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Help[Opinions] Scottish surnames for boys? Like any?
Nairn
McLeod/Macleod (pron.Macloud)
Macaulay
Ramsay
Murray
Campbell
I'm loving Nairn but, though I find it easy to pronounce being Scottish, I know Americans (and possibly others) find it difficult to say.
Do you like any of these? I you had to pick one for your son which would you choose?
Do you think Nairn is difficult to pronounce?
Do you know any other nice sounding Scottish surnames?
McLeod/Macleod (pron.Macloud)
Macaulay
Ramsay
Murray
Campbell
I'm loving Nairn but, though I find it easy to pronounce being Scottish, I know Americans (and possibly others) find it difficult to say.
Do you like any of these? I you had to pick one for your son which would you choose?
Do you think Nairn is difficult to pronounce?
Do you know any other nice sounding Scottish surnames?
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I don't see the difficulty with Nairn - though I once lived next door to a family of South Africans named Farquhar who pronounced it Fah-kwah, sounding like a flock of ducks, so clearly hidden dangers might lurk.
I quite like Murray - a former colleague has a teenage one who is a very good ambassador for the name. Ramsay seems to be asking for trouble. Macauley is fringe Hollywood. McLeod ... once again, not a problem. I knew a Sallie McLeod at school and nobody had any issues.
Campbell turns up twice in my family tree as a fn, though as far as I can tell there was no Scottish connection at the time. Perhaps someone had a nice neighbour. But it's not a name I enjoy.
My late FIL had Fraser as his mn, after the ln of a good friend of his own father's. He handed it on to two of his own sons, one as a mn and one as a fn. Both of these men have no children of their own but numerous Fraser namesakes all around the world. We decided against using it for our son, though we like it very much, because there were just too many of them.
I know a very pleasant doctor whose ln is firmly Germanic and the fn is Leith. Like Paisley, I think it's probably better on humans than on places!
I quite like Murray - a former colleague has a teenage one who is a very good ambassador for the name. Ramsay seems to be asking for trouble. Macauley is fringe Hollywood. McLeod ... once again, not a problem. I knew a Sallie McLeod at school and nobody had any issues.
Campbell turns up twice in my family tree as a fn, though as far as I can tell there was no Scottish connection at the time. Perhaps someone had a nice neighbour. But it's not a name I enjoy.
My late FIL had Fraser as his mn, after the ln of a good friend of his own father's. He handed it on to two of his own sons, one as a mn and one as a fn. Both of these men have no children of their own but numerous Fraser namesakes all around the world. We decided against using it for our son, though we like it very much, because there were just too many of them.
I know a very pleasant doctor whose ln is firmly Germanic and the fn is Leith. Like Paisley, I think it's probably better on humans than on places!
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We have a Nairn avenue where I live! We say it sort of like "narrin". Never thought about it as a name before...it seems a little thin, a little harsh.
I totally love Ramsay. Super handsome. Campbell is becoming hip for girls which I don't really get. That "mpb" in the middle makes me think of someone muffled or choking.
I totally love Ramsay. Super handsome. Campbell is becoming hip for girls which I don't really get. That "mpb" in the middle makes me think of someone muffled or choking.
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By the way, I mean for use as first names
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I think I like every single Mac- option there is! So yes to McLeod and Macauley. Mac/Mack is a great nickname in my books.
Ramsay has been on my radar for about a year. I want to like it, but I'm not sure because the ram part sounds so rough.
Murray is okay. No complaints. I don't love it, but I'd like to see it on a little boy.
Campbell is awesome! I suggested it as a name for our third child, but my husband didn't go for it.
Is Nairn pronounced NAIR-in? There a street around here by that name, and that's how we pronounce it.
Ramsay has been on my radar for about a year. I want to like it, but I'm not sure because the ram part sounds so rough.
Murray is okay. No complaints. I don't love it, but I'd like to see it on a little boy.
Campbell is awesome! I suggested it as a name for our third child, but my husband didn't go for it.
Is Nairn pronounced NAIR-in? There a street around here by that name, and that's how we pronounce it.
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It's pronounced, Nay-earn (not Nair-in) - one syllable though, not two. Though I knew an American who saw it on a map (its also a town in Scotland) and thought it was finny cos she couldn't say it at all! She said Nyern.
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In that case, I'd say yes it's too difficult to pronounce for non-Scots.
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