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!

Thanks Zoe! That's good to know

Oh and if you want to be really off the wall, try Bunty. It was my (Scottish) aunt's nick-name. Apparently it was a popular name for about 5 minutes due to an obscure Scottish play called 'Bunty pulls the strings'. And of course later on there was the magazine published by DC Thompson ...

Effie is again the nn for Euphemia.

Yes, the order us exactly as soon says, only varied in some villages by the first baby after a new minister arrived being called after him. So we have a sudden rash of Roberta/ Berthas.

Alison and Alisoun/ Alysoun were def Scots in my childhood.

Lesley is another Scots name, as in Burns' Bonnie Lesley.

Marget another variant name.

I think I may have had a great great aunt Robina, which is a nice ina, I think.

Margaret

Erica is the Latin botanical name for Heather.

What a lovely thread, I have learnt loads.

Iv got a nana bunty! Love her!!

I got married in Scotland so was looking at Scottish girls names when before I knew ds was to be a boy.
I'd decided on Maisie as its a pet version of mairead. Also read somewhere it meant precious.
I also think Iona would go nicely with Isla.

Meron. Can also be spelt Mirren, Merryn, and Merren. DD1 is a Merren.

My friend is called Mhairi. Pronounced 'marry'

Morgana (disclaimer....I am making this up)

:) serin! I do love Iona. Think my short list is Shona, bonnie, ailsa and Iona. But I'll probably change my mind a million times!!

Iona and Ailsa are both islands, not sure they work with Isla.

Iona maybe not but ailsa don't see why not??

Just as they are bith isands, Isla Skye, Isla Iona, etc etc

My name is Mhairi (Varry). I like Eilidh, Roisin and Murrin for a wee girl x

I get the point about them both being islands, but it's not called Isle of Ailsa, or even Ailsa Island, it's called Ailsa Craig or sometimes The Ailsa Craig. So unless you have a son called Craig, it seems perfectly okay to me to have Isla and Ailsa. I agree that I would avoid Skye and the ilk.

Katrine also goes well I think.

That's what I thought!!

Are the islands not isle of...as opposed to Isla of...

The name Mairi is only Mhairi in the vocative case in Scots Gaelic. In the nominative (and in English) it is Mairi.

I know people think it's fine to mix the two up and plenty of people have the name Mhairi and call it Varry or Marry, but if you want to use the name correctly, use the nominative case.

You probably wouldn't use 'hOrla' for Orla. It is the vocative case and if you were addressing an Orla in Irish you would say 'Dia dhuit, a hOrla' (basically 'hello Orla')

I love love love Catriona (pronounced Ka-tree-uh-na not Catri-oh-na) with Katie for short.

Also Shuna.

haverina Yes, technically it is Isle of Skye, however in everyday accents it comes out as Isle a Skye for example.

Youtube "Donald where's yer troosers" and listen to the first line :o

what about Inis (pronounced INNish)

I don't understand all those rules Mathanxiety but I look at mhairi and hear an 'a' before it.

But sure I never got to grips with Irish!