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Cool Scottish boys name

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sureitsgrand · 16/10/2018 14:00

I heard a name when I was pregnant but didn't use it. My friend has similar taste in names and is pregnant now and I'm trying to remember this name to suggest!

It's not Dexter. It's not Alaisdair or Hamish. It's not Ruaridh. But it's along those lines I think. Can anyone think of any of those types of names and see can I ring a bell?!

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WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 19:42

Sorley
Seany - more Irish than Scottish though

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 19:43

Somerled- used in Scotland but more Norse I think.

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 19:45

Gahh, I'n just repeating stuff now- just looked up the rest of the thread :(

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 19:49

Bailey
Auley
Baxter
Atholl
Lyall

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 19:54

Dalziel
Menzies
Dougal
Easton
Ellis
Gavin
Harvey
Keith

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 20:02

Kerr
Lachlan/Lachie
Lawrie/Laurie
Lennox
Lindsay
Malcolm
Mitchell
Moray
Nairn
Norrie
Rennie
Robbie
Roderick
Wilkie

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 20:03

..and I think that's me done! :o

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sureitsgrand · 20/10/2018 20:18

None of the above. When I heard it I was like - I knew the name but knew no one called it if that makes sense. And immediately said that is a really cool name to husband, who agreed it really was and we were surprised it hadn't become popular. If only I could remember. Most annoying.

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Doyoumind · 20/10/2018 20:25

Christie
Mungo
Lachlan

IncomingCannonFire · 20/10/2018 20:37

Gérard (butler)
Ewan/ Euan (mcgregor)
Hamish
Robert
Lachlan
Sawley/ Sorley
Tate
Dougray (scott)
Tristan
Paidrag
Geraint
Gee
(not all gaelic in origin obvs)

badg3r · 20/10/2018 21:12

Nothing constructive to add name wise but OP, you need to get to reading the ins lists of all boys names so you can come back and tell us Wink

twiglet · 20/10/2018 21:20

It's not something like Tyree/Tiree is it?

Only name I can think of which ends in ee!

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 21:23

Munro?

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2018 21:23

Mackie?

DirtyNell · 20/10/2018 21:36

Innes?

SurfnTerfFantasticmissfoxy · 20/10/2018 21:44

Raxter?

Shadow1234 · 20/10/2018 23:47

Murray???
Brodie/Brody??

Sungura · 21/10/2018 05:38

Muireach?
Peirdearan?
Ruaidri?

Theyhaveallbeenused2 · 21/10/2018 09:51

Roddy?

StripyDeckchair · 21/10/2018 19:20

I'm going to try another approach and leave aside the Scottish origin for now! You mentioned it was maybe like Dexter and Fletcher so here are some other names ending in 'er':

Abner
Leander
Lysander
Keifer
Asher

Do any of those sound remotely close?

desperateforsleep2 · 21/10/2018 22:15

Following

Shadow1234 · 21/10/2018 22:31

I think maybe we should suggest some welsh and irish names as well - just in case theres a small chance it wasnt scottish! I cant believe i keep coming back to check - i so want to know what the name is now!!

LJdorothy · 21/10/2018 22:57

Lex (short for Alexander)

Shadow1234 · 23/10/2018 01:24

Ainsley??
Paisley??

Shadow1234 · 23/10/2018 01:26

Macauley??

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