Donald or Donalbain

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Again, two classic Scottish names. Donalbain is the name of a much beloved uncle we lost during Covid so is close to my heart. Donald is more common. Both I like.

Sorry, Donalbain reads as Dunblane when I’m this tired and don’t have my glasses on. I think back to the drawing board with the both of them.
Also for the pp who mentioned Macduff, he was a stand up lad, way better than Macbeth. ☺️

I like the Irish name Domhnall (Doe nal / Doe nil ) which can also be spelled Donal.
How do you pronounce Donalbain ?

Sorry for your loss. How is Donalbain pronounced? I've never heard it before.

People from all over the world will associate the name Donald with Donald Trump so it's hardly surprising people have a negative view of it and are free to express that given the op is inviting comment on it. To bring nationality into this and make unnecessary claims about 'English superiority' is ridiculous.

If Donald is OK locally then I'm sure it's OK. Do you like Dugald?

How do you pronounce Donalbain ? - doe-nul-bayn. It's a character in Macbeth.

DON-uhl-bayn, with three syllables, stressing the first syllable (DON) and rhyming with "rain" or "gain" for the last part.

I wouldn’t say Donalbain is a classic? I’ve lived in Scotland all my life and never met one or even heard of it.
I think honouring a loved one is always a hood reason to pick a name though and I like Donnie as a nn

Donald where’s your trousers (troosers??) has always put me off the name Donald

What about Duncan?

I rejected lots of names put forward by my DH because I knew people with those names who I didn't like. I think it's fairly common for some people to think that way. The same way I wouldn't have suggested a previous boyfriend's name, despite liking the name. That's creepy to me.

Donal is nice
also Duncan
Dougal
Douglas

all have a similar feel

Both awful. Sorry.

Did your uncle have a middle name?

Donald is fine for a duck or a madman.

Donalbain sounds like Dunblane to me...

Peter is nice?

Can't see Dougal without the Magic Roundabout music playing in my head...

Both awful.

Why ask on a forum with its HQ in England then if you are prejudiced against the English and don't want to hear from them?

I imagine people are avoiding all those names, given the current media attention.

It's a developing situation and you don't know how it will end, so I wouldn't use Donald right now. It may fall out of favour even in Scotland in a year or two. So Donalbain or something else.

But there's no guarantee the child will remain in Scotland.

I’m Scottish and I immediately think of Trump(And the duck). Trump is an extremely well known Donald so I’d be surprised if he didn’t come to mind for at least some people.

I’d be very surprised to meet a baby Donald though. I know a few and they’re all elderly men or well into middle age. It isn’t a name that I’d expect to hear on a young child now but that may vary by region.

Donald will become like Adolf - no one will use it anymore. Don’t lumbar your child with that name.

I'm.married to a Donald. It's a lovely name.

Both absolute howlers and likely to get the poor kid teased for life. And I'm Scottish living in Scotland, and work with children.

It's always parents with nice, normal, unremarkable names themselves that think it'd be "fun" and "individual" to mark their children out like this. Don't.

lumber

Oh come on