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DH has just suggested DOUGRAY for our impending DS. Comments please!

117 replies

delightedoldbag34 · 19/12/2008 00:11

Our other choices include Alexander (hot favorite so far I think), also Mungo, Munro, Nairn, Hector and Rory.

DH has just suggested Dougray and my initial reaction was positive. Wondering what you ladies think to it (we are in Scotland, as you may have guessed!)

Honest opinions please, don't hold back.

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paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 14:54

And even then...

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:53

a face only his mammy could love

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 14:52

McKenzie reminds me of McKenzie Crook - great actor, but nae bonny

claireybaubles · 19/12/2008 14:51

Oi Dsr, what's wrong with Douggie??

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:50

dougray scottactor Mission impossible

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:50

MCKENZIE is fab, i cant think of anything that rhymes in a negative way!,but its a tricky one for surnames. doesnt go with many

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:48

ooh paolosgirl , they are nice names, but i get what u mean!merrylegs Dougray is just wrong . poor kid would end up getting called duggy,,,,gray makes me think of the bisexual character in emmerdale>

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:47

i know a few scottish forename as names eg mckenzie

Merrylegs · 19/12/2008 14:44

I think Dougray rocks! And I love Gray - v. cool - sounds like a movie star - but depends I guess on your surname too.

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 14:43

Seriously hope no-one on here knows them, but - Arran, Lewis and Harris

Lovely names on their own, but kind of euch together iykwim.

And I apologie profusely if they are known to any MNetters

ToysAreLikeDogs · 19/12/2008 14:41

Call him Dougray pronounced James

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:38

i think ive been in those pubs,ones called LAUDER'S right?. What islands? i know a few SKYE's but theyre girls.

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:34

carnegie reminds me of dodgy glesgae pubs with cheap food and fights

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 14:32

I know 3 brothers named after Scottish islands...kind of sounds wrong, iykwim

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:31

, dont mention boden , the boden bashers may be lurking anywhere! and never on a name thread , someone just might.....name their baby Boden.....aaargh noooooo ,(up there with chardonay and troy!) what about carneigy for delighteds baby? what do you think?

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:17

sluuurppy dont mind me as ah dips the biscuit better no stain ma boden trews though

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:13

er .Name the baby of course!(i can eat at the same time) these things are best thought out with munchies to hand...... scientifically proven your brain works better when fed! back to names .....how about RUSSEL , or RHOGAN?

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:10

you want to name the baby or eat it

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:08

scottish - hamish .....ham sandwiches, ham & eggmes, ham & cheese( food theme keeps apearing, bloddy diet killing me ......aaargh cant take anymore away to much the choccie biscuits!)

WhileShosheWatchedHerFlocks · 19/12/2008 14:05

if you look under Irish names you can find it here

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:05

i do like dougray as a name,sounds nice

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 14:04

Mungo - poncey, Trying Too Hard (and will depend on a public school education for the duration), and the link to Mary Mungo and Midge is too strong

Munro - do you bag them? Did you conceive him up one? Then no.

Nairn - It's a town, not a name

Hector - do you not like your unborn baby?

Dougray - plain wrong on so many levels

And I'm also north of the border...please rethink those names!

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 14:03

i like hamish

WhileShosheWatchedHerFlocks · 19/12/2008 14:02

Dougray ~ Scottish ~ Protector of the King

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:02

whit about ANGUS ?, thats a braw scottish name fir a wee laddie! lol