Following DH's surrender to my active lobbying..

[MagdalenaAlec]

..I get the final say on DC2's first name (dancing on the coffee table :o ) while DH will choose the middle name from a duly approved list I am supposed to give him.

And this is where I need some ideas! I am looking for artsy or unusual middle names for a boy or a girl, if possible with a connection to Scotland and not ending in "ia" or "a" for the girl names.

So far I have:
Sibylle or Sibyl
Zelie
Berenice
Blair
Albane

Andrew
Ezra
Ivan or Ivo
Alan or Allen

Do you have other ideas?

First name for a girl will probably be Antonia (alternative choice: Octavia) and for a boy, it will be a tie between Gabriel and Barthelemy.
Second middle name will either be Martha or Maurice.

Ds is Blair, I'm guessing you are thinking Blair for a girl? bloody Americans switching sexes :o

Edith
Isobel
Elsie
Mara (I know ends in a but means the ocean in Gaelic and I love it)

Struan
Fergus
Fraser
Murdo
Ruiridh
Innes

How did Alan wangle it's way onto that fancy pants list?

I'd possibly avoid Antonia Blair!!

Should it not by Sybil/Sybille?

Ah I Just googled and apparently both spellings are correct.

I quite like Sybil/Sybille if I put Prunella Scales out of my mind.

Now Prunella, there's a name due a come back!!

thanks Glaikit! I am adding Elsie, Fraser and Innes to the list (I also love Edith but it sounds weird with Martha)

squoosh: it will be Sibylle (French) or Sybil (shame on me I misspelt it)
Alan is after a relative.. :o

Girls: Tierney, Kirsten, Mairi, Rowan
Boys: Craig, Gregor, Cairn, Ross, Nairn, Logan

Ham69: Why would you avoid Antonia Blair???

My apologies Glaikit... I have to tell you though that I have never heard of Blair for a boy in the US. I like the fact it sounds "strong" - very good choice!
Mara is nice too but it does not work with Martha (Mar-Mar...)

Antonia Blair in Britain would be Georgina Bush in America.

I'm in Scotland, and it's used more for boys here, 83 boys in 2010 4 girls, but still isn't über popular.

Blair underwood is the only American I can think of. Is it gossip girl that has a female Blair?

Martha would be my dream girls name, but it rhymes with our surname so it's out. I just need to convince dh about Mara and it will be on the list if dc2 ever comes along!

I think of Blair as boys name.

The Americans have even turned Rory into a girls name!

Yes there is a Blair in Gossip Girl, hence why it is more and more popular in NY (you may hit me now, as a member of the "Wonderful names downgraders cast", aka TV series producers and writers :o). There is also a Miss USA, if I recall correctly.

Rory is now unisex here, because it is often short for Aurora.

Any other artsy names in mind? DH is waiting of his list like it were a Xmas present and my very creative DS is trying to help me by suggesting Tofu and Scrat (Ice Age fan).
MAYDAY!!!

When you say artsy,do you mean in meaning or in relationship?

Scottish artists
Charles Rennie mackintosh (I'm sure there's more, but I can't think off hand)

I know of a guy called Gair, which I always thought was nice. It means little one.

Ruiridh (roo-ree) is lovely too and takes it away from the boy/girl Rory

Ruairidh gives me the creeps with that pronunciation. Don't know why.

By "artsy" I mean a name that "sounds"/looks a little artistic, hippie, indie, something that DH will probably look for in the list (something along the lines of India, Luna, Clovis, Cesar... which I have already vetoed).

Ruiridh sounds nice but I am not sure half of the people he will meet will be able to read his name, which would be pretty harsh on him I decide to give him Barthelemy as a first name (Barthelemy Ruiridh Maurice... "what??").

Many thanks for your help

Keir is a lovely Scottish name (it's a boy's name in the UK but you could probably use it for either).

Douglas is good and Scottish.

Fife/Fyfe seems to be used as a name now.

Any good?

Alba -girl, means Scotland In Gaelic
Clova, Scottish glen
Brae, hill, slope

Do you want more Scottish or just something different?

How do you pronounce Keir? It looks nice!
Fife would be really cool too since DH and I met at St Andrews.

Alba has been on my list for a very long time but I think of it as a girl name and it will make too many "a" with a first name ending in "ia" and a second middle name in "a". This is why I went for the French version Albane.

Clova and Brae are nice too.

All other suggestions welcome, whether "Scotland-related" or not! (Thank you so much, I am discovering many potential middle names here)

Keir rhymes with here. Or you could have Kerr to rhyme with her.

I'm sticking with Scottish! If st Andrews has significance then how about:
Tay - river
Eden - another river

Lunan - small town in Angus
cullen - small town in Aberdeenshire, if you can get past the twilight reference
Nairn
Corrie
Ness
Dee
Don
Spey
Clyde
Katrine -loch pr kat-ryn rhymes with bin

I'll have a think and come back with more.

I have a Ciar pronounced the same as Keir but is the Gaelic spelling :)

How about Afton for a girl- river in ayrshire which Robert burns wrote about (sweet Afton water on something like that - I'm sure someone will correct me if wrong!)

Isn't Afton a brand of tobacco?

The cigarettes are Sweet Afton after the Robbie Burns poem, not sure they're around anymore though.

Here
www.poemhunter.com/poem/afton-water/