If you like the names Angus and Hamish...

[thereisalightanditnevergoesout]

what other names do you like?

I'm stuck. Still.

Getting fed up with not having a clue.

:(

Hmmm, yes, Dougal has a certain canine quality, too. Having said all that about dog names, these suggestions have helped me and DH, too, so thanks everyone!

Lorcan and Frazer/Fraser are contenders now, if we have a boy. How would you stop my American family and friends saying "Frasier", though? That is my only concern with that name.

You could hit them with a stick until they got it right. That would be my suggestion - but then that could explain why I don't have so many friends!! .

These are all great names. Clearly you need a new DH.

I adore Hamish and Angus, and I offer up Heath as another favourite which I wasn't "allowed" to use.

I've suggested Heath - but it doesn't sound right with our surname.

I think you're right about a new DH, though :)

Good plan! Beat them into submission.

Heath is lovely, but also no good with our surname. A more cooperative DH is definitely the answer.

I had a Highland Garron called Angus. He had great feathered feet and a tail that touched the ground. He died when I was 18.

And my Dad is a Hector.

So I like those names.

So a new DH would offer up the possibility of a less opinionated (aka wrong) man plus a new surname, should you wish, which would sound right with Heath.

Solution.

You see, if I'd just called my cat Badger, instead of Angus all those years ago, I wouldn't be here now...

I also love Hector (and I'm a huge Morrissey fan) and I think the reason DH isn't keen is because of the song 'First of the Gang' (and he doesn't like Morrissey - still I point out that there's a Smiths song called 'William, it was really nothing' (DH's name) and I still love my DH (even though he's got rubbish taste in names for the most part).

thereisalight, you and I could be friends. We like Hector, too, but the song is a little too recent, maybe? Dunno. Silly reason not to choose a name, I suppose. I can hear my Americans now, though. "Hector??" Sigh. Cultural differences are as annoying as non-compliant DHs.

It doesn't help that it's my ring tone, perhaps!!

Hmm - Hector in an American accent might not sound right, I suppose. Do you live in the States?

No, live in UK, but am American. DH is English. So yes, lovely names like Alistair and Hector become "Al-i-STAIR" and "Hec-TOR" with no soft, thrown away consonants at the end. They sound very harsh with American accents, I think. Pity.

Hmmmm - this baby naming business is tricky... Mind you English accents can do horrid things to lovely names too.

Not Scottish but I do love the name Vincent!

yes (sorry, just back to this..) when he's introduced people do double-take sometimes and say...'MurDER!??' with a degree of incredulity.

the thing that strikes me, is it's technically Clan Murdoch, i think(?) as in Rupert (...)

(how about Rupert??!)

I like lots of the names mentioned here. (I like Angus too.) Did anyone say Lewis yet? Or Tobin or Torin if Toby isn't quite working for you?

Husbands are frustrating choosing names! It's a good job we're having a girl because our common ground on boys was zero.

What about Scott?

Or, someone had a thread a while ago about a Scottish ancestor they had discovered, called Eben Ramoth
Fab name!

Love Struan and Ruaraidh. Also really love Callan which hasnt been mentioned yet.

I love Douglas, my bro is called Douglas, makes for good shortenings too, Dougie, Doug, Doogie etc

i loved hamish, but thought it a bit odd for us as got no scottish connections,
also like rufus, louis , max, frankie,

hector
alistair
ewan
struan
fraser

You see, I'm beginning to come round to Angus again - thinking that it doesn't matter that the cat's got the same name.

I do like Theo, but I know 2 at DD1's school - and while I'm not all that bothered about having an unusual/underused name for this one, I feel it's a that bit more unusual and might be irritating to the other mums who have Theos (does that make sense? (For instance, DS is called Joseph - but it's popular enough to not feel like I've use 'someone else's name' (I do know names are not copyright, but maybe you know where I'm coming from?).

And apart from my cat, I don't actually know any other Anguses - well only through other people in different regions.

I would go with Angus and start calling the cat Gus.

I do call him Gus quite a bit, but when I made a concerted effort to only call him Guss, I found I kept calling his full name. Especially when he was scratching the carpet!

Do you think all the shouting will make for a nervous DS2?!

Still with you Light and understanding your ongoing dilemma! Same here still, same here!

I have an Angus (DS2 6mo)

we also thought about
Louis (after a hero of dh)
Keir (middle name, after a hero of mine)
Rory
Linus
Lorcan

But Angus was the best

I'd start calling the cat Fabio. It won't mind