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!

　　SCOTTISH GIRL NAMES

　　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

　　SCOTTISH BOY NAMES

　　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