A lovely Scottish girls name?

[Charotte31]

I already have an Isla looking for another beautiful Scottish girls name. Can't find one I like as much as Isla!

Siun (Shoon) or Fraoch (FRAYoch) both lovely

Ooh fab thread...I am pregnant with dc2 and currently have a beautiful 3 year old Eilidh so I am also looking for a Scottish girls name...or boys name but this is really helpful.

Right now we like Anna and Annabel but I don't know if they are actually Scottish.

Annabel is Scottish because she was the consort of King Arthur or something like that. Disclaimer

Annabel Drummond was the wife of Robert III of Scotland. She was Queen consort. Ignore what I said earlier! not the wife of king Arthur

Please could someone explain "Senga" to me?

I get that it's Agnes backwards, but why is it a nn for it? I can't think of any other names that have a nn formed this way, so why this one? And why just in Scotland?

Morag
Maeve

I dn't know why people do it, they just do.

And to me, whatever direction it is in, it is an ugly name,

Katrine

Mirren
Ealasaid
Morven
Iona
Ailish
Elspeth

Hopefully someone can enlighten me, I'm genuinely interested.

Hazel?

It was tradition in Scotland to name after relatives, cant remember the order but it was something like, first daughter after Mother's Mum, 2nd after Father's mum etc and boys the same (but after the male relatives obv :o). So people felt obliged to use names that they didn't like but adapted them or simply did it to avoid confusion. Someone obviously disliked Agnes at some point and came up with the reverse thing, so, still using the name as tradition dictated, just putting a different spin on it. That's probably how most nicknames emerged, to avoid confusion and because people didn't like them.

The Andrewina, Angusina and Douglasina etc probably came about through the same thing but when only girls were born.

My family tree is also full of Isabellas, but presume some were Isa some Bella and some Ella etc.

I have an Eilidh and an Isla. DD3 missed out on a Scottish name but i did want to call her either Morven or Mirren /Muireann.

Thanks, soontobeslendergirl. So it's just something that "caught on", as it were ... Was there a 'Senga' who was particularly well-known, which helped the usage spread?

I have no idea EnjoyEverySandwich it was certainly more prevalent on the West coast than the East - I never heard of any while I was growing up and living in Edinburgh. Whether that was because of some of some famous local or whether the family name thing was stronger over there due to the Irish influence or just that it only spread so far I wouldn't know. Sorry :(

Elsie, Ailie (Ay-lee),

Heather
Bramble

Eilean
Kitty for Catherine, not sure how Scottish?

Nessie?

Siobhon....shivon)
Esther
Morag
Agnes
Shona

Senga has come to be derogatory, like calling someone a ned.

Ena
Effi

*Effie

I love the name Drew for a girl.