Scottish baby name??

Skihorse - you're allowed.

BEffect - you were allowed, then you said you "live" in St Andrews. I think you'll find you "stay" in St Andrews

Magnus is fantastic!

Sheena
Shona
Kerry
Kirsty
Christie

Craig
Magnus
Alexander
Sandy
Murray
Duncan
Alec
Dougald

Forgot to say 3 of my 4 boys have very Scottish names one of which has been listed here yet...

I wanted to call DS1 Struan but dh came back with 'all over the place' which put me off a bit.

Lindsay (not quite sure if this is Scottish though)

It is indeed and means Linden Tree. Originally it was masculine but has become more feminine over the years. You do still get boys called Lindsay though.

Can we all guess what my name is? And yes I'm a Scot

batterflyeffect Blimey - that's my life.

My Glaswegian accent is painful... my East Coast marginally better although I do sound as though I come from a very, very remote farm just north of Peterheid!

On the plus side, despite sounding like Bridget Jones I understand a whole bunch of dialects including Shetland (lived there!) and Cromarty!

Morag
Shona[Siona is more authentic]
Douglas
Kirsty
Jamie
Hamish

PS I like Finlay too, but I would have to be a ponce and use the original Fionnlagh spelling; I think it looks so handsome!

Yes, I will grant you those.

Andrew would be a breath of fresh air today!

Fair points salony. Will you grant me Andrew and Alexander though? They are Scottish names, and v common too. Not exclusively Scottish of course but enough to go very well with a Mc surname.

OP - call your kid Andrew

I just don't like names that sound like a Hollywood scriptwriter's idea of Scottish. It is of course a matter of taste and tradition, each to their own. I've always liked Finlay as a name.

Yes but that is because James, Robert and William are very commonly used throughout the UK; just like today. They are not specifically Scottish names just because they are commonly used there. Angus, Hamish, Finlay etc are specifically Scottish.

And they were commonly used in Victorian times. A name that featured at number 70 in those days was commonly used! Less names were in use - compared to today!

And Finlay was Macbeth's fathers name - how far back do you want to go?!

Aye, but they're not the commonest.

I've lived in Scotland all my life and (for instance) have only met one Hamish.

Angus is a good Scottish name but there would be maybe 10 James's to one Angus.

My family is filled with Roberts, Williams and Jeans as far back as they eye can see

MorrisZapp I think you should check the top 100 Scottish names in 1900 www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/stats/name6.pdf

Angus, Finlay, Lachlan, Murdo, Hector ALL feature in the top names in Victorian times. I know lots of over 40s named Angus and Finlay. Most definitely not only commonly used in the past 15 years.

I'm a Scottish genealogist so names are my bread and butter.

I get asked this q all the time and the truth (that nobody believes or wants to hear!) is that traditional Scottish first names go pretty much like this:

Alexander
Andrew
George
James
John
Peter
Robert
Thomas
William

Agnes
Ann/e/ie
Cathe rine
Isabella
Jane/Jean/ie
Jessie
Margaret
Mary
Williamina

Of course, if you want to name your kids Cameron and Finlay etc then they do sound very 'Scottish' but they aren't traditional and are only used commonly in last 15 years or so.

Up in the Highlands and Islands you see names like Murdina, Murdo etc as mentioned above, but across all Scottish population these names are relatively rare.

Giving your boys a Scottish surname as a first name again is matter of taste, it will make them sound very 'posh' to some ears. Billy Connolly does a good skit about it!

Ok here's my problem with it, and I know I'm being unreasonable, before you all jump on me, but specifically....

Upper class English people who have perhaps one Scottish great-grandparent and therefore the surname of, say, McDonald or Dewar and then call their brood Hamish, Struan, Ruaraidh, Eilidh and wee baby Jock.

Especially when none of them are going to speak with a Scottish accent, drink Irn Bru or say "stushie". But they will end up at Edinburgh University and join some fake Ceilidh Society and consider themselves to be "back home".

Obviously all Scottish MNers with any name combination whatsoever are excepted from this judgement.

Oor Eck?

May be some repeats, not read all thread:

Girls:

Ailish
Ainsley
Eilidh (pro Ay-lee)
Isla
Rhona
Marie (pro. Marry)
Kirsteen
Catriona (pro. Catrina)

Boys:
Alexander
Craig
Struan
Innes
Rory/Ruaridh (may have spelt that wrong, always do )
Logan
Kenneth
Cameron
Mackenzie
Finlay/Findlay/Finton/Finn

What's wrong with having a Scottish surname and first name?

I like

Angus
Hamish
Kinnon
Lachlan
Cameron
Laird
Alasdair
Ruaraidh
Iain
Gavin
Blair
Bran
Callum
Douglas
Gordon

boys:

Innes
jamie
Aonghas
caimbeul
Lachlann
Rhuaridh
Logan
niaill
Fionnlaigh
Blair
Brod ie
Blain

Girls:
Ailsa
Eilidh
Mhairi
Iona
Isla
Una
seonagh
Eileis
Ishbel

I'd go with Hamish or Angus (Gus) love the girls names Isla/Eila/Flora/Lorna but can't get of Skye from neighbours!

There are some great names, although I think lots of people would agree that sometimes the names seem old but then look at all the Violets/Florences/Lily's/Grace's/Eve's there are now all of which 15 years ago could have been considered "Old Lady" names. Hope they help!

Our DC have a Scottish forename and Austrian surname, from DH's grandfather. If DH had been a Scot as well then they would have had two Scottish names.

My uncles have got great names, I wish they were "fashionable" when our DS was born.

Roderick
Gregory
Lawrence

Marsaili is lovely isn't it?

For boys, the whole surname as given name is traditional.
Innes
Forbes
Mackenzie
etc

V Edinburgh public school though!

I'm a Mhairi who's "Mary" to my Moray dad, Varree to others, Marry to others - it just seems different according to where you're from. I'd answer to pretty much anything starting with an M and ending in "ee".