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Scottish baby name??

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jacks1972 · 06/10/2009 21:45

Our baby is due in January, not sure if it's a boy or girl and we are struggling to agree on any name...

we have a very scottish surname and DH will only consider a scottish firstname, I don't really see why but I'll go with it for now...

Also, some of the names I like DH thinks are 'Public school' types!! Can't win!

Some names I like [scottish and non-scottish] are:

Finlay
Isaac
Seth
Hamish - maybe
Fraser - not sure

Maisie
Grace
Isobel
Eve

Any other suggestions??
Please help!

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weegiemum · 07/10/2009 10:22

I suppose you could be even more scottish and go very Gaelic

Tormond (Norman)
Domnhall (Donald, pronounced Do-all)
Murdo

What about Iain?

or do the Hebridean thing and feminise a male name?

As a secondary school teacher in the hebrides I taught: Murdina, Donalda, Donaldina, Lewisina.

Older people included Calumina, Davina, Gormelia.

(I think I am joking on this last one, tbh!)

FimboFortunaFeet · 07/10/2009 10:20

Laurie/Lawrie?

FimboFortunaFeet · 07/10/2009 10:19

I know some Mhairi's who are pronunced Marry instead of Varee.

weegiemum · 07/10/2009 10:18

Brodie would be way up there if we ever had another dc (not going to happen, dh is snipped!)

I know a Lewis Brodie - cooooooool name!

Flora seems very "old lady" to me but I had an old lady named flora over the road when I was little.

The correct Gaelic spelling for Lachlann is 2 'n's'

Also forgot Marsali (pronounced marr-say-lee). It's the Gaelic form of Marjorie, and I know 2 - one a very grown up nurse, another in primary 1! The both have amazing long white-blonde curls, though I don't think tht is compulsory!

FimboFortunaFeet · 07/10/2009 10:18

Ailsa was on my list for dc2 who was a boy.

Campbell
Struan
Lindsay (not quite sure if this is Scottish though)

I do quite like Henry but somehow something like Henry McTavish just sounds wrong. Henry is too English.

Lorna

randomeuro · 07/10/2009 10:14

Reid, Fraser?

p.s ROFL @ dont agree names can be too scottish.unless you are called tattie bogle or mince McNeeps Scottishmummy

ILoveGregoryHouse · 07/10/2009 10:11

Oog, weegiemum, nice list. Love Brodie and might keep for next DC (assuming a DS4!).

How about Gregor?
Lachlan nice.

Also like Mairi, Iona, Skye, Ailsa, Catriona and Flora for girls and Rory for a boy.

skihorse · 07/10/2009 10:04

smac Unfortunately it's now the law that every female born MUST be named Grace or Eve. c.f., Jane/Louise for the 70s!

Pingpong · 07/10/2009 09:55

squeaver I think you are bonkers !
Why on earth would a Scottish surname not go with a Scottish surname?
Surely Cameron Mclean sounds much better than Pierre Mclean just as a totally random example!

From your original list jacks1972 I like Finlay and Fraser best and Isobel is ok. I don't consider the girls names very Scottish though.

ShutUpandDrinkYourGin · 07/10/2009 09:45

Ross and Elspeth are nice - Shona is lovely too

skihorse · 07/10/2009 09:39

I've got a Scots sounding first name, a Scots gaelic middle-name (one of the above which I never expected to see in a billion years! ), a gaelic surname, a Scottish birth certificate, a Scottish bf and an English accent.

If I had NO connection with Scotland whatsoever it would naff beyond the pale - but my saving grace is that I was actually born there and lived there for a few years. But people are always asking about my names and it can be a pita.

MyCatsAScarierBastardThanYours · 07/10/2009 09:38

Boys
Angus
Hamish (I love)
Finaly
Ewan/Euan
Ian
William
Wallace
Alan

Girls
Isla
Ailsa
Morag

My DH is Scottish and our two DC have scottish names, though we are sasernacks (sp)? living well south of the border!

gallusbesom · 07/10/2009 09:33

whit aboot:

Boaby
Wullie
Ned
Shug/Hugh

Senga
Ina
Isa

Seriously I love Hamish - such a cool name

scottishmummy · 07/10/2009 09:26

i love scottish names have lookey
2008 popular scottish names we also bought a book

hamish- yes
fraser - yes
seth- eugh no.too agricultural

what about
alistair
finlay
euan

girls what about
innes
fallon
seonaid

and dont agree names can be too scottish.unless you are called tattie bogle or mince McNeeps

Tambajam · 07/10/2009 09:14

Instead of Catherine what about Kathleen or Kitty as a nickname?

I like Hamish.

MmeGoblindt · 07/10/2009 09:10

We have a Connor (but I know that is quite popular in Scotland at the moment) and Catriona, pronounced Cat-ri-o-na not Ka-tree-na

Why would a Scottish forename not go with a Scottish surname?

curlyredhead · 07/10/2009 09:07

Even if the OP is Scottish, squeaver?

squeaver · 06/10/2009 22:45

I would just like to say, however, that an overtly Scottish first name with an overtly Scottish surname is - imo - naff of the first order of naffness.

weegiemum · 06/10/2009 22:17

on girls side also Morna (dd1's middle name, means "beloved" - sometimes wish we had used it as her first name but Katherine is also nice!!!)

weegiemum · 06/10/2009 22:16

Struan
Brodie
Lewis
Logan
Innes
Rory
Lorn

Catriona/Catherine/Katherine/Katharine
Isla
Iona
Rhona/Rona
Isabel
Margaret
Irene
Mairi/Mhairi
Skye
Jessica/Jessie

are some of the names that spring to mind .....

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jacks1972 · 06/10/2009 22:13

I like Flora too... DH reaction was "I can't believe it's not butter!"

Alistair is a good name, it is my uncle's name but that is not putting me off.

Jock is also a good choice

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jacks1972 · 06/10/2009 22:10

Angus is a good name but [there's always a but] my previous boss was called Angus and there was no love lost there, my next boss was Euan which is also a good name - it's just the association that is putting me off!

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MrsKitty · 06/10/2009 22:10

Alistair (DS's middle name)
Lachlan
Finlay
Campbell

Isobel / Isabel
Heather
Una

squeaver · 06/10/2009 22:09

Ruaraidh or Rory
Hamish
Jock

Fiona
Iona
Flora
How about Catriona instead of Catherine? (not that unusual in Scotland)

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jacks1972 · 06/10/2009 22:09

Lola0109, Lachlan is growing on me but we live and work quite near a few of Edinburgh's posh schools, DH cannot seem to say 'Lachlan', 'Finlay' without putting on a posh Edinburgh Accent and waving his hands about - he even throws in a 'Crawford' and 'Farquhar'!!
I think they are good old scottish names but not they way he says them!!

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