scott - good name for a boy?

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i am asking only because i dont know ANY scotts at all and ondered if there was some sort of bad reason this is so...or that its just died out! This baby will be our only child born in scotland, so i thought scott was quite fitting and a good 'boy/bloke' name. What do you think?

If you go to Australia every other bloke is called Scott

oh and i meant i didnt know any children called scott in my OP not adults of which i knew of only that one!

hehe, seeing as i am petrified of flying i doubt australia will ever be on the cards. The baby might though, when he grows up, at least he will settle in!

I worked with a chap called Scott. He was an allright chap.

We are having a Scots lad and he will be called Struan.

struan is beautiful i love it, but DH just doesnt like it. and i dont have any ex's called struan too

My brother is a Scott, it was my Da's middle name and he was named after my Dad, so he is Robert Scott, known as Scott.
I think it's nice, sounds better in the scots accent than English though.

I think if you are not Scottish, Struan sounds different and as a result some may not like it.

When DH and folks round here (Argyll) it, it sounds lovely and rolls off their tongues.

Our two daughters have Gaelic names, so it ties in with theirs.

I much prefer my name in a Scots accent too, it's beautiful said by a Scot, but not by English(Lorraine, just spelled differently).

Always one of my favourite names...

Both our girls' name sound much, much lovelier said with a Scottish or Irish accent.

fab name but then i'm biasedand my ds is quite a nice little chap too

ps the name can't be shortened but it can be added to if you are not careful(Scottie)

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ds gets quite annoyed when ever anyone tries to call him scottie

know a Bruce in ds's class too

Our cat has the same name as my first boyfriend. He came with the name as he is a rescue cat but my ex is still vain enough to believe I named my family pet after him.

LOL lulu now that is vain! hmm didnt think of lengthening it..scottie. Makes me think of scottie dogs.

Ahaaa - after some perusing of the baby name book I have found a single syllable Scottish boy's name that is unlikely to be shortened or lengthened:

Keith!

Bet there wouldn't be any others in his class at school.

I've never even snogged a Keith but I might use it if I ever get another cat.

lol i have a gay mate called keith, he is fab, and would be very proud to have my son called after him, however DH doesnt like him, so i cant see him going for that one!