Scottish girls names "please"something nice

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looking for something unusual for a girl

Mirren rather popular, yes. I think it's a scottish nickname for Marion - is that right?

Mhorren
Erin
Heather
Ailsa
Kelsey
Bonnie
Lorna
Nessie (sad but true!)
Kirsty
McKenna

Blair?? Boy'ds name

Eilidh's Scottish, is it not? Could have sworn

Caitlin's Irish

elspeth

Mhorren - ??
Erin
Heather
Ailsa
Kelsey - not scottish surely?
Bonnie - i know scots might use the word bonnie but never heard a real Scots kid called it
Lorna
Nessie (sad but true!) - who would call a baby after a monster?
Kirsty
McKenna - ?? that's a surname. not even sure if it's a scottish surname

I was told that Eilidh was Scottish - Gaelic for Helen

Anyway, my faovurites, apart from Eilidh are
Ailsa
Isla ( I used to work with a girl who spelt it Yla, and another one who spelt it Islay)
Fiona
Catriona - my friends daughter is pronounced Cat-riona, another friend with teh same spelling says it pronumnced like Katrina)
Iona
Morven
Evanna

Is Mirren really a name? Like the footie team?
St Mirren. I thought it was Murren (the name)

There are a few different spellings about, saltire

I like Maisie - I believe its Scottish.

I've always liked the sound of Jean, although it's quite an old-fashioned name which for some reason hasn't come back into fashion.

hen
sorry couldnt resist

jean is simple classic name i do like it but jeannie nah..

Stroma
Isla
Ishbel
Cliodhna

Of course we forgot the most famous Scottish lassies names of all time

Maggie and Daphne and Bairn!

it was suzy who gave me the thought when she said Hen!

Wait and see when she's born if she looks like the name you've chosen for her.

Best to chose two names.

We didn't, and DD1 did NOT look anything like the name we chose for her.

So she had no name for a few days.

Finally, a midwife came and said, 'If you ask me, she looks a wee . . .'

And she did!

Her name is Helen in Gaelic.

DD2 has an Irish name, she was named for DH's beloved, Irish maternal grandmother and it suits her very, very well.

No problems with pronounciation around these parts, it is Gaelic for 'rose'.

Oh, no, don't call her Bonnie!

Not here, please!

Blithe

I know what one of your DDs is called Expat, and you are right with what it Gaelic for. there is a similar sounding name that is Gaelic for Alice.

Don't like Bonnie as a name

Not Bonnie, no,our dog was bonnie!
used to snigger as a family at gone with the wind when they called their daughter it!

saltire i did say maggie too ages ago though is daphne not french?

I don't know that a Scots person would ever name a daughter 'Bonnie'.

I've not heard it myself.

I think it might cause them to get teased in school around here in the West.

, salty.

blithe not good sound to my ears

isn't there an actress in taggart called that??....

I thought Rowan was for a boy?

It's one of those ambiguous names that you don't know if it's a girl or a boy.

I know a little (Sottish) girl called Bonnie. She's rather lovely and suits her name, and no she is not related to me

I think Kayleigh is a Scottish name.

Sorry for being so 'thick' about Caitlin.

Ceilidh?

Oh NO!

I think a name like Bonnie or Ceilidh might go over better in Edinburgh or the East, some place where there are more English.

But here, it's asking to get picked on in the play yard.