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Scottish boys names that aren't every second kid

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runninginheelsisnotfun · 29/01/2019 11:43

Argh, I'm stuck and looking for some inspiration please.

I have a DS called Harris, 2 years after we named him there is a Harris every where I turn. Just found out we are having a DS2. I had my heart set on Struan but they are popping up all over the place.

We are toying over Angus and Innes but not really loving either as much.

Any thoughts? Smile

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Wheresthebiffer2 · 03/05/2020 02:24

Ross
Stewart
John
James
William

MaryHill · 02/05/2020 19:41

Mungo Brodie.

it's fab. It just rolls off the tongue.

whatausername · 02/05/2020 19:29

Is Prentice not an English surname?

FartnissEverbeans · 02/05/2020 14:11

Most of the good ones have been mentioned so I’ll just throw a few out that I haven’t spotted yet. I’m Scottish but have only come across these ones once or twice.

Lochie (too similar to lochia??)
Blaine
Bryce
Prentice
Cairnie
Calder
Christie
Coll
Laurie
Dallas

whatausername · 01/05/2020 22:10

At previous poster - your website is clearly shit. Alick? Really?!

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MummaMinnie · 13/02/2019 06:59

Sorry not RTFTbut how about

Cameron
Douglas
Duncan
Campbell
Forbes
Robert
Bruce
Stuart/Stewart

Daddylonglegs1965 · 05/02/2019 16:36

Hamish
Rowan
Ian (Scottish for John)
Andrew
Roddy
Duncan

KeepCalm · 05/02/2019 16:33

Lyle
Innes (rhymes with Guinness!)
Rennie
Ronnie
Nairn
Kinnear

EGH27 · 05/02/2019 10:51

Definitely not Ian. Ian Brodie sounds to similar to Ian Brady. Sorry.

Love Lachlan I considered it if baby was a boy but we're expecting a girl :)

Myshinynewname · 05/02/2019 09:32

James / Jamie
Fraser
Alex
Alastair
Euan
Ross
Rory

whiteonesugar · 05/02/2019 09:12

I love Lachlan - there’s a boy in DS’s club called Lachlan - his dad is Scottish, (we are in SE) and he pronounces it Lochlan - we toyed with a Scottish name for our new arrival as DH is half Scottish, one of the names is vaguely Celtic so that will do lol

Baffledmummy · 04/02/2019 18:50

I know 3 Innes under 3... getting popular. Hamish would be my choice but also know a Ramsey as a first name which I like a lot.

wooster16 · 04/02/2019 18:44

Ranald?

ChubsyMcChubFace · 04/02/2019 12:55

Naked? I meant NAMED 😂.

Bloody autocorrect. Obsessed with nudity as ever.

SoaringSwallow · 04/02/2019 12:27

*Jean - sorry brain fog from flu - and Jean sounds nothing like James so ignore that diversion!

SoaringSwallow · 04/02/2019 12:26

*Jane!

SoaringSwallow · 04/02/2019 12:26

James (although maybe too similar sounding to Janes...?)
Euan (with the U)
Dougal
Douglas
Alastair (d/t)

Sideshot: Alexander??

ChubsyMcChubFace · 04/02/2019 11:51

Such a shame that Fergus and Hamish are off the table! They are two of my all time favourite names and I am not even Scottish!

Struan is also lovely and I’m partial to Duncan. I used to live in Edinburgh and every other baby boy born there about ten years ago seemed to be naked Finlay. Girls were all Isla, but that’s neither here nor there!

citychick · 04/02/2019 10:20

Lorne sausage... hahaha oh dear.

The firth of Lorne can be found on the West coast of Scotland.

I also knew a Lorne. He was extremely lovely and charming...

ReginaPhalange89 · 04/02/2019 09:26

Lorne? As in sausage?

I know someone called Lorne, I had the exact same thought when I heard his name for the first time haha !

weegiehere · 04/02/2019 07:51

Lorne? As in sausage?

Please god no! 😂

citychick · 04/02/2019 03:37

Atholl?
Lorne?

Good luck!

TinyRick · 04/02/2019 03:22

Leith?

Bouncingbelle · 02/02/2019 05:09

Lachlan
Gavin
Cavan

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