Help with Scots and Irish-inspired shortlist please

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DC1 is due in 3 weeks and we're still deciding about names.

We have some Irish and Scottish heritage between us so keen on names from those. Nothing ending in -ara (like Cara or Tara) as that would rhyme with my name. And we don't want anything v fiddly to spell or pronounce (like Aiofe or Eilidh).

Here's our current shortlist. Please tell me what you think and suggest others we might like? Hoping to hear some gems we've not thought of!

For a girl:
Orla
Morgan
Kirsten
Fiona

For a boy:
Fraser
Finn
Neil
Ross
Rowan

Thank you!

Flora? Kristen?

I always think of scottish boys names as : andrew, ian, alexander, neil, james, alan, george (good old traditoinal ones).

For a girl I prefer Morven to Morgan.
For a boy I like Fraser.

Popular traditional boys name in Scotland at the moment are Rory and Struan and Finley.

Isla / Iona
Inga / Ingrid
Thorfinn
Kirsty
Erlend
Fiona
Catriona

Quinn
Alistair
Blair
Elspeth
Elise
Freya
Sorcha

I love Fiona & Rowan from your list.

Ewan - a good strong sounding name

I like Alastair and all the variants thereof e.g. Alasdair Allister Alisdair Alistair. But not quite sure which is the correct one!

There's a Billy Connoly skit about Finlay-with-an-a and Alasdair-that's-d-a-i-r which did make me giggle.

Thanks everyone. How is Struan pronounced?

Struan rhymes with Euan so like Stroo'an

Alasdair is the most usual Scots Gaelic spelling.

In some parts of Scotland, Struan is pronouced Strowhwhan. Elsewhere, it can be said said 'Strawn'.

Love Orla and Finn

Skye
Una
Emer
Maeve
Mirren
Nuala

Niall
Ronan
Patrick
Brodie

Like your list. How about Ailsa and Aidan?

My Irish contributions...

girl

Niamh
Aine
Aisling
Meabhe (meave)

boy

Liam
Conor
Neill
Rory
Colm
Ciaran

Islay. Arran
Isla. Barra
Iona. Jura
Tiree. Lewis
Skye. Harris

Thanks so much for all your suggestions. Some lovely ideas, much appreciated.

I really like Iona and Skye, and I LOVE Sorcha - which just hadn't occurred, thank you! Morven is nice but I prefer Morgan. I like Elspeth too but am less keen on likely shortenings. Catriona is gorgeous but just won't work with our surname.

I love Aidan as well. Had kind of skipped past it for some reason but it's lovely. DH has vetoed Struan and Ewan damn him.

I think the frontrunners are currently Orla, Sorcha, Aidan and Rowan. But may change my mind repeatedly.

But please make sure you pronounce Sorcha correctly, there's nothing worse than hearing it pronounced Sore-sha. Hurts my ears.

I'd forgotten about all the pronunciation issues. I don't like the "correct" pronunciation I must confess. Hmm.

Boy - Sholto
Girl - Iona

mineallmine what is the correct pronunciation of Sorcha?

It's sur-u-ka. 3 syllables. Very important. To me, at least!

If you like the way you thought it sounds then it would be Saoirse (Seer Sha) but then that doesn't work with your spelling criteria. Names are a minefield I tell you.

All the Sholto's I know lived in London or the Home Counties, and most Scots I know think WTF when they hear the name.

I like all your girl names. From your boys' list I would drop Ross, which imo has a 90s air to it.

how about (mainly Irish) ---
Cormac
Darragh
Patrick
Killian
Colm/Colum
Brendan
Declan
Lorcan
Owen
Fergus
Fintan
Angus

Clodagh
Nola
Nessa
Finola/Fionnuala
Enya/Eithne
Enda (a unisex name)
Darina
Dervla
Una
Esme
Eily (short for Eileen, sometimes used as a stand alone name)
Lorna

Liam
Niall

Erin
Enya
Alana/Alanna/Alannah
Clodagh
Niamh
Maeve
Nuala
Keela
Fianna
Brianna

I love Orla and Finn!

From your list my favourites are Orla and Rowan.

We had the same criteria and had a similar shortlist but picked the girl name that won't go with your surname and Liam for our two.

Our others were Arwyn, Murren and Naimh for a girl and Brodie or Ruari for a boy :)