Scottish names- help!

[Claire123]

My little girl is called Eilidh. Its gaelic, pronounced 'ay-lay' it gets lots of compliments but so many people have never heard of it so needs explained alot! X

 

[kinkers]

Janet I live on an island off the west coast of Scotland - we have Gaelic pre schools etc so Gaelic names are very popular!!

This site might give you some inspiration http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/scottish

 

[kinkers]

Janet I live on an island off the west coast of Scotland - we have Gaelic pre schools etc so Gaelic names are very popular!!

This site might give you some inspiration http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/scottish

 

[Dammit Janet]

Which Island? My brother moved to South Uist a few years back I love it up there! We're visiting my brother in july and also going to Barra,Harris and Lewis xx

 

[buttonbear]

Bonnie - its my cousins little girls name its lovely and very Scottish(Im scottish)
Isla - pronounced (eye-lah)
Alistair
Anabella
Argyle
Cameron
Edan
Kirk
Lachlan
Morven - I love this one

I also LOVE Murron (like from Braveheart) lol

 

[mrswoody]

No one has said Hamish!
I love this name, still undecided for me x

 

[kinkers]

Which Island? My brother moved to South Uist a few years back I love it up there! We're visiting my brother in july and also going to Barra,Harris and Lewis xx

Mull! The islands are lovely but I'm always grateful to get to the city every now and again for decent shopping and normality!! I wouldn't live anywhere else though

 

[MummyMouse]

Harris is Scottish for a boy.....or Harrison n shorten to Harris x

 

[Heather1981]

Got to say I love Heather I got called Hettie or Hev I have a older sister called Fiona and she was known as Fi

 

[Dammit Janet]

Thanks for the suggestions ladies, plenty of lovely Scottish names after all! xx

kinkers, the islands are lovely, but I think S. Uist is just too far- 3hrs to Oban and then a 5hr ferry! My brother loves it tho! xx

Heather I hadn't thought of Hettie! Normally I wouldn't like an old person sounding name or nickname but I really like that! xx

 

[Belfa]

What about Angus shortend to Gus?

My DH is called Fraser and as a family we hate "Fraz" because the "Z" is americanised - alot of our English relatives spell it with a "Z" which we can never understand. "Fraz" reminds us of "Chaz", both names which we associate with top English boarding schools and put an accent on when we immitate it. Lol that's not very helpful but I thought I'd share from the POV of my DH!

I think Scottish boys names are easier than girls names though x

 

[sunflower85]

My partner is Scottish. We didn't specifically go out to choose a Scottish name, but we both agreed if we have a boy, he will be called Alexander. Possibly with Findlay for a middle name.

I LOVE the name Cameron, but here in Northern Ireland where I come from, Cameron is a very popular baby name at the minute, and I'd want to call him something different.

What about Lachlan? Fionn is also a nice name.

Not so sure about girls names though. We had considered Isla but it doesn't go with the surname (that's a big problem for us, pretty much all girls names we like don't go with the surname!)

 

[megsmeadow]

My little boy is Ross and he has a Scottish surname. The other options for him were kyle or Lewis but he just looked like a ross we named our daughter we lost Oirrinn which is a river in the northern highlands. I love just looking on the map and trying all the place names.

 

[Dammit Janet]

My little boy is Ross and he has a Scottish surname. The other options for him were kyle or Lewis but he just looked like a ross we named our daughter we lost Oirrinn which is a river in the northern highlands. I love just looking on the map and trying all the place names.

I like Kyle but really want to be able to shorten the name as feel I missed out on that as a kid! I like the idea of naming after a place etc, hadn't thought of rivers- will have a look at a map xx

I LOVE the name Cameron, but here in Northern Ireland where I come from, Cameron is a very popular baby name at the minute, and I'd want to call him something different.

What about Lachlan?

Cameron isn't too common here, it has been my top boys name since I was young so I'm glad! Would hate to have it spoiled!

A friend/aquantance has called her boy Lachlan, at first I wasn't too keen on it but now it's growing on me. Nickname would be lack tho... xx

What about Angus shortend to Gus?

My DH is called Fraser and as a family we hate "Fraz" because the "Z" is americanised - alot of our English relatives spell it with a "Z" which we can never understand. "Fraz" reminds us of "Chaz", both names which we associate with top English boarding schools and put an accent on when we immitate it. Lol that's not very helpful but I thought I'd share from the POV of my DH!

I think Scottish boys names are easier than girls names though x

Not keen on Angus, sorry! I'm still not keen on oldie names atm!
We'd spell it Fraser too, if I wrote Frazer (can't see here without losing this reply!) it was a mistake and probably due to me thinking 'how would we spell his nickname, Fras or Fraz'! Thanks for the POV on that- something to think about!! xx

 

[Hilsy]

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