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Irish and Scottish Baby Names

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edited August 2014 in February 2015 Moms
My husband and I come from an Irish and Scottish background. Our first daughter's name is Rory. We love her name because it is unique but not hard to pronounce or write. We are stuck on what to name our future boy or girl and I was hoping you ladies had some ideas. For boy names, we like Brody, Rhys, Reid or Ryder. For girls we like Riley, Isla and Rowan. We are not 100% sold on any and would love any new suggestions you have. Thank you!
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  • jennjilljojennjilljo member
    I love Rhys but that will take a lot of explanation through his life because of that my top two of your boss names are Ryder and Reid. Girls names I second Isla and I like Rowan. I prefer it as a boy name but I think it makes a beautiful girl name too.

    I'd suggest my kids name (Ronan) because I love it so much but it's skyrocketed in popularity for some reason and I'm not sure how willing you are to go with a name that could hit top 100 this year.
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  • jaymo517jaymo517 member
    Reid is our top boy name right now. I love Riley, but where I live (Michigan) it is super popular right now. I know 4 little girls recently born with that name.
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  • umbcptumbcpt member
    I second Reid and Isla.  The only Rowan's I know are boys, not that it makes a difference, I know it can be for either boys or girls.    

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  • IrishcurlsIrishcurls member
    I love Reid and Rhys! Not a fan of Rowan or Riley on a girl. It's a lot of Rs with Rory too. 

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  • poopylovepoopylove member
    I'm Irish, if you ever need help with any traditional Gaelic names just holler! :)
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  • AshleySparkle720AshleySparkle720 member
    I love isla, arwen, brody, and Reid :) I feel like they're strong names. When in doubt look up the meanings. That's always helpful to me
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    Isla is Scottish and on our list for a girl.
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    I also love that Isla means Island. My husband and I our very beachy people.
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  • mmarielmmariel member
    I like Brody, Reid, and Isla.
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  • snootlessnootles member
    Isn't Rhys a Welsh name? Not that it matters but if you wanted something more Irish or Scots maybe it isn't such a good fit.
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    Just for your consideration, you put your daughters full name out on the internet...

    That being said, I like Rhys and Island.
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  • Sahara6971Sahara6971 member
    I really like Reid. My dad was pushing for our second son to be Padraig (after the golfer Padraig Harrington). I am not one for popular names or I would really like Isla. If I am not mistaken, it is really trending right now.

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    Boy suggestions: Sean, Owen, Seamus.

    Girl suggestions: Saoirse, Bryony, Moira
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  • Smidgee2284Smidgee2284 member
    Thank you all for your suggestions! You have reconfirmed my love for the names Reid and Isla. But keep suggestions coming if you have some!
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    Original post has been edited. Thank you!
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  • erobbins09erobbins09 member
    Love Reid and Isla (my guy and I are both Scottish/Irish freckle-faces and he's a strawberry ginger) so we're looking at our culture for names too.

    Brody I love, Sean and Owen as well. Cameron (but we have a niece Kameron already).

    But come on, Isla Fischer? I have a total girl crush on her silly pretty red headed self :)

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  • cannoliohcannolioh member
    I like Rhys, Reid, and Isla the best.
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  • SNail312`SNail312` member
    Not that this is much help, but I love them all! They're all pretty unique and honor the heritage. There are some crazy Scottish and Irish names out there a and I love that you took into account the pronunciation of the names and how it'll effect the baby. :)
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    @umbcpt‌ My name is Taran, pronouced like Taryn:)

    I like Killian for a boy. We're pretty sure that's what we're going with. I also like Ryan. For a girl, I love Rowan! So cute!
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  • ems0523ems0523 member
    Isla is very pretty. I love Maeve, Saoirse, & Grainne. My DH is so traditional with names I'd never get to use them :)
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  • RedGiantRedGiant member
    I like Isla and I'll second Maeve. For boys I always liked Ewan and Killian, but from your list Reid would be my choice. My son is Kaelan, so that is also a name I like ;)
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  • bhjones1980bhjones1980 member
    Ewan was one of my first choices for a boy

    what about Seamus, you don't get much more irish than that!
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