Scottish boy names

[cantdecide17]

Not far off having a boy and we just can't agree on names or find something we love. I find girls names soooo much easier!

We'd like something not overly popular (so not Logan, Harris, Finlay, Alexander etc)

Some names we've considered:
Ruairidh (p/n roo-ree)
Coll (I like, him not so much)
Struan (I'm not so keen)
Alasdair (he's not keen)
Conall

Blair - we both quite like this but would love to hear opinions on using it with s/n Muir

Feel free to provide other options :-)

Cullen
Moray

Douglas is due for a revival too.

I love the Cornish version of Peter which is Petroc. Great name. ( Auto corrected to petrochemical!)

Laird

There are rules in Scottish Gaelic re vowels for example you can't have an "a" before the constantant and an "i" after it so you can't spell it we ruaridh but you can spell it ruairidh, the same rules would make Alasdair correct but Alisdair wrong . If you have roots which are Scottish Gaelic you don't want folks telling you you have spelt it wrong, the way you wrote it in OP as "Ruaridh" is the best way unless completely anglised, Murdo is a more unusual name apart from in the western isles where it is common in older generations but not so popular now

We're Scottish and I find Scottish names a bit dull unfortunately (though many are nice). We looked at Irish names as well and considered:

Conn
Conlan
Cormac
Cillian

Another one we're considering is Oran ('song' in Gaelic).

Again would you use it with Muir (here is where we see who the Weegie's are - and no we don't live in Glasgow)

Corin, Innes, Murray, Nairn.

I'm with pp who said the 'a' isn't silent in Ruairidh, here (NE Scotland) it's usually pronounced Rooa-ree or Rooa-ray. Great name though.

Oran is better with Muir than Blair I think but I wouldn't put them together personally, I think it sounds too much like one word.

Oran Muir - no way - not if you ever plan to live in Glasgow

No, can't have Oran Muir!

I'm not Glaswegian and I still know what Oran Mor is...so um, no, lol

anyone mention Craig?
derived from the Scottish Gaelic word creag, meaning "rock

Out of all of the above i love Campbell Muir the best. A very strong sounding name.

Tabulah - it's the pub / event space at the top of byres road.

I know, I don't live in Glasgow and it was the first thing I thought of was what I meant.

Thanks everyone. We'd thought it was a no-go but just wanted to get a wider consensus before writing it off completely.

Blair Muir sounds like an estate agents!

Cameron
Campbell
Corin
Angus
Dugald

Sorry, tabulah, I completely misread your post.

Thomas
Alexander
Colin
Malcolm
Scott
Callum
Ross
My maiden name is Muir, that's my dads entire family! Blair sounds horrible with Muir, as does Kerr or any other place name/surname type of name. It's such a Scottish sounding name I think it's quite difficult to pair a Gaelic Scots name with it.

Spud

We have a Ruairidh, never had anyone pronounce it wrong. Yeah some folk have difficulty spelling it but not his family or teachers. He likes his name too. Also have a Ross.
Also really like the name Roddy, but third child was a wee girl.

Did you discount Sholto, Op?

Best name suggested by far imo.