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Scottish girls names "please"something nice

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fin54 · 02/02/2008 11:52

looking for something unusual for a girl

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Scotia · 02/02/2008 20:21

I like both ways to pronounce Catriona.

Mhairi = Vari
Mairi = Mari

Waswondering · 02/02/2008 20:19

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pointydog · 02/02/2008 20:17

re vocative stuff - no no

mh is pronounced v in gaelic. Mhairi should be pronounced vari. Mari (also a name) is promounced Mari

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 20:14

Catriona is Scottish.

People say it 'Katrina' around here.

Habbibu · 02/02/2008 20:14

Pruners - you still here? I thought the vari pronunciation of Mhari was the vocative, so you'd call yourself , as it's nominative, but other people speaking to you would say . Screwed up in English, obv, but wondered if that was your understanding of it.

brimfull · 02/02/2008 20:14

Catriona is that scottish?

had a lovely friend when I was a wee girl in Glasgow called Catriona.I remember being very jealous of her name.

pointydog · 02/02/2008 20:11

cara's italian, no?

Wallace · 02/02/2008 20:05

btw did you see my post to you the other day about the gos youtube karaoke from 92?

Desperately trying to think who I knew left in 90. Would be so weird if your initials were JK...

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expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 20:00

How about Moira?

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 19:56

DD1's name is on her a lot .

geordiemacminx · 02/02/2008 19:55

My name is on here about 7 or 8 times

Wallace · 02/02/2008 19:55

Pruners - ggs? I started there in 90. I think the Roslynn I'm thinking of might not have been still there when I started but think I might have known her from around

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 19:52

I worked for a Shelagh.

gigglewitch · 02/02/2008 19:50

Iona, Shona, Cora (core-ah)are all names in our family, all scottish

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 19:49

I have a daughter who is very bonny, but that's not her name .

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 19:48

An Elspeth is actually an Elizabeth.

My MIL is an Elspeth, but on her birth certificate she is Elizabeth.

It doesn't come more Scottish than MIL, either.

pointydog · 02/02/2008 19:48

is yoiur name Bonnie?

Waswondering · 02/02/2008 19:45

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ja9 · 02/02/2008 19:32

erin is actually irish. means 'eire', 'ireland'.

Pruners · 02/02/2008 18:13

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SugarSkyHigh · 02/02/2008 18:11

thanks for spelling!
i think that child is the only person in existence with the name. parents heard it on shipping forecast! i like it!

clutteredup · 02/02/2008 18:10

I like Heather, Iona, Isla, Ailsa.

expatinscotland · 02/02/2008 18:07

Tiree is an island in the Hebrides.

tassisssss · 02/02/2008 18:07

I love Kirsty, Shona, Isla, Mairi and Eilidh