Murray, thoughts?

[dabchick88]

After asking what people thought of Hamish the other day I'm now interested in thoughts/opinions on Murray? It's less common but a good strong Scottish name none the less....

Are you in Scotland or elsewhere OP?

Threads about Scottish names tend to split I've noticed with the Scots not batting an eyelid at any of the traditional Scottish names and some comments from people elsewhere which genuinely leave me baffled!

eg Angus = posh. Not here it's not!!

Other options could be

Struan
Brodie
Harris
Lewis
Iain
Lorn
Gregor
Seaumus
Innes
Ruraidh
Seonaidh (Shonnay)
Or you can spell Murray - Moraidh

(My dc's go to a Gaelic speaking school!)

We are currently living in England mawbroon but my husband is scottish. I thought 20 seemed a little low a figure Onemagnum!
I really like Gregor weegie but DH not so keen.

The Scottish stats are really fascinating, I could look at them all day! They go right down to 1 so you get every single names used. As the numbers are generally low because of the small population you get a really good idea about how likely it is that you will come across another and it's great for finding underused names. There are names on here that seem uber popular and you check the Scottish stats and there were 20 or something. Think I saw Josephine at about that number and it seems like loads are being named that on here. There were none of DS2 in the 2014 full stats.

The fact that I love Andy Murray.

I like Murray a lot.

Not keen on Murray. It seems to be a favourite name for dogs near me!

What about Keir? That's a cool name.

golly joyful where are you?! ;) Don't want him confused with a dog ;)

Just pulled up some Scottish Stats OneMagnum they are indeed interesting! I love James which is number 2 in Scotland for 2014 - lower here in England at 9. Don't know I could convince DH on it though he seems set on Murray atm!

I don't mind Murray at all though I do prefer the Moray spelling. Probably not if you are in England.

I like James too and Jamie - are you both tennis fans?

have a trawl through the Scottish list you may come across a gem that you both love. I'm clearly biased but I do love Scottish names, they all seem so strong (girls and boys) and you just can't see anyone messing with folk called Murdo, Angus, Hamish, Gregor, Lorna, Shona, Aileen etc.

It just makes me think of Murray from flight of the Concords, I'm not very keen on it as a name.

Have you considered Andrew? ;)

I prefer it to Hamish, but Andy, y'know x

I like Murray and prefer it to Hamish, which seems much more of a dogs name IMO. I am not usually keen on surnames as first names but there is a long tradition of this in Scotland - Fraser, Graham, Stewart etc, so they definitely seem like names in their own right. Also, Murray is not an incredibly common name in Scotland, nowhere near as common as eg Smith so do not see this as an issue!