Latin/Scottish. Need help from Scots!

[PoppyAmex]

I've posted before on Chat and got unanimous (unheard of?) thumbs up for "Harris" but having huge second thoughts.

Multicultural family; I'm Southern European and DH is Scottish.
We have decided on a Scottish name for this boy, who's due in 1 week.

DD is 19 months and has a staunchly Latin / Mediterranean name (Maria Francesca) - named after both my grandmothers, Maria is the most classic name in my country, used for saints and queens, very traditional.

And there lies the problem, I really love the sound of Harris but it's so modern and trendy (and that's not my bag)

I adore Angus, but DH thinks it's meaty/steaky.
I suggested Sholto and he just laughed.

I could potentially convince him on Hamish, which I also love.

Any thoughts?

We're Scottish with an angus and are regularly commented on the name. What about Rory? Or the Scottish version ruaridgh (roo-Ray) I'm not for Harris but that's just me x

Alasdair, Gregor, Calum, Fraser, Euan, Finlay - these are my favourite Scottish boy names.

I really like Harris. What about Murray or Muir? I'm Scottish and love these 2 names but they don't go well with our surname.

I think Hamish and Angus are better known as Scottish names than Harris. I would call them traditional well known Scottish names ghat non Scottish people could identify with but i'm not sure if many non Scottish (or indeed for that matter many Scottish people) would identify with Harris as a Scottish name. I also agree about Alistair! Fraser, Euan being good traditional Scottish names. I am Scottish btw.

Fwiw I've never heard of Sholto, and would certainly not identify with it as a Scottish name.

Andrew also good Scottish name but my favourite is Murdo, quite unusual now I think.

Plenty to choose from and I wouldn't view Harris as a modern name, the island has been there forever :)

We were going to have Mairi for a girl and we have a Craig and Ciar (Keir).

Also like all of those mentioned.

I'm not Scottish, so probably don't qualify to give any advice here, but I think Harris is a great name. I wouldn't say it's modern. As another poster says, the island's been there ages...plus it could also be classed as Southern European as it is used as a shortened form of Charalambous in Greece, although I'm guessing your connections are Italian, like mine :-)

Logan. Cameron.

At Harris being modern!! I think Harris is a great name.

What about Lewis or Lachlan?

Sholto is very uncommon in Scotland but I know a few try hard trendy Londoners who used it...

Duncan, hamish, rowan, lachlan, logan, Rory are some of he top of my head!!

Love rory!!

Hamish
Euan
Kirk

Don't think Harris is modern. Agree the island's been there a while, as has the tweed .

Second Andrew. Or Hamish. Or Alastair. Or Angus.

Robert? Calum? Stuart? James/Jamie? Archie?

More unusual - Struan, Mungo.

How about Seamus Gaelic for Hamish? Or Lewis instead of Harris?

I love Archie (but I'm biased)

Murdo, Angus or Hamish would be my other top picks.

Never heard of Sholto? And not overly keen on Harris

Hamer
Murdo
Dougal
Gordon
Fraser
Alastair
Innes
Tavish
Keir
Struan

I've met a Hamer who was a very scottish old man :)
Know several of the others too.

Or Kenneth or Douglas or Donald or Malcolm. But they all sound a bit old to me...

If DH says Harris is too modern, say you'll compromise on Macbeth. That should get him to agree .

my ds is called Andrew it is actually a greek name but also adopted as a scottish name after st Andrew we are also scottish

My DS is called Roddy (Roderick on his birth certificate) which has a Celtic feel to it but not sure if its actually Scottish? We also had Angus, Rory, Fraser on our list

I agree with the posters re: Harris being modern - it's definitely not!

I'll second Struan and add Gregor, Innes, Frasier, Finlay and Lachlan. All traditional Scots names and I know at least one of each. (I'm in Edinburgh).

Also, Sholto is a brilliant name! It's also very old and very Scottish.

Now, obviously I know the island name isn't modern, but according to my half arsed research it hasn't been used as a first name until very recently.

Please feel free to prove me wrong and tell me of ancient "Harrises" and then I wouldn't have to say "you were named after an island I have no connections to and have never visited"

Love Lachlan but laughing my head off at the thought of my poor family trying to pronounce it. That's also a problem with some of the other mentioned, like Duncan (would be pronounced doonkan, for sure)

Also like Murdo, Tavish and Struan - all vetoed by DH. Argh!

What about Hector? I knew quite a few highland Hectors of my parents' generation, haven't seen it recently. I mostly know scottish males of student age, and they seem to be almost all called variants of Alastair with Cal(l)um becoming more popular.

Here you go. You owe me .

Harris is a patronymic meaning 'son of Harry'. As long as there have been Harrys, there have been boys called Harris. When they started looking at records of popularity in 1880 it was 411th out of 1000 names recorded.

And it is v Scottish. It comes from the Gaelic Ó hEarchadha' which means descendant of Earchaidh (ie Harry ie noble warrior).

So, basically Mr PoppyAmex, the name is Scottish for 'son of MrPoppyAmex, the famous noble warrior'.

He MUST like that .

What about:

Munro
Cairn
Ivo
Kerr
Moray/Murray
Nairn
Tiernan
Ian
Grant
Greg
Blaven
Martin

Using place names or surnames (sometimes they are both) is very common in Scotland and always has been - there is bound to be something that fits the bill.