Weird request - Shetland names..

[AuntieBrenda]

Right, this may be a very silly and odd question - Scottish mners, is there such a thing as Shetland type names?
I'm expecting dc2 and would really like to honour my late granny's heritage.

Her name was Cecilia and the family I know of hers were called Annabelle (already used in my family, she was sadly a late cousin), Archibald, Sheila, davey.

Are there names that particularly popular on Shetland or am I asking a stupid question?
DS is called nathaniel James so it'd have to work with that
Tia

There was à thread before on Shetland names with lots of suggestions. I dont have à link but should find it under search

Thanks - I've done a lot if searching though before i posted and I couldn't find anything :(

Sunniva - for a girl. Love it!
Local hairdresser is called this and hails fromShetland.

Google is your friend though ...

I'd imagine names that are truly Shetlander will be Nordic in origin?

Well I did wonder salmontrutta - my gran had blonde hair and blue eyes. So doesy DS - me and DH ate very dark. He's a Nordic throwback!

Sunniva is pretty - I like it

Have you tried www.behindthename.com?

You can search names by origin quite easily.

Kara

I remember a book set on Shetland with two characters named after the first man & woman who landed off Viking ships. He was Haki but can't remember what she was! Hmmm.

It might have been Hekla??

Shea (shay) for a boy or girl

From Shetland libraries:
www.shetland-library.gov.uk/documents/OldNorsePersonalNames.pdf

really old names:
www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/shetland/index.html

how Norse names work (from Orkney):
www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-nordic-studies/blogs/mimirs-well-articles/delving-into-the-roots-of-norse-first-names

this is an excellent site about Shetland culture and may have some pointers:
www.saxavord.com/shetland-culture.php

present-day Shetland names:
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/12/21/connor-and-zander-eva-and-lily-most-popular-names-in-shetland/

I've heard Osla before for a girl, which I thought was really pretty.

Apparently Freya was in common use on Shetland, but it's obviously quite popular across the country now.

Sunniva is gorgeous

Why not use Cecilia? It's pretty, goes well with Nathaniel and has some nice nn's (cee-cee, cecily, etc)

I've posted this before on here but I went to uni with a girl from Shetland called Vaila, named after one of the islands, and thought it was a lovely name

Peedie (either sex)

Any mans name with -Ina at the end.

Lots of Ingrids. And on Orkney. Magnus is popular...Sunniva would be good, after the ferry. So perhaps also Hamnavoe or Hjaltaland for a boy

Definitely Magnolia