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Scottish/Irish/surname baby name

38 replies

babyneedsname · 18/04/2021 19:38

Me and my husband cannot agree on names. He is very keen to have a Scottish name if it's a boy, but would also settle for Irish (we are both).

I've also narrowed down that he likes surnames as first names too (things like Jaxson). These don't have to be celtic.

Names we've considered and like but have discounted - mainly due to other family members using first:
Charlie
Brodie
Cameron
Arran
Harris

Can anyone help me find a name we both love?

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Pennyblossomx · 19/04/2021 09:00

Me and my partner had the same issue, in the end we named our eldest Arran and our youngest Fraser.
We considered
Lewis
Harris
Finlay
Andrew
Callum

Estasala · 19/04/2021 01:04

Barron
Macadam
Menzies
Douglas
Duncan
Robert
Andrew
Donovan
Solomon
Blair
Craig
Donal
Eunan
Finlay
Glen
Grant
Maxwell
Mac
Zenon

OnkasBigMoka · 19/04/2021 00:21

How about Ethan?
Good appeal across celtic nations, nice meaning and difficult to shorten.

3girlsmama · 19/04/2021 00:18

Malachy with a y rather than i, it autocorrected me.

3girlsmama · 19/04/2021 00:17

Macdara
Cuan
Conall
Setanta
Barra
Fionn
Malachi
Ultan

LadyEloise · 19/04/2021 00:16

Breifne
Lachlan
Tarlach

SylvanianFrenemies · 19/04/2021 00:02

Fraser
Kerr
Keir

Stressedmummyof4 · 18/04/2021 23:53

Archie
Broadie
Callum
Andrew

HerMammy · 18/04/2021 23:48

Callan
Alban
Euan
Fergus
Lachlan

CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/04/2021 23:46

Brogan
Logan
Ross
Stuart
Cooper
James
Murdo
Blair

Happenchance · 18/04/2021 23:43

Scottish/Irish:
Gregory
Mackenzie
Macaulay
Grant
Kenzie
Bruce
Gregor
Ross
Eamon
Kieran

Surnames:
Morgan
Wilson
Marshall
Hudson
Tyler

Random:
Conrad
Vaughn
Byron
Heath
Josiah
Jacobi

MrsBungle · 18/04/2021 23:38

Fraser
Keir
Oran

I have a Cameron and these are the other names I considered.

Nannyamc · 18/04/2021 23:33

Rory or irish spelling Raurhi
Cian or Ciaran
Cameron
Finnbar or Finn
Eamon
Kevin

WeeM · 18/04/2021 23:28

Fergus
Campbell
Gregor
Iain
Alasdair
Hamish
Stuart/Stewart
Innes

partyatthepalace · 18/04/2021 23:22

Fraser
Campbell
Cameron
Kester
Lorne
Innes
Gilles
Lachlan
Hector
Struan
Rory
Hamish
Finlay
Dougray
Douglas
Donald
Duncan

Ronan
Connell
Ciaran
Cormac
Fionn
Blaise
Owen

Not Celtic but sort of similar vibes
Caleb
Jonah
Jonas
Joel
Jude
Jesse
Jethro
Joss
Fenn
Harrison
Walker

Just please don’t spell Jackson with an x - it is very downmarket

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/04/2021 23:11

Dougray
Hunter

I love the first but wasn't brave enough.

babyneedsname · 18/04/2021 23:09

Thanks for all the suggestions. None of them are grabbing me though! Starting to feel like I'll never find THE name

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AliceMcK · 18/04/2021 21:23

Connor
Cameron
Ryan
Riley
Robert
Andrew
Fergus
Eamonn
Gerard
Niall
Finn
Arthur
Padraig
Angus
Fergus

ladymary86 · 18/04/2021 21:15

Hamish
Lachlan
Struan

Crazycrazylady · 18/04/2021 21:13

I like Garrett

sarah13xx · 18/04/2021 21:05

You sound the same as me!

Harris is still our number 1 but it’s sooo popular now 😞

Callum
Euan
Fraser
Nairn
Cairn
Fergus
Angus

MrsFin · 18/04/2021 20:47

My favourite Irish name is Jarlath.

MumofSpud · 18/04/2021 20:46

Oh I forgot - Tadgh (but we are in the UK and thought this would be mispronounced too much!)

MumofSpud · 18/04/2021 20:45

DH is Irish and I am half Scottish- our DS is Euan

Other names on our list were:
Finn / Finbar (but with our Irish surname maybe would have been too much)

Actually that was it!!

FlyingBum · 18/04/2021 20:42

Finn
Fionn
Aidan
Cian
Conor

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