Please share with me your favourite Scottish boys’ names

[DaisyEM]

DH’s family are Welsh, mine are Scottish (although I was brought up in SE England). Our son is Elis (Welsh) and so I’m looking at Scottish names for baby boy number 2. Please share with me your favourites ☺️

Bruce
Donal
Andrew
I love Angus

Alexander
Andrew
James

Fraser
Angus
Douglas
Donald (but I fear it’s been ruined forever)

I like Finlay. I believe Finlay is the masculine spelling & Finley is unisex.

Iain
Aiden
Ross
Hamish
James
Logan
Brogan
Brodie
Alexander
Alistair
Gordon
Gregory
Murray

Finlay
Fraser
Robert
Calum / Callum
Cameron
Innes
Euan
Gregor
Kyle
Duncan
Ross

Lewis
Harris
Calum
Cameron
Iain
Duncan
Blair

Ross
Glen
Campbell
Kenzie
Harris
Lewis
Cairn
Murray
Nairn
Grant
Clyde
Keith
Kirk
Logan
Lachlan
Kelvin
Calvin
Gus
Fulton
Jamie
Ruaridh
Cameron
Bruce
Finlay
Blair
Finn
Sorley
Maxwell
Adair
Scott
Baird
Fife
Calder
Ramsey
Forbes
Baxter
Craig
Douglas
Gregor
Errol
Lennox
Kester
Nevis
Frazer
Niven
Wallace
Tiree

Harris

What does everyone think of the name/spelling Ruairi? I know traditionally it’s ‘Ruairidh’, but my name ends in dh and I’d prefer to not match names, as obviously a ‘dh’ on the end is quite unusual and people will probably notice both my name and DS2’s name ends with it!

I am Irish but I prefer the name Rory to either the Irish or Gaelic originals!

Sholto
Alisdair
Duncan
Artair
Alec or Sandy for Alexander

I adore Sholto but DH vetoed it immediately.

Harris

I think Ruairi is fine.

I know a Ruairi and his mum is Irish. I think it’s a great name.

DN is at primary school in Scotland. The boys all seem to be named after islands apart from several Ruaraidhs variously spelled, Brodie and Torin. Some lovely names but not much variety. I like Innes, Euan and Torin.

Duncan

Robert
Andrew
Alexander
Cameron
Murdo
Struan
Alasdair
Iain
Moray/Murray
James

Ross
Frazer
Ewan
Cameron
Murray
Stirling

The above were considered when we were naming DS . The last 2 were in the list because we're also Formula One fans too.

Lachlan and Magnus

Ian is a classic. And what about Mungo?

We have an Ian, an Alexander and a Fergus in my family.

Struan, Alasdair, Lachlan, Hamish.

OP I am Scottish and speak Gaelic.

Finlay is definitely an A. I know lots of them, all spelt with A. It's from Fionnlagh, so very odd to shove an E in it. But if you're living in England it probably doesn't matter.

Ruairidh can be spelt Ruairidh or Ruaraidh. No other spellings are correct in Gaelic. Ruairi is Irish and is fine and lovely, but not Scottish if that's important to you.

Calum
Murray
Glen
Hector
Bruce
Fraser