How would you pronounce.....

[mintich]

Alisdair
Struan
Seamus
Lachlan
Ruairidh

I'm Scottish and living in England.

Loch -lan
Alis-dair
Shay-mus
The other names I wouldn’t really even try to pronounce!

Alisdair - Al-iss-dair
Struan Stroo-an
Seamus Shay-mus
Lachlan Loch-lan
Ruairidh - Roo-ar-ee

I used to work with a Caoilfhionn. The day she started the CEO came around and said "This is.... pause....look at piece of paper...." She finally went Cweel-in. Mortifying.

Alis-stair
Stroo-uhn
Shay-mus
Lock-luhn
Rory

Why Ruairidh and not Ruaridh?

Ruaridh is an incorrect spelling. It's either Ruairidh or Ruaraidh.

Alice-dare
Stroo-ann
Shay-mus
Lock-lan (Sorry!)
Ruar-ee

Alis-dair
Stroo-un
Shay-mus
Lock-lun
Absolutely no idea on the last sorry.

Alas-dare
Strawn
Shay-mus
Lock-lan
Rory

Southerner here, Some of these I haven't heard of so would guess unless I had access to google.
Alisdair - Alis-tair
Struan - A guess at Strooan
Seamus - Shay-mus
Lachlan - Lock-lan
Ruairidh - I don't think I could even guess, I'd just say Roo-aird and blush a bit to be honest.

I think I can safely say that Ruairidh is out 😂

If you’re going for Alasdair, please don’t say ‘AlasDARE’... like on the Archers. All the ones I know, and as a Scot that’s quite a few, are pronounced like AL-aster, with the stress on the first syllable.

Alice-dair
Stru-arn
Shay-mas
Lack-lan
Roo-aird (this one I haven't got a clue at all to be honest)

Sorry I'm probably way off the mark with all of those!

Go with Hamish OP. 😄

I’ve got a Ruairidh and it’s no bother at all! Although we are in central Scotland to be fair and there’s loads of them round here - at a recent English wedding some people did struggle! I think it’s the best one

The others I’d pronounce as they are written really.

So difficult as I would really prefer a Scottish name but want one that I won't be forever explaining, and also sounds ok with an English accent ....specifically Essex!

What about:

Archie
Angus
Charlie
Callum
Cameron
Donald
Duncan
Ewan
Finlay
Douglas

Loads of Scottish names you can have that don’t have any pronunciation issues!!!

Alisdair- Al-is-dare
Struan- Stroo-an
Seamus- Shame-us
Lachlan- Lah-lan (I can't type the gutteral 'ch' sound!)
Ruairidh- Roor-ee

I'm Irish btw

What about Murray or Euan?

Dh is Scottish and liked Lachlan and DS came very close to being named that.
What put him off is that English people seemed somehow to pronounce it Locklan. Dh says it’s a Scottish name and in Scotland they pronounce is as it’s spelt. I knew to pronounce it Lachlan from watching Neighbours and Home&Away

?Al-lis-ter or I'd wait until someone else said it, it looks like Alistair
Stroo -an
Shay-mus
Lough-lon
Ror-ree

My daughter has a very English name but it's unusual. You say it how it's spelt and she still gets called other similar more common names

Alisdair - al-is-ter
Struan - stroo-an
Seamus - shay-mus
Lachlan - lac-lan (but with the a being half way between an a and a o)
Ruairidh- rory

@mintich some lovely names there (I’m sure you’ve seen enough variations of pronunciations now)

Just a thought. I’m a teacher and will occasionally come across names I’m unfamiliar with. But you only need to correct people once or twice and they should then be able to at least say it correctly. (I have a total block with the ‘b’s and ‘c’s in Rebecca so will not suggest they will spell it correctly!)

Yep getting a fair idea of what names would be a bad idea! I do have some easy to pronounce names on my list too.
After all this, I'll probably be having a girl! There aren't many Scottish girls names on my list and I'd like more but that's a whole other thread!

Alisdair - ali stair
Struan - strew Ann
Seamus - shay muss
Lachlan - lock Lann
Ruairidh - Rory

I'm a Londoner