Scottish Baby Names: Announcements from Aberdeen
There’s something so undeniably intriguing about reading the local birth announcements in real time as they’re published in various places. We always relish our own monthly roundups, as well as our friend Eleanor Nickerson’s frequent feature on her British Baby Names site, which also encompasses some Irish and Scottish names. But recently I found myself getting lost in the reveals of new Scottish bairns—all born in 2018– and couldn’t resist sharing some of my faves—particularly those with surprising first and middle combos. Some of these have distinct Scottish burrs, some don’t. Lots of Eilidhs!
ADA OLAVE (not a typo)
ALICE LILY
APRIL IRIS
ARIELLE FRANCESCA
ARROWEN JULIET EILIDH MAIRI
AUBREY MAE + MARCY GRACE, twins
BELLA MAE
CHLOE ETTA LORNA
CLARA ELIZABETH
EMI
FLORENCE ROBYN
FRANCESCA SOPHIA
GENEVIEVE
HARRIET JAYNE TRUDIR
IMOGEN LOUISE
ISABELLE PENNY
ISLA ELIZABETH
ISLA GRACE MAREE
ISLA HAZEL
IVY ISLA ‘KAY
LUCIA ALEXANDRA
MAISY OLIVE
MARA MAISIE
MERRAN LOUISE
MILA MARGARET
MILLIE ALISON AGNES
NOA HABOU
ORLA ELIZABETH
REESE LAURA
ROSIE BELLA
SOPHIE EILIDH
SYRA
ZARA EILIDH
ALFIE THOMAS STUART
ANGUS ALASDAIR DAVID
ARCHIBALD HECTOR
ARLO MATHIESON
CALLUM JAMES TAIT
CAULEY JOHN EDWARD
CIARAN
ELLIS STANLEY
FINN JOHN
FITZWILLIAM ERNEST
HAMISH MARTIN
HEATH ROBERT
JOHN ARCHIBALD SHOTTO DOUGLAS
KYLE STEWART HENRY
LEANDER JOHN GEORGE
LENNY
MACHAIR HENRY JOHN
NAIRN MARTIN TEGID
ODHRAN FERGUS JAMES
OSSIAN WALLACE
ROBBIE
ROCCO IGNACIO ROMEO
ROMAN GRAEME
RUARIDH GRAY
SAMI DAVID
STRUAN MACLAREN
TEDDY STUART
WOODY CARTER