I love Douglas, DH hates it. Suggest some alternatives for me?

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Just that really. DS1 due in September. I love the name Douglas (not least because it was my grandfather’s name) but DH hates it. He likes James, which is fine, but quite common now. Does anyone have any similar alternative suggestions? Or any way to persuade DH to come round to my point of view?!

Fergus
Angus
Benjamin
Dylan
Hugh
Samuel
Xander (Alexander)
Wilfred/Wilf

Donal?

Douglas is lovely but here are some suggestions;

Fraser
Hamish
Alexander
Cameron

Graham
Gregor
Gregory
Leonard

I'm not much help, I've got a James Douglas. I actually wish I'd not used Douglas as a middle name for DS2 because then I couldn't use it for DS3!
I also like, but didn't use:
Magnus
Roderick/Roddy
Duncan.
I tend to like the kind of names found on Scottish war memorials, at least that's what DH has accused me of.

A friend's son is called Douglas. The grandparents were a bit at first but it's perfect. Everyone calls him Dougie or Doug and it really suits him. He's about 4 now and I couldn't imagine him being called anything else.

Dugald
Donald
Dougrie
Duncan

Fraser
Duncan
Cameron
Scott

Dougray

Douglas is great! But if you can't persuade your DH, how about Ross, Iain or Murray?

Gregory
Dougal
Cameron

Dominic
Patrick
Michael
Victor

I like it! I have a Hamish (which is James really so your DH might like it, but the Scottish version) and like Duncan too.

Awww that's a shame Douglas nn Dougie is a fab name. Classy but adorable.
Other ideas.
Vincent. Trevor. Maurice. Lawrence. Augustus. Thomas.

I would suggest Donald but it has negative connotations right now....

How about Andrew, Fraser, Cameron, Kerr, Alexander, Iain, Peter, David?

Douglas is a great name and much more interesting than James imo.

My favourite subject - Scottish boys names!

Sorley
Ruairidh
Innes
Hamish
Struan
Ramsay
Murdo

Angus
John
Duncan
Alistair
Jacob
Andrew
Nicholas
Matthew
Robert
Thomas
William
Jonathan
Gregor
Christopher
David
Joseph
Peter

Or you could be really brave and use Menzies (pronounced Ming-is)

Keir

Lachlan.

Seamus (shay-mus)(James in Gaelic)
Duncan
Hamish
Seoras (SHOR-as) (George in Gaelic)
Alasdair
Ruadhri
Cameron

Diarmuid.

Douglas is really cool though.

Seoirse (George) is just too like Saoirse I think.

Lucas
Wilbur
Nicholas
Raymond
Stuart
Edmund
Andrew
Gregor
Harris
Liam
Fergus
Rufus
Aidan
Thomas
Joshua
Lewis
Alistair
William
Daniel

Thanks all, some of these are so lovely. I love Patrick and Angus - DH still to be persuaded though. Hamish is also really cool. Also a man called Peter helped me lift a suitcase onto the tube the other day and I (jokingly) promised to give his name to my first born. But actually, it is a really lovely name.