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Scottish Baby Names: What’s ‘in’ in Inverness?
Scottish Baby Names: What’s ‘in’ in Inverness?
Jan 12, 2025 8:29 AM

  Looking through the birth announcements in the Scottish newspapers of the last few months-a site which also sometimes include the regions just below the Scottish border and the Isle of Man–a couple of prominent trends jump out.

  First of all it’s the nickname names, which right now seem to be even more prevalent in Scotland than in England, for both girls and boys, with a plethora of Ellies and Evies, Alfies and Archies.  Here is a list of  recent ones, with some of the middle names attached to them (separated by slashes):

  girls

  CHARLEE

  CHARLI

  ELLIE May

  EMMIE

  EVIE May/Rose/Elizabeth/Harriet

  (Alexa) GEORGIE

  GRACIE May

  IZZY Henderson

  JOSIE Mo

  LIBBY May

  LOTTIE Aoife (pron. EE-fa)

  MAISIE Claire/Dolly/Elizabeth/Immogen

  MILLIE Elizabeth/Grace/Louise/Mae

  MINNIE Rose

  boys

  ALFIE Christopher/Daniel/Jack/James/Peter/Steven/Anthony/Thomas/William/Zane

  ARCHIE David/James/Peter/Keith Oliver/Thomas

  BILLY Jacob

  BOBBY Francis/Martin

  CHARLIE Lee

  FREDDI James

  FREDDIE Albert

  LENNY

  LEWIE Tyler

  OLLIE

  RED James

  REGGIE Elliott

  RODDY

  SONNY Robert

  THEO Etomi

  VINNIE Marc David

  Another noticeable trend is a return to the Mary–Jane-style hypenated name:

  ARCHIE–JAY Robert

  DANIEL–JAMES

  ELLIE–MAY

  EVA–SIENNA

  ISLA–MIN

  KARLA–ELISE

  LILLY–JAE

  LILY–MAE

  MILEY–LEIGH

  SOPHIE–ANNE Rose

  TAHLIA–ROSE

  TIEGAN–ROSE

  For girls, many of the current international favorites are equally popular in Scotland: the various forms of Isabel, including the Scottish Isobel, Chloe, Scarlett, Sophie/Sophia, Olivia, Ruby, Grace, Lucy (often spelled Lucie) and Lily, Emma and Emily, plus a generous sprinkling of girls named Bethany, Mia, Freya, Amelia, Alice, Daisy, Poppy, Isla, Imogen, and Summer.  Also widespread is the Gaelic Niamh (pron. neev) and its Anglicized variations: Neive, Nieve, Neve.  Most used as middles: Mae/May, Louise, Rose, Grace.

  Here are some of the more unusual (outside Scotland anyway) baby girl choices found:

  AALIN Elizabeth

  AALISH

  ANGEL Lily

  ANYA Ebony Elizabeth

  AYDA Elizabeth

  AZARIA Jane

  CHARLOTTE Bluebell

  DAISEY Rose Virtue

  EILIDH (pron. AY-lee) Catherine/Nicola/Sharon

  FRANCE Lacey Anne

  KALISE

  KARIS

  KEAVY Lucy

  MIRREN

  OTTILIE (Tillie) Upton

  RENNAE

  ROMAE Serenity

  TAO Brown

  Turning to the boys, classics rule, most particularly Jack, George, Harry and Samuel, plus the trendier Ethan, Jacob, Caleb, Lucas.  Also big are Callum/Calum, Cameron, Conor/Connor, Ellis (epidemic), Harvey, Harley, Finlay/Finley, and Lewis.

  And among the more distinctive:

  ASTON Mark

  ARRAN James

  BODEN Richard

  CAVAN Patrick

  DANYL Benjamin/Sean

  DEXTER Michael

  FENIX

  JALCOLM Jack

  KOEN

  HAMISH Stanley

  ILLIAM (Iggy) Gorry

  JENSON Ray

  KAELAN

  KAIN, KANE, KAYNE

  KENZIE Richard

  LENNON Arthur

  MIAN Bobby

  OSHIN

  PHERIC Ross Thomas

  ROCCO Simon

  STANLEY John Alwyne

  STRUAN Finlay Peter/Scott

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