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toughest challenge yet ladies - boys name with tough criteria

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ImpatiencePersonified · 24/05/2015 21:29

Soooo hubs is English, I'm Scottish, and we need a boys name. I've been flicking through MN now for weeks, but it's the same names over and over... So here's a challenge for you ladies.
Give me your best names based on the following criteria.... I know you can do it. I believe in you!
1 - I'm Scottish, hubs is English, I genuinely don't like traditional English boys names like Harry, Olly etc, he hates overly masculine Scottish names such as Magnus, Fergus (I love Torrin for instance, he thinks it sounds like something you get cream for)
2 - we both want something that's a little unusual but not totally out there.... Names like fox, hunter etc are lovely but too much for a wee boy to live up to in our opinion.
3 - no quirky spellings, it makes our teeth itch
4 - we like the following but they've been ruled out of a variety of reasons; Lachlan, Ethan, Logan, Joshua,
5 - our surname rhymes with.... Erm... Tellers, so names with a prominent L Feel are out... For fear of sounding like Rhianna. Also, no middle names, we won't use em.
6 - massively eloquent names such as Tarquin, Farquhar are way out of our comfort zone
7 - if it's been on MN recently, we've seen it and discounted it!

Your challenge is on..... Help us!

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Chocchip88 · 24/05/2015 22:39

Fraser

SillyStuffBiting · 24/05/2015 22:39

Yy to Blair, lovely name!

ImpatiencePersonified · 24/05/2015 22:40

weeps we have no shortlist snowman we have a blank sheet of paper and some filthy looks Grin

Just gonna call him Doris and be done with it

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WankerDeAsalWipe · 24/05/2015 22:41

Curtis
Grant
Dale
Kerry

Sudename · 24/05/2015 22:41

Ronan
Logan
Reilly
Matthew
Peter
Tom
Liam
Jesse
Charlie
Paddy

SillyStuffBiting · 24/05/2015 22:42

Alexander is a great name. Alex, Sandy or Zander are great derivatives as well if it's going to be shortened.

TheImprobableGirl · 24/05/2015 22:44

Zachary / zach / zach
Theo /theodore/teddy
Flynn? AlAlthough possibly too L'y

Fizzyplonk · 24/05/2015 22:46

Harris
Heath
Rowan
Struan
Arran
Fraser

mawbroon · 24/05/2015 22:46

Has anyone said Tavish yet?

TheImprobableGirl · 24/05/2015 22:47

Emmett? Maybe caleb if L isn't so prominent.... I like xander and Rory as suggested..... Johnny? Anthony? Patrick maybe...

softcat · 24/05/2015 22:49

Lorne?

BuildYourOwnSnowman · 24/05/2015 22:54

Caleb teller sounds good (as long as your bame doesn't start with c or k)

I like nn Sacha for Alexander.

Robert? There's loads of names that both the English and the scots would lay claim to.

Richard, Phillip, Peter (maybe not if your name starts with the s)

spaghettina · 24/05/2015 22:59

Linden
Heath
Jackson
Torben

AliceAnneB · 24/05/2015 23:04

Broderick (Brody), Stellan, Cullen, Dashel

10000Fireflies · 24/05/2015 23:06

Rohan

WhiteHairReally · 25/05/2015 00:49

Alec
Gregor
Kenneth (due for a comeback surely?)

Momagain1 · 25/05/2015 00:58

Keirnan/Ciarnan
The K version may become problematic due to the silly parents of the MadMen actress (sally) giving her a boys name.

Taja123 · 25/05/2015 01:17

Finlay
Maxwell
Gabriel
Anton
Alfie

CousinCairngormMcWomble · 25/05/2015 01:19

Logan
Murray/Moray

Damien
Nathaniel (Nate)
Charlie

amy0787 · 25/05/2015 08:17

Ruairi
Euan
Callum

backtowork2015 · 25/05/2015 09:28

someone said fintan, I like that

WireCat · 25/05/2015 09:35

Rory
Aaron

Eigg · 25/05/2015 09:43

What about Angus, Jamie, Ian or Andrew?

I would think that most English people might not associate Jamie, Ian or Andrew too strongly with Scotland. Jamie is very common in Scotland just now but Andrew and especially Ian are quite rare round here.

Angus is more obviously Scottish but IME is also used among the public school set in England so should cause too many problems.

Eigg · 25/05/2015 09:43

Craig might be another option.

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