Scottish Names

A co-worker of mine, is wife is expecting twins. They don't know the genders yet. However, would like some suggestions of Scottish Names.

Some good interesting ones, not ones, that kids would tease in school, and not too too off the wall.

Thanks.

 

Personally I like the sound of "Liam" and "Kyle" for a boy, and "Abbie" and "Amy" for a girl.
They also sound allright if pronounced in a Scottish accent.
Some parents decide to make the name of the newborns public only on the day of the Christening.
If they choose to do that, they will even have some more time to choose a name in line with the character of the baby.
I am a twin myself. The twins can come from one egg split in two (and in this case the sex will be the same) or two separate eggs.
For certain this is one detail that most people are curious about when they find out you are a twin.
Another thing they will ask, if there is a "sixth sense" between the two. You do feel kind of special.
As for teasing at school, children are happy to call their friends whatever name they are given, it is the adults that are more opinionated than the children.
I noticed that nowadays the range of names chosen by celebrities and semi-celebrities is going near ridiculous for originality. They sound mostly like nicknames, so I wouldn't worry too much about the teasing.

 

I think 'Morven' is a very pretty name for a girl. I also think it's about time 'Hamish' came back into fashion for boys. I have an uncle Hamish, who anglicised his name to James when he moved down south and married my aunt. Rather a shame, I think :(.

 

How about shona? appears that quite a popular girls name up here =]

 

I like Morag and Moira. Or of course the old spelling of Marie, Mhairi (which can also be pronounced as Varie). For boys names, Angus or Hamish.

 

Keep them coming. I'll gather them all later for him. Thanks.

 

Hi Redstar here are a few to give room for thought.( Craig) ,derived from a Crag or a Cliff.
(Diarmid) meaning the Celtic version of Achillies.( Eoin) a form of John. ( Finlay) ,the fair Warrior.
Gavin. used by the dunbar families of Glasgow in the time of James v.
(Gregor), Scotish Boys name means Watchful .


Girls names ( Ailsa) named after Ailsa Craig.( Ann) means favour and Grace. ( Audrey) means noble and strong. ( Dorothy ) Scottish girls name meaning Gift Of God . ( Gail ) scottish girls name shortened version of Abigail. ( Heather) scottish girls name origins unclear i can only surmise ,named after the heather plant. food for thought, if the twins are a girl and boy girls name AILSA, boys name CRAIG
there you have it, perfect Scottish names AILSA CRAIG. :D

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Music, I love the name Audrey but I always thought it was of Anglo-Saxon origin???

 

A lot of Scottish names also occur in Ireland, just with a slightly different pronunciation (and sometimes spelling) - especially those from the old Gaelic legends, such as Cormac, Maeve and Bridget. The Irish and Scots Gaelic languages have much in common.

 

There are kids in my neighborhood, with the names, Arran and Balfour, and Elspeth.

And i grew up with girls named Geordie and Isla.

 

In Scotland there is also a tradition for using the surname of one of the parents as a 'second' name hence we came across some spectaculary unusual names when living (staying) in Edinburgh some years ago...........

One of the all time favourite boys names is of course Cameron.

 

Lorna...Louise
Mark ....Andrew

 

I always use to think that "Liam" is not a name.
I mean: it is the short form for "William".
"William" is "Wilhelm" in Germany, "Guillermo" in Spain, "Guilherme" in Portugal, "Gilles" in France (I am not sure), "Guglielmo" in Italy.

"Guglielmo Marconi" was the italian inventor of radio broadcasting.

I well remember the 80s irish football player "William Brady", actually said "Liam Brady".
In Italy, he played for Juventus, Sampdoria, Inter Milan and Ascoli.
His last season was for "West Ham".

Anyway, talking about "scottish names", what about "Sean" ? (like: "Sean Conery"... ).

 

Sorry Maksim the name Sean is Irish. in America the spelling is Shawn.
it is written Sean, which is a Derivative of John. music .