Scottish boys name but live in England

[Monkeyandthebear]

We have found out we are expecting a boy. We already have a girl (Sophie) and we love the name Ruaridh for a boy. It would have been Sophie’s name if she was a boy.

My question is can we get away with it even though we live in England or will we end up explaining how to spell and say it for forever? We may not be here forever but definitely for a long time yet. He will have Charles as a middle name so could use Charlie in the future but I do love the name
Ruaridh.

My son goes to nursery with a Ruairi, in England. No issues here.

We didn’t choose this name for our son because it’s so popular in this part of Scotland! It’s absolutely lovely though. Multiple Ruaridhs in my children’s school. Many are shortened to “Ru”, which is nice, and easy, and phonetically obvious. Go for it.