>>As for liking
Scout, could it be a nn for anything?>>
Scout can be a nickname for anything at all.
Scout Finch's name is
Jean Louise which I think is lovely, but if you don't like it then pick something else, and use
Scout as a nickname.
An example: my friend and her husband wanted to call their son
Bo, but they did not want to name him
Bo nor did they like any of the names for which
Bo is traditionally a nickname. They named their son
James Foster Lastname; he has never been called anything but
Bo.
:-)
I love the name
Thaddeus. I've known only one; he is a 60-ish man who is always called
Thad.
DH :-)