Fourth son - need a Scottish name. Used three already-help!

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So we're onto either Lachlan or Brodie for this one but I'm looking for more suggestions. We already have a Euan, Callum and a Fergus. I had dismissed Innes but heard it in a shop today and quite liked it.

Im stuck - poor we'd Fergus was nameless for 10 days - I want to get this one cracked before he pops out.

Don't like Brodie. I love Innes though. Also Ruairidh/Rory, Duncan, Douglas.

Baxter?

Family names (Nova Scotia immigrants born 1850s & earlier):
Duncan, Hector, Neil, Archibald, Langlin, James, Ken (must be a more Celtic spelling?).

Also have names like Symon, Peter, John, Charles, Grant & Lawrence in my Scottish branch (back to 1600s). John esp. popular in the 1820s.

Love Hector!

We have a Rory and a Lewis in our family as Scottish name. No problems with the pronunciation of Rory.

Had Callum, Dougall, Euan and Cameron on the list too.

apparently hamish, angus and fergus went over from ireland to found scotland? something like that (cba to google) - angus is lovely

Definitely Lachlan not Brodie, teen American just about covers it alas. Lachie sounds great!

Or Struan - fabulous, and easy to pronounce.

Ian

Yes! But Iain - two million times nicer than Ian, oddly

What about Sorley?

Oddly enough, there is a Brodie in DS's football group so I'd say it's not uncommon here in Australia either.
If you're planning on coming here, don't go for Bruce - although almost no one is called that any more, it's too much of a cliché.
Harrison is very popular here too (I know that's not on your list but I saw someone had suggested Harris)

Murray is nice.

www.huggies.com.au/baby-names/popular/2011/boys I know you could google it yourself but hey. Lachlan is 2nd most popular boys' name; Brodie isn't even on the first page.

Scotland the best place in the world...

My vote would be for Lachlan....sadly DH said no Don't like Brodie..

Angus
Rory
Kerr or Keir
Cameron
Andrew
Neil
Iain
Murray
Grant
Blair
Hamish
Ramsay
Kenneth
Dougal
Douglas
Stewart
Struan
Bruce
Malcolm
Monroe??
Logan
Campbell
Fraser
Ross
Mackenzie
Duncan
Jock...
Alasdair
Gordon
Archibald
Fergus
Forbes

my nephew is a month old called Fletcher he lives in Australia.

We wanted a scottish name for our DC1 if a boy (it was a girl) we would have gone with Lochlan and little different than Lachlan. I also liked Brodie but the skiier Bodie Miller put me of as it was too similar.
My other choices were

Boyd
Gregor
Munro
Hamish (love)
Fraser
Torin
Quinn
Ramsey

I do like Murray actually. Sorely rhymes with surname so no good. Innes??? Is this a girls name in your view? Do you think Penis/anus as I've had someone say this to me. dougal has been vetoed as has Gilles

Archie or Andrew

I know a girl Ines, Spanish I think.

I went to school with a Keir .... oh I am swooning at the memory

here in edinburgh there are lots of wee boys called hamish and lachlan ... i know of others called magnus, innes, angus and murray - all lovely names. if we'd had a boy, he was going to be dugald, which i love. duncan is also a winner, i think. happy choosing!

Does it absolutely have to be a Scottish name? Not that there's anything wrong with having that theme, just that 'traditional' names that aren't Scottish in origin would fit nicely with the ones you already have. I'm thinking something along the lines of William or Robert.

You're right on your assessment of Brodie/Brody. It's been highjacked by the trendy American teen programmes (I'm thinking primarily of Brody Jenner).

Murray's one of my favourite names ever! I have a Findlay and a Nairn; when I was pregnant with DS1 the only Findlay I'd ever heard of was Sharron Davies' son. He's 10 now and we know lots of 5-6 year old Findlays. It's a lot more popular now. I've only ever met one other Nairn though.

Boyd, Lyle, Douglas, Alastair, Seumas, Keir, Blair, Innes and Cullen were all names that we had bookmarked for our last two (who turned out to be girls!)

I'm not sure exactly how Scottish it is but I love Lennox (and he was a character in Macbeth). I also love Dougal with the nn Dougie (prenounced like Doo-ge). Good luck with chosing - your other boys' names are lovely as well!

i'd say e nez for a girl (ines) and in ness for a boy (in ness like guiness)

Is Inez a Scottish name? It's in my Scottish branch but I had doomphly thought it was a Mexican influence.

I love Duncan for a boys name, DH vetoed it for all three of our boys :(

Argyll
Leith
Myles
Alec
Maxwell
Toren
Balfour
Elliot
Niall
Broderick
Carlton
David
Roy
Cory
Sinclair
Clyde
Jaime
Gawain
Rossiter
Irvin