Mclean

[KateTTC123]

As a first name?

I like Malcolm.
Also
Angus, not your MIL's choice. This is her chance to show how well brought up she is, and tell you how much it's growing on her.
Fingal
Stirling
Innes
Fraser

MacLean as a middle name.

We considered Blaven after the mountain on Skye but copped out in the end :)
Craig
Martin
Neil
Findlay

Lighting

Fergus

Archbold
Monroe
Cormac
Calmac (ferries not withstanding)
Blane

I like it. People living outside of Scotland will never get that surname type names are perfectly acceptable up here. In fact Scottish tradition was that a second son would have his mothers maiden name as a first name. First son being named after his father.

I also think Mac as a nickname is great.

Iona

@lemonbreeland thanks :) yeah, i don't want to say what my surname is but it goes well with that too. I would never have thought "toothpaste"; think its too common a surname north of the border for that to be folk's first thought! My husband did mention the Die Hard reference though!

What about Mackenzie, and shorten that to Mac ??

@shadow1234 nope, unfortunately I've taught some Mackenzies who've put me off the name!

It was my late grandmother's surname

there's the clue.... Surname

Actually, Malcolm is probably an old man enough name to be ready for a new generation. I quite like 'Mal' for short, myself.

No!

More acceptable as a middle name, especially in Scotland I think?

Mac is nice how about Macaulay

I like it (but im scottish!)

Atholl McLean sounds lovely imo!
Ruaridh
Murray
Elgan

No. I think f lightning McQueen

I've never heard that tradition about the second son. I know it's tradition to give sons their mother's maiden name as a middle name.

Anyhoo... suggestions

Adair
Lachlan
Lorne
Islay
Coll
Arran

@Shadow1234 Mackenzie is a girl's name. The boy's spelling is McKenzie. My daughter is Mackenzie Amelia Grace :)

@KateTTC123 What has put you off the name Mackenzie? That's my daughter and she's always unique!! She gets lots of compliments :)

Mackenzie is a girl's name. The boy's spelling is McKenzie

Both of those are Scottish surnames. As a PP said second sons were given their mother's maiden name as a middle name. That then transferred to using those names as first names for boys. Then some people started using some of those surnames/boys names for girls. But the only one of these types of names that I'm aware of that has male and female versions is Leslie/Lesley.

I can't get past "but MIL doesn't like it".

So???

Boisil
Blane
Brian
Branan
Cliaman
Coireall
Craig
Diarmad
Donnan
Eoghann
Flanagan
Finnean
Fionn
Fletcher
Garrow
Guirmean
Gillis
Gillan
Gavin
Ivar
Kirk
Latharn
Machar
Macrath
Maon
Maoilios
Melville
Maxwell
Mungun
Montgomery
Naoghus
Niall
Nevin
Ninean
Parlance
Padraig
Oisean
Oitir
Risnidh
Scott
Seathan
Seuman
Siamas
Sionn
Truinnean
Tavish
Unfraidh
Wallace

Parlan not Parlance hahaha

MacKenzie, particulary in the states is a reasonably common girls name however I am working on the understanding that it must originally have been a name meaning son of Kenzie and probably a surname.
I am not sure why some Scottish Islands have ended up being used as girls names and some as boys.
There are those I haven't heard used at all, maybe it is time for an eigg or canna.
I suggested Ninian to my DH, who probably rightly vetoed it right away.

I would use it as a middle name