M names?

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Thoughts on these M names for a boy?

Murray
Mackinley
Malcolm

We love all 3, but can't decide which one to go for. Our surname is one syllable.

Not keen on any of those - sorry. Malcolm is probably the least bad.

Sorry they are awful!!!

All are awful

Murry popular and dull

Mackinley - never met one - Mack for short?

Malcolm - really?

Why not

Martin
Macauley
Mallory
Marcus

I love Murray 10/10 and Malcolm 10/10.

Others ..
Michael
Montagu - Monty
Mitchell
Murdoch - Murdo

Thank you, I'm not overly keen on any of the other suggestions.

So Mackinley is an unpopular vote then? That's a shame I love it so much.

My DH's favourite is Malcolm, think we might be leaning towards this one.

If you hadn't realised we are wanting a Scottish name and we'd like it to begin with M as it's a family tradition.

I like Mackinley the best.

Malcolm is awful. I'd say Mackinley is the nicest.

I like Mackinley out of those

Wow, Mackinley back on top!

Mackinley as a first name seems more American than Scottish to me. (I personally haven't met anyone Scottish with a Mac/Mc first name but I have met a few Americans).

Scottish M names that I can think of -
Munro
Mungo
Menzies
Maxwell

They're all fairly terrible.

I guess Malcolm is the least awful.

Although Mackinley is probably more 'cool'. I think he'd fit in amongst his peer group more with that one, lots of surnames as first names at the moment.

I really like Mackinley..theres Mallachi too?

Mackenzie?
Macalister?
Macaulay?

if M and Scottish is a family tradition, have you got ancestral names to draw on?

are biblical names eg Michael or Mark just as likely to be found in Scotland as England?

Mitch
Mark
Mumford
Marvin
Mervin
Mackenzie
Mo
Marcus
Marco
Midge (Ure - Scottish)
Mack
Marrick
Mel
Mick

Acknowledging that it's a matter of personal preference but OP has asked.

Murray ...mint
Malcolm is a very old name and not one that needs to come back. In the same bracket as Clive, Keith and Norman.
The other one is awful.

Mark/Marc/markus/marcus
Myles
Matthew/Mattie/matteus
Mal
Monty/Montgomerie

They're all lovely.

I don't think you could go wrong by drawing one out of a hat.

Monty
Malachi
Micky
Michael
Marcus

Definitely not Malcolm!!

Please don't call a child Malcolm in 2024.

Awful!

Murdo?

None are to my personal taste but they are far from the worst names suggested in the thread (I definitely wouldn’t saddle a child with the name Mungo for example). If I had to rank them from most liked to least liked:

MacKinley
Murry
Malcolm

Ultimately it doesn’t matter what anybody else says though, no names are to everybody’s taste. Go with whatever you and your husband like best and if you can’t decide wait until your son arrives and see what seems to suit him best, you don’t have to know his name in advance.

Murray is my favourite out the three. My favourite scortish boy name begining with an M though is Maxwell.

I think Murray is the least bad. Does it have to be a M name?