Scottish Baby Names

[KL2021]

Hi Guys :)

Just looking for some help on choosing a baby name! We do not know gender so coming up for both and ideally would love for it to be a Scottish name!

Any suggestions much appreciated :)

Girls:
Isla
Ailsa
Iona
Murrin/Mirrin
Eilidh

Boys:
Thomas
Lachlan
William
Alexander
Alistair
Rory/Ruaridh
Harris

Sandy
Lewis
Innes
Andrew/drew
Kenneth/Kenny/ken
Murray
Cameron
Campbell
Coll
Donald
Finn/Findlay/Finlay
Stuart/Stewart
Euan/Eoin/Ian/Iain

Morag
Neilian
Ffionne/Fiona
Shona/shonnagh
Mhairi/mhari/mairi

Just listing some not mentioned...

Boys:
Gregor
Lewis
Angus
Crawford
Brodie
Corrin
Cairn

Girls:
Breagha
Aisla
Iona
Isla
Skye
Marsaili (like Parsley with an M)

Hamish
Struan
Keir
Gregor
Innes

Flora

A lot of girls names already suggested! I like Eilidh and Fiona.

Duncan
Douglas

Forgot these!

Also love Mhairi.

Struan
Forbes
Andrew
Robert
Munro
Donald
Kenneth (nn Kenny)
Many men’s names shortened to -y or -ie on the end

eg Roddy, Stevie, Craigie, Cammy ( shortened from Cameron)

Morven
Margaret
Graeme ( for a girl)

If you like the vintage vibe, many boys’ names with ina/ena/a/ i n e on the end and then nn ‘Ena’.

eg Hubertine
Davidina
Andrewina
Walterina
Ranolina
Robina
Donaldina
And my particular favourite
Colina

Others, ( yes I am doing work on girls’ education in Edinburgh at the end of the C19th and beginning of the C20th!)

Florabel
Rhua
Lilias
Petrusa
Mina
Mima
Meta
Maymie
Vere
Phenice
Vida
Veira
Say
Bettine
Morley
Rina
Gavine
Merricks
Wilmay
Shina
Shiona
Sheena
Andrina
Andrena
Fairlie
Grizel
Gracian/Gratian
Braunda
Rannee
Elda
Lallie
Jessamy

Obviously, not all these are peculiarly Scottish. but many are.

Kester which is version of Christopher, so kit is a good nn

For girls - not sure anyone has mentioned Catriona,
Ishbel
Jean - deffo on the up

Graeme for a girl?!

Lorna
Vaila
Mairi
Kirsty
Morven
Heather

Ruaridh
Euan
Callum
Gegor
Struan
Fraser
Robbie
Lewis
Ross
Nairn
Moray
Gordon
Craig
Malcolm
Murdo
Angus
Stewart
James

Maisie
Annabel
Elspeth

Rory
Lennox
Logan
Jamie
Finlay

Kirsty
Catriona
Ceitidh
Caitlin
Rona

Archie
Blair
Nicol
Fraser
Struan
Euan
Fergus
Callum / Calum
Gregor
Ross

Ailsa
Eilidh
Flora
Kirsty
Catriona
Fiona
Mhairi

Blair
Fraser
Ewart
Struan
Ruaridh
Euan
Iain
Callum
Angus
Lewis

I don't have much to add but Bonnie for a girl and Blaine for a boy.

Watson
Fraser
Cameron
Hamish
Fergus
Campbell (as first name)
Carson
Ewan
Drew (Andrew)
Malcolm
Jamie
Alistair

Graeme is not a girl’s name. In Scotland or any part of the UK. And please please do not call your child Andrewina.

Hamish is by far the best Scottish name ever!!
Isla or Iona for a girl.
Not bloody Graeme!!

I love Mairi.

Do you want:

• names popular in Scotland
• names which are considered Scottish but which are not Gaelic
• Gaelic names

Can you narrow it down a bit?! There are thousands! Maybe an initial you would like to avoid? If Gaelic, does it need to be easy for non-Gaelic speakers to spell? Does it need to be shorten-able?

Ainsley
Ishbel
Lorna
Morven

Fraser
Ewan
Graham
Gordon
Ross

It seems as if I am always saying this, so I apologise, but

If you want correct Gaelic, the name is Mairi (pronounced 'marry') , not 'Mhairi' (pronounced 'Varry').That is the vocative case (the form of a noun/name used when speaking to someone, as in 'Hello Mhairi').

I know some people in recent years have used the spelling 'Mhairi'
as a name in its own right, but really, that is gramatically incorrect.

ALSO

Fiona is not really a Gaelic name, and the spelling is 'Fiona'. It seems to have been invented as a name - in English - either by 19th cent Scottish author William Sharp (who published under the name 'Fiona MacLeod') or by late 18th cent Scottish writer, James MacPherson.

medievalscotland.org/problem/names/fiona.shtml

For Sharp's life story:
www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36041

The spelling Ffionne doesn't follow the spelling rules of Scottish Gaelic.

Haha, what @florascotia2 said! I asked the question about Gaelic names above, because if OP said she wanted a Gaelic name, I was going to advise her to spell it properly and ask a Gaelic speaker how to say it properly!

OP, if you stay in southern England or somewhere and can be sure you and your child-to-be never want to live in a Gaelic speaking area, by all means call your child Ruaridh or Mhairi (or any of the other misspellings suggested above). If you thing living in the Highlands might be a possibility, get it right! Very happy to advise on proper spelling if you find a Gaelic name you like :)

There are lots of lovely non-Gaelic Scottish names however, so if that's what you're after, please ignore me!

I believe Ffion is a Welsh name (but could be wrong).

@FeistySheep you are correct, Ffion is a welsh girl’s name and means foxglove. Not Scottish at all. “Ff” is an entire letter in the welsh alphabet and doesn’t feature in any other language in the UK as far as I’m aware?

Looking at my 'I'm on' and I read:
Scottish baby names..
Underneath reads :
Feisty Sheep.
So op, congratulations on dc Feisty Sheep!!

Ooh yes. please name your DC after me! I am Scottish, and therefore FeistySheep is a Scottish name

I’m following this with interest. @FeistySheep and @florascotia2 I think I need your help!

I’d like a Gaelic name for our child. I’m from the west coast and enjoy Gaelic music and culture, and have a (modern) Gaelic name. My husband is from the north east so would prefer something easily “readable” to him...

Scots names also considered

Current thoughts...
Liùsaidh
Alisa
Ceitidh

I’ve been vetoed on most ...