Brother for Euan

[Merrow]

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

Alasdair?

Whilst dh and I were born and raised in England, we both have strong scottish family history (both our fathers and my mum's family), so we very much decided to honour that heritage with the names we gave DCs. DH, dcs 1and 2 and dgs all have names that have been mentioned on here, but Alasdair was our name that got away. It would have been our choice for a boy if we had gone on to have a third child.

Travis

Owen
fraser
rhys
fergus
douglas
rory

Euan and you've suggested Gregor! Ewan McGregor! You're having a laugh 🤣

Angus makes me think of beef. Finn or Finlay?

Hamish. Or James. I'm not totally sold on Angus either, but it's not bad IMO.

I don't think Owen works, it'd cause confusion (with The Name Idiots, at least) especially given that Euan can be hard to pronounce for some people on first (fifth, tenth) meeting. It's a fine name btw! (As is Owen.) It might also be confusing when calling (one of) them in/down, both could sound similar when shouted at a distance. Owen also comes from a different linguistic background, this doesn't necessary matter but they don't seem to fit together, to me.

Owen is of welsh origin. I don't think the names go together.
I like Ross.

Hugh?

Maybe not - they sound a bit too alike

Ooh, not Angus or Hamish - too many pets up here with those names, lol. Love Innes, Ross, Alastair, Robbie, Finlay, Stewart

I think Alistair, Augus, Douglas (Dougie)?

Thanks everyone - definitely going to miss some names but:

There's Ross, Stuart, James, Callum and Fraser already in the immediate family (we're large and close, Euan is already the name of a more distant relative!)

Alasdair I quite like, but not sure if Ali is inevitable (probably a 50:50 split in the ones I know). I had dismissed Gregor as I don't like Greg, but the McGregor point is a good one I hadn't clocked! Alexander I think is inevitably an Alex, which I don't mind but I don't love. I prefer Robin to Robert, but DP isn't sure about Rob. Hamish I'm not keen on. Think everyone is right that Lachlan is just asking for disappointment in an English accent. Finlay/Finn I like but there's so many of them locally I'm not sure. Ivor makes me think of Ivor Cutler, which isn't necessarily a bad thing!

DP reminded me that Calvin was on our list, I think solely because DS found my Calvin and Hobbes books and declared he was Calvin. He could pull off Calvin to be fair.

So:
Euan and Angus
Euan and Innes
Euan and Fergus
Euan and Finlay
Euan and Robin
Euan and Calvin
Euan and Kester
Euan and Magnus (which I'm not quite ready to give up on)

I'm going to end up as someone who waits until the baby is born to decide, despite my firm belief that no baby actually suits a normal human name!

Blair?

Used to love this, now I can't stop seeing Tony Blair's face

Harris
Arran/Aaron
Craig
Ross
Travis
Kyle
Connor
Callum