Brother for Euan

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Struggling to find a name we agree on after having an easy time with Euan. Leading contender is Angus, but I'm not completely sold on it

Aidan
Adam
Aaron
Ethan
Evan
Liam
Rhys
Tadhg

Love Angus! Also;

Alistair
Hugh
Murray
Conal
Fraser

Euan and Evan would be ridiculous. The names look so similar written by hand, and they are both forms of John

I'd also not mix names that are obviously from different languages. I think Euan and Rhys or Tadhg jar a bit, and neither Rhys nor Tadhg sound great outside their native tongues.

Orin

Callum
Fergus
Gregor
Hamish
Ivo/Ivor
Lachlan
Magnus
Ruairi/Rory

Murray
Jago
Peter

I have a Euan!
For DC 2 (but she turned out to be a DD) I liked:
Archie (this was pre Meghan!)
Albie
Ned
Seth
Theo
Maybe it's just aswell we had a DD

I love Angus.

What about Fraser?

Love Euan! How about -

Ross
Calum
Ruairidh
Innes
Nairn
Sholto
Roddy
Fraser
Fergus
Magnus

Angus is adorable. I also love Lachlan and Fergus.

Fergus or Rory.

Alex

Robbie

Fergus

Cameron

Fraser
Cameron

Andrew

Rory

Thank you! We don't have any ties to Wales or Ireland so it wouldn't feel right to have a name from there, especially since two of the three of us have very Scottish names and all of us share a Mac surname!

My DP has vetoed anything beginning with M add they don't like the alliteration, which is a shame as I do like Magnus and Murray.

Andrew, Fraser, Callum, Cameron, Oran all out because of family members. Rory I have an irrational dislike of.

Innes and Lachlan are on my list. Every so often I worry that Lachlan sounds a bit like lacking when it's pronounced with an English accent (and we're currently in England). Fergus I like, but DP pointed out it's still a -gus name so not that different from Angys. Outside of Scottish names I do really like Adam.

I think I just can't get over Angus as an old man's name!

NOTHING old man about Angus, very, um, attractive, and strong. And the ones I know look excellent in kilts.

Kester
Struan
Innes
Gillies
Lorne
Alistair
Donal
Donald
Duncan
Douglas
Patrick
Hamish
Joss
Jerome
Francis nn Frank
Saul
Rufus
Joel
Alexander nn Sandy
Robert nn Robbie
Thomas nn Tam

Scotland is the home of some excellent boys names, I have to say

I was hoping for a DD purely because I knew we were going to struggle with names for a DS! For DP they were pretty much split 50:50 between Euan and Angus, but I'll feel a bit sad for the second if I can't find a name I love as much as I do Euan.

Stuart.

innes or Struan

In my (mild) defence my grandad was called Angus, so despite working with some significantly younger ones over the years it is still the main association in my head! Maybe I just need to get people to post pictures of people called Angus below the age of 70 so I'll get over it.

Tam I like but I thought they'd hate me for the inevitable explanation of why it really was Tam and not Tom. Kester I don't think is actually Scottish but I do like it, and Kes is one of the few nick names I wouldn't mind. I prefer names that can't be shortened, and I'm a bit worried if the Gus potential with Angus.

I think I might just associate things too much - I couldn't have a Donald without singing "where's your trousers" every time (never mind the trump association), Lorne will always be a type of sausage and Gillies a weird spelling of the shoes.

I am in Scotland and every Angus I have met has been young, so I don't have the old man association. In my head Angus is more the wee tousle headed rugby playing outdoorsy boys I have encountered.

I agree with @Luredbyapomegranate that there are some great Scottish boys names. I love PPs suggestion of Struan but I think it is too close in sound to Euan to work for brothers. But almost all of the other names sound great with Euan...

Euan and Innes
Euan and Angus
Euan and Fraser
Euan and Ross.
Etc etc .... They all sound great together.

I'd be reluctant to use Lachlan if you are in England as the first syllable it will inevitably be pronounced Lock or Lack rather than Loch.

Oh I love Angus. I know one baby and one almost 3 year old and I don’t think of it as an old man’s name at all.

I also like Lachlan a lot but would not sure I could cope with pronunciation if I lived in England!

what about Alexander?