Scottish names

[LillyPops]

My OH is Scottish. He is set on a Scottish name if we have a boy (although not for a girl for some reason)

I hardly like anything! Fraser, Hamish, Angus.. none of these appeal to me at all. I kind of like Alexander and Cameron but neither of these names would be on the radar at all if it wasn't for the Scottish thing. I want to LOVE my babies name, but I know it's not just about me.

Any suggestions?

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Hi - this thread is a little old. If you’re looking for a Scottish baby name, find the most popular here. MNHQ

[littlewhitebag]

If we had had a son his name would have been Cameron Duncan Campbell Scott. How Scottish are we! But we had three daughters. I am a little sad we couldn't use our excellent Scottish name.

[LillyPops]

TheonlyoneIknow Lennox.. I like it!

Ooh thanks for that resource simplysara I'll have a look

Getting more excited about a Scottish name now. Thanks ladies

[SimplySara]

Lachlan is a great name!

But if not your style, what about (I'll try not to repeat what others have already listed...)
Oran
Tavish
Eachann
Kester
Cormag
Gregor
Sorely
Sawney
Manus
Afton
Auley

I am not a fan of Mac- surnames used as first names but if you happen to hear one you like, knock the Mac off of it and you're probably pretty close to an original scottish first name

My fav site for scottish names as it has all kinds from traditional native Gaelic names to Scots versions of more common names is www.namenerds.com/scottish/scota.html Plus, it has a pronunciation key!

[hoobypickypicky]

Murdo.
Torin.
Laughlin.

[BlueChampagne]

Wreford

[dancemom]

Hamish
Seamus

[Clarabumps]

I have a Louis and a Sandy(Alexander) and I always liked Bruce and Brodie.
We have LOADS of Callum's and Findlays in these parts( Scotland). Lachlan is lovely. I also liked Murdo but DP reminded me that Danger Mouse in Gaelic was Donnie Murdo(You tube the theme tune) and it put me off.
Harris is lovely too.

[Theonlyoneiknow]

Lachlan, Callum and Finlay are all lovely. Callum is also spelt Calum which is actually the Scottish spelling. My friends son is called Calum and people are always spelling it Callum.

Sorry if already mentioned

Struan
Lennox
Keir
Blair
Harris
Kyle
Fergus
Lewis
Callan
Euan
Rory
Andrew
Arran
Brodie
Col
Duncan
Donald
Douglas
Ross
Forbes
Campbell
Hunter

[BlueChampagne]

Slightly off-beat

Glenn
Ross
Clyde
Fraser
Stuart
Iain

Love Lachlan but not with our surname!

[soontobeslendergirl]

Out of those choices, I think I'd have Callum James (CJ) or Findlay James

[LillyPops]

Names I've collected from your suggestions and florascotia's wiki link

Jamie
Cameron
Andrew
Lawrence (Laurie)
Lucas

I've just surreptitiously asked OH what his top three boys names are. He said Lachlan, Callum and Finley.

[LillyPops]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to get a list down and show OH. He will be so pleased, there are a fair few I like.

[CarolineKnappShappey]

Jamie is a compromise as it's not too Scottish. And he can always be James on his birth certificate, which is quite plain/ classic.

I doubt you'll like the Fergus, Hamish, Rory like names, which is a shame.

[FluffyDucky]

Murray

[Aboyandabunny]

Skene

[florascotia]

Lots of lovely Scottish names! Some have been mentioned already, here are some more:

Adair (oak), Aidan (fire), Alair (cheerful), Albin/Alpin (rock), Alroy/Roy (red-headed), Annan (river), Ardal (courage),Ardan (tall), Atholl (place name), Blair (flat field), Cavan (grassy hill), Cathal (strong in battle),
Calum (from Columba = dove), Craig (Carrick, Carrig = rock), Ciaran (dark-haired), Killian (churchman), Clyde (from the river), Colm (Columba = dove), Connor /Connall (nobleman/houndsman), Cullan (chief), Curran (battle), Diarmuid/Dermot (without envy), Domhnall/Donal /Donald (world ruler), Donnachadh/Duncan (brown-haired warrior), Dougal (dark stranger), Douglas (dark water), Eoghan/Ewen (a form of John), Fergus (top warrior),Finbar (fair-haired), Fingal , Fintan (fair, fair stranger) Fionn/Finn/ Finnian (ditto), Forbes (man of property), Fraser (fresh) etc etc etc

For more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_given_names

[justanuthermanicmumsday]

It's not no-ah as my son reminds me everyday nu-ah lol I thght it was a new name until I slowly figured out it was Noah, I'm so dim lol

[justanuthermanicmumsday]

names I've heard my son repeating off top of my head

Ewan, Frasier, Brennan,Ivar,Ethan, Finlay, fergus,Rory, Bryce, Callum, Aidan,Peyton, Kenzie.

I think scots have some unique soundings names don't be disheartened!

[30SecondsToVenus]

Blair
Struan
Stuart
Fraser
Alastair
Alasdair
Robaidh (Robbie, gaelic spelling)
Dougie
Callum
Cameron
Jack
Denny

[soontobeslendergirl]

Blair
Calan
Sandy (short for Alexander)
Mitchell
Niall
Lyall
Lorne

[soontobeslendergirl]

Fergus

[soontobeslendergirl]

so, quite snappy modern fairly popular names?

Jamie probably fits the brief. Archie too maybe?

[soontobeslendergirl]

Austin
Baillie
Archie
Mungo
Maxwell
Glen
Grant
Iain

[LillyPops]

Thank you for these suggestions everyone. Ooh I've just seen Jamie. That's cute, that could grow on me.

I like Leo, Oscar, Freddie, Noah, Luca, Theo.

[soontobeslendergirl]

Nicol
Brodie
Roderick