Scottishish names...

[CondimentQueen]

I'm pregnant with DC2. We're team yellow and have a good list of boys' names. DD is Flora and i am struggling to find a girls' name I like as much.

I'd like a Scottish link but have discounted Isla, Iona, Eilidh, Ailsa, Fiona, Mairi, Mhairi for either being overused in our area or friends using them.

I need a name with two or more syllables as we have a short surname. I don't mind names that can be shortened. Help!

Ailsa
Aissa
Caladonia
Coila
Coira
Elise
Fenella
Annella
Arabella
Arabelle
Arbelle
Kenzie
Maidie
Maisie
Maretta
Moira

Emilia is lovely, so is Isla.

Enya
Freya
Iona
Rose

I know a Rosalyn which is more Spanish but i associate it with Scotland. Also non-Scottish names Evelyn/Aveline are pretty

Sylvia

Maisie

Lucinda/Lucy

Hollie

Amelie

Evelyn/Evelina

Eleanor? I loved this name and Evelyn but my DP wasn't keen!
I also love Rowan.
I know an Eilis (pronounced Ay-lish), very pretty name

Following esk1mo's suggestion,

Rosslyn as in Rosslyn Chapel, just outside Edinburgh.

The Place Names track can take you to Iona, which you've already ruled out. I do know of a little girl called Tiree.

Helen - as in 'Fair Helen of Kirkconnel'

Sheena? Oona?

You discounted Iona and Isla but what about other island names... Skye, Canna, Eriskay, Soay, Lismore, Tiree might be unusual and nice

X-post with WhiteHair on place names and Tiree!

Maisri
Geillis

Morna?

Morag

Maisie - or Mairead with Maisie as nn...?

or Rosalind?

My friend from Scotland is Ailie. Love that name

Bonnie

Also a few other Scottish place names: Katrine, Maree, Sula, Shuna, Aylith.

Jessie

What about the Norse names popular in Orkney and Shetland? Ingrid, Inga, Freyja, Frida, Sigrid, Britt, Solveig, Ola, Ragnhild etc.

Corrie?

Thank you for the replies this morning. Definitely not sold on place names. They're too obviously islands, which we do visit.

Ailie is just another spelling of Eilidh so it's a no.

I do like the slightly Nordic sounding names for a boy (love Magnus) but the girls' names sound slightly harsh to my ear.

How about classic names like Marion/Marian/Marianne/Marianna? (getting a bit more Continental the more letters you add.)
Sunniva and Ursula have a nice Norse vibe without sounding harsh.

I like Marian too.
Norse names are nice - Astrid?
Cora?

Marianne is very pretty. I do know a couple but they go by nicknames. Marianne would lend itself to Marnie, which I do like. One for the list - hurray!

I like Ursula too but it's quite difficult to say with my accent. I can hear it with a lovely Highland lilt whereas I struggle to get my tongue round it. It's the same with the name Carl

DH vetoed Astrid a while ago, which is a shame as I like it.

Cora rhymes with Flora so might avoid that!

Fenella/Fionola

I really love Marnie. I've only ever met one and she was lovely.