Sholto? Mungo?

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Looking for a name for our impending DS. So far we like Alexander (Lex for short), Nairn, and Hector.
Sholto and Mungo have been suggested and I quite like them both. We DO live in Scotland and wonder whether we can get away with them? Or are they just too ?
(I have checked the national stats and there were 0 Mungos or Sholtos registered in Scotland in 2007).

is Sholto a Scottish name? I can't say I like it particularly but I love Alexander.

The only one I like is Hector. Alexander is okay but I don't like Lex. Sorry but I really, really don't like Sholto and Mungo just makes me think of Mary, Mungo and Midge - showing my age there!

Alexander wins my vote

Nairn reminds me of the tv cook Nick Nairn

Hector reminds me of Hector's House

Mungo reminds me of Mary, Mungo and Midge

And Sholto just doesn't float my boat

Just my 2p worth

Sholto (according to Google) is of Gaelic origin and means 'teal duck'. Apparently.
Mungo is also Gaelic and probably means 'most dear' which is nice I think.

isn't mungo the big, thick character in blazing saddles? sorry really don't like that.

like alexander though

Mungo reminds me of St Mungo's, homeless shelter. Sorry!

I don't like Shoto or Mungo at all. The others are fine.

If you like Hector and Alexander, what about Lysander?

Lysander was on my list but DH doesn't like it.
Plus he'd get shortened to Sandy which I don't like.

See, I really like Alexander but it seems to be in the top 20 names. And in some areas in Scotland it's in the top 5 or 10 names which means there will be loads at school. (Although there aren't ANY in DD's year at school......she's 7 and the year has 46 kids in it). Would hate him to be one of 5 in his class at school (this happened to me all through senior school - was so tedious).

Knew this thread would be you!

NO, and NO to Sholto and Mungo, but Yes to Roscoe. Much less predictable.

I like Hector but prefer Victor for some reason.

Alexander is OK but it doesn't blow me away. It's just a nice name. No drum roll, no drama, no oooooo of appreciation, but on the plus side, nobody dislikes it either. It's a perfectly good name to go through life with.

So is it Londoners who went to St Andrew's who are calling their children Mungo and Sholto??

I can't believe there were none in Scotland. I'm sure I've seen those names in The Times!

hideous and try hard

liffey - my guess is you're prob spot on with the St Andrews grads who now live in London calling their kids things like Sholto and Mungo.
Do I care? I'll let you guess the answer to that one?

Not keen on Victor BTW. Not sure why, just not keen. Plus I have a feeling it may well be 'on the up' and possibly the next Alfie-type name.
Hmm

Hello! I'm scottish (expatrioted in London) and also really like Mungo a lot (but it was roundly vetoed by DH for being possibly taken in vain (by nasty schoolkids) as being a bit to close to "mong". (apologies for my un PCness).

Alexander I like (it is my own middle name - as it was my mum's maiden name) but it has other shortenings which you might have no control over other people using (sandy, zander, alex)

Have you considered Angus? Or Fergus? or (a fave of mine) Menzies?(pronounced Ming-Us, with a flat g sound like ming vase, not minG-Gus). Helena Christiansen called her lad that but spelled it like it sounds (Mingus) instead of the scottish spelling.

I don't think of Nairn as a forename at all - it makes me think of the place and/or oatcakes, but that's probably just me.

Hector desn't do much for me personally. It seems like a name that posh aristos use (like Tara PT's crowd)

Sholto is pretty cool.

We had a girl in the end anyway and she got a welsh name (DH side of family) instead of scottish.

Ooh I love Fergus!!!!

Is the newsagents Menzies also pronounced Mingus???? Just wondering? I like Magnus and the Irish gaelic version Manus is ok too, but Menzies pronounced Mingus is too loop-the-loop!!

Fergus is great, I love that too.

Nairn makes me think of Oatcakes too. I could get beyond that though. Jacob used to remind me of cracker! Figgus!?

Alexander, Hector and Sholto - I like!Probably Sholto most out of those 3.

Mungo I loath (there was a little boy of about 4 in the play park the other day called Mungo and I have to say I winced everytime his mother called him! I'm in London though, maybe you can get away with it in Scotland?).

Is Nairn actually a name? It's a place isn't it? Where my great aunt lives! But then I suppose so are Brooklyn, Paris, India and counless other names so maybe that shouldn't worry you.

Nairn is a place and also a brand of oatcakes.
But I know 2 little boys called Nairn (one 3 and one about 6) and they are both absolutely gorgeous. So it has a positive association for me.

Magnus is ok but a friend of ours just called his little boy Magnus and some other friends have it at the top of their list. So no.
Mingus would just get nicknamed 'minger' surely? That's just too cruel.
Fergus - DH likes it but makes me think 'Fungus'. Ugh.

We have considered Angus too, but I prefer Gus. It's on the list but lower down than some other choices.

Keep the suggestions coming ........ its interesting to hear all these opinions!

My Mum has always called the newsagent Mingus's - but I prohunounced it John Menzies.

You know - the more I think about Nairn as a forename the more I like it. (call me weird but with me being scottish, dh being welsh and living in england, we tried out all the names on our baby names lists in every conceivable accent to check that we liked it in every possible variation and Nairn passes the accent test with flying colours (though I am biased and think it sounds particularly lovely in the scottish variant)

god,they are all awful sorry...

Lots of Mungos here! (Though we are not in Scotland).

I love Hector. It was top of my list for DS, but DH vetoed it. I have still not forgiven him.

Augustus was also on my list, but vetoed likewise.

Call him Hector!!!

Another vote for Hector here.

I do like Mungo, but I wouldn't use it on my DS...maybe if I got a lab'.