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Scottish place names

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Cosydressinggown · 31/05/2013 16:38

Hello - I need Scottish place names that can also be used as baby names. Any ideas??? So far I can only think of:

Isla
Harris
Lewis
Skye
Dundas

..... ?

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fanjodisfunction · 31/05/2013 18:01

I know a Leith, I'm sure that's a place near edinburgh.

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GlaikitFizzog · 31/05/2013 18:12

Blair (as in athol or gowrie)
Athol
Struan (village on Skye)
Fraser(burgh)
Keith
Dallas
Calder
Brae(mar)
Tain
Gair
Augustus
William
Jed(burgh)

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farmersdaughter · 31/05/2013 18:17

Moray

As in Morayshire, not a place I know. But Moray or Murray could be nice.

What about Muck? Grin

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farmersdaughter · 31/05/2013 18:18

Cally as Bridge of Cally in Perthshire?

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JollyOrangeGiant · 31/05/2013 18:22

Iona
Kyle
Moray
Elgin
Skye
Harris
Lewis
Fraser
Brodie
Huntly
Ellon
Stirling
Dundee (please don't use this...)
Ness

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BabsAndTheRu · 31/05/2013 18:22

Struan

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farmersdaughter · 31/05/2013 18:24

Ailsa as the rocky island Ailsa Craig.

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Yama · 31/05/2013 18:25

My favourite Scottish place names is ....... Findo Gask.

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LaChaiseVerte · 31/05/2013 18:26

Shona

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GlaikitFizzog · 31/05/2013 18:29

Moray is just moray, no shire :)

Girls
Ness
Katrine
Annan
Jura
Kyla

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AltogetherAndrews · 31/05/2013 18:30

morven, somewhere up north I think.

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FoofFighter · 31/05/2013 18:33

Ecclefechan? Grin

Seriously though, I LOVE Struan.

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weebarra · 31/05/2013 18:37

Yetts o' Muckhart

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sleepyhead · 31/05/2013 19:50

yy to Findo Gask!

I want to write a novel just so I can call the hero Findo Gask.

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LemonBreeland · 31/05/2013 19:52

Harris
Arran
Jura
Couper
Cupar
Stirling

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LemonBreeland · 31/05/2013 19:53

Glaikit interesting that you put Jura as a girls name. I know a boy called Jura. Smile Smile

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Hopefully · 31/05/2013 19:54

Isla is Islay, in the context of Scottish islands. And whisky (it's my middle name). My sister's middle name is Iona, and I always like that they match.

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Hopefully · 31/05/2013 19:55

Oh, and we had a dog called Benbecula, Ben for short.

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Hopefully · 31/05/2013 19:55
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FoxyRevenger · 31/05/2013 19:57

Yama mine too! Every time we drive past it I really want to go and see what's there.

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emacp · 31/05/2013 20:00

I hope op realises a lot of the posters here are taking the proverbial and that many of the suggestions are ridiculous

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farmersdaughter · 31/05/2013 20:00

Gla don't get your post?

Morayshire is a place the county is Moray. Suggested Murray as in the surname alternative to Moray.

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Yama · 31/05/2013 20:06

Don't do it Foxy - you will be disappointed (probably).

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sparrowfart23 · 31/05/2013 20:07

If a were a boy, I would have been Forbes (a family name, but it's also a place).

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JollyOrangeGiant · 31/05/2013 20:11

I don't think Morayshire is a place. It is just Moray.

I love Forbes. DS has a name on one of these lists. DC2 will possibly have a Scottish placename if they're a boy.

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