Why are boys names so hard?!

[leggyann]

Due in June and we are REEEEEALLY struggling with boys names?!

We're in Scotland, both of Scottish heritage, surname begins McN. (We're not particularly set on a Scottish name, but does obviously need to not sound weird with surname.)

Between our siblings, their children and the children of close friends, we have had to rule out Adam, Alex, Rory, Grant, Christopher, Lachlan, Craig, Euan, Steven, and Cameron... !! I love most of these, so feel like there are no names I like left 😂🙈

I quite like Owen and Rhys, though neither of us have ever even set foot in Wales... and also maybe Emmett? But not sure any of those are the one.

Literally any suggestions at this point would be helpful!

I feel ya! I don't have many boys names I like either but did have Emmett on the list but it's a no from DH. So no real suggestions just solidarity.

I thought that about boys names and then ended up having 4 boys! They each have 2 middle names, so it did get easier as the years went by! How about Hamish?

I’m Scotland too and have a Mc surname! Love Rory and Euan 🙈 that’s a shame you can’t use them.
Callum?
Elliot?
Kit?
Fergus?
Fraser?
Arlo?
Ari?
Finn?

I'm not sure if these are what you are looking for but here's a list of some names I like:

Dexter
Archer
Eric
Harrison
Stanley
Toby
Loki
James
Matthew
Noel
Owen
Rusty
Simon
Walter

Tis hard, but there are some lovely Scottish boys’ names, how about -
Kester (Scottish form of Christopher)
Struan
Innes
Gillies
Alistair
Robert nn Robbie
Janes nn Jem
Gregor
Or from Ireland:
Ronan
Cormac
Connell
Patrick
Ciaran
Or general English speaking world:
Joel
Jude
Caleb
Rueben
Daniel
Nathaniel
Nicholas (Nn Nico)
Rufus
Issac
Lucas
Linus
Franklin
Gabriel nn Gabe
Jonah
Jonas
Guy
Amy good?! I like Owen too.

Ned? I love that name

I’ve used one of the names that you can’t use, so please use the name that I can’t use but love - Cormac!

Finian
Ross
James
Hayden
Torin

I really struggled with boys names, and I don't have any suggestions, but when DS was born and he was a DS and not a DD we looked at our long list of boys names and removed the ones that didn't feel right. We were then left with 3 that we both still liked. We waited a night and thought them over individually and the next morning both said we liked the same option more than the others. And that's what he's called.

And the name we chose was never at the top of our list, it was always sort of in the middle, but for some reason it just seemed to fit and now I can't imagine him being called anything else. So maybe once he's born your DS will just sort of tell you his own name?

@MagicMatilda

You can never name your baby Ned in Scotland

I love the name Cormac too - so handsome!

Other names that might be suitable: Emrys, Evan, Rowan, Miles, Magnus, Logan, Jasper, Ethan

Angus
Tristan
Laurence

Kester
Hector
Fraser
Angus
Hamish
Or how about full-on Scots with Murdo? Especially if delivered in full Taggart mode.
My top 2 names were Rory and Euan - but dd arrived instead. Good luck!

David
Daniel
James
Edward
Greg (ory)
Alistair

Owen and Rhys are both nice too

Riley
Caelan
Lennox

Douglas nn Dougie
Gordan nn Gordy
Callum
Campbell
Aidan
Dermot
Lorcan
Alec

Murray
Angus
Daniel
Callum
Kyle
Struan
Logan
Hamish
Harris

Love Emmett. Owen is not my personal taste but it’s a good strong name which works on a child and a man. I’ve always loved Hamish and Alasdair. Jory? Jago? - Cornish, but I feel they’d work well with Scottish surname.

How about Hector? Not strictly Scottish but it seems popular there.

Keir
Fraser
Craig
Donald
Archibald

I love Hamish and Angus as Scottish boys names

Yes we really struggled with boys names. We're Irish with a McM name, our DDs would've been Joseph (Joe) and Benjamin (Ben).

I also like Lorcan, Peter, Jack, James, Conor. I like Cormac but not with our Mc surname.

You have excellent taste mindy

Fraser is lovely