discounted Isla, Iona, Eilidh, Ailsa, Fiona, Mairi, Mhairi for either being overused in our area or friends using them.

I need a name with two or more syllables as we have a short surname. I don't mind names that can be shortened. Help!

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 21:25

Brenda is particularly bad with our surname Grin

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 21:25

Just can't do it @Moondialling! It just doesn't sit well with our short surname!

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OrlandaFuriosa · 16/09/2017 21:05

Brenda..

Kirsty,
Ina
I actually like Thomasina and Davina, though I draw the line at Angusina...
Agnes, then Ness as a nn
Mary
Marjory ( as in Walter Scot's Pet Marjorie)
Anabella as in Drummond.

Sybilla
Mariotta

Moondialling · 16/09/2017 20:45

Scrap Germaine, and think Greer Garson! So cool

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 20:43

Greer just makes me think of Germaine! It is cool though.

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ifigoup · 16/09/2017 20:41

Fritha
Bria
Ailie

Moondialling · 16/09/2017 20:41

Greer is classic and very old Hollywood!

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 20:35

Alba is just the same as calling her "Scotland" so I'm not keen.

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 20:33

Blyth is lovely but only one syllable and alliterative with my surname.

I'd prefer non-Gaelic as I don't speak it. We're not Highlands & Islands (not that Gaelic names are unique to there, but we're very mainland).

Annie is nice.

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lalaland1985 · 16/09/2017 20:33

I'm Scottish too.. what about Caitlin?

Moondialling · 16/09/2017 20:30

What about Clova or Calluna?

OrlandaFuriosa · 16/09/2017 20:29

Do you prefer Gaelic or non Gaelic?

Variations..

Elsie
Elsa as well as Elspeth
Jeannie as in Deans, as opposed to Jean
Janet
Janette
Jannette
Jeannette
Marget rather than Margaret
Meg
Merran rather than Mirran
Christian
Griselda and Grizzel
Thora
Wilhelmina
Effie, Phemie, Euphemia..

Look up Burns' and Walter Scots ' and RLS ' names. And John Buchan's. Loads there. And in the Lymond series by Dorothy Dunnet..

Mossend · 16/09/2017 20:24

Marsaili
Morven
Eilidh

FizzyGreenWater · 16/09/2017 20:22

Annie!! Flora and Annie

Groovee · 16/09/2017 20:18

We had twins in nursery who were Flora and Blyth. It was the first time I had thought about Blyth. But it really suited her.

LivinTheHighLife · 16/09/2017 20:13

Mine were names I know from an older generation!

Have we had Davina?

Belmo · 16/09/2017 20:13

Siobhan (or is that Irish?)
Caitlin
Skye
I love Alba
Katie Morag's sister was Flora!

Sophronia · 16/09/2017 19:55

Mirren
Arabella

dancemom · 16/09/2017 19:54

Iris
Iona
Maggie
Alba
Heather

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CondimentQueen · 16/09/2017 19:46

I'm beginning to think I'm not a huge fan of Scottish girls' names GrinBlush

I could easily name quintuplet boys with lovely strong Scottish names!

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ItsNachoCheese · 16/09/2017 19:33

Saoirse was my name if ds had been a girl

auntym · 16/09/2017 19:31

Margo

Cheerfullygo4 · 16/09/2017 19:29

Sorcha. Means brightness in Scottish Gaelic. Can be pronounced Sor-a-cha or Sorsha. Family name, she loves it and it suits her a lot.

mintbiscuit · 16/09/2017 19:20

Ha OlennasWimple - great minds!

mintbiscuit · 16/09/2017 19:19

Sorcha - i know a lovely Sorcha! (although ending probably too close to Flora)

Annis

Is there a female version of Lachlan (I love this name)?

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