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We've been keeping a pretty close watch on English and Irish birth announcements, but it's been a while since we've checked out the Scottish.
Traditional Scottish names still prevail - for boys lots of Calums and Callums, Finlays, Camerons, Lewises and Murrays, along with Jacks, Gabriels, Charlies and Aarons. For girls, Charlotte, Chloe, Eva, Leah and Lily seem to be particular favorites, as are increasing numbers of little Maisies and Daisys. And nickname names continue to flourish for both boys and girls.
So here, from across the country - Arbroath to Berwick to Perth to the Isle of Lewis, are some of the more interesting names and combinations that have been announced in Scottish newspapers over the past two months, together with some of their sibs.
GIRLS
ANONA CLARK
AURELIA ESME
BEATRICE MORVEN
CATRIONA MAY
COCO MAE (sister of LOUIS RAY and JESSE JAMES)
CONNIE ALEXA (sister of MORAY), CONNIE ANN MAY
CORIN AMELIE
CORINNE FAITH (sister of Cara, Kai, Cole and Kristin)
DAISY JASMINE
DEMIE ADA-JAYNE (sister of OLLIE EDWARD)
EDEN ROSE
EILIDH (pron AY-lee) LINDA, EILIDH MAIRI (sister of IAIN and FINLAY); EILIDH MARGARETE
ELISHA MAE
ELLIE JANE
EMMIE IRENE
EUPHEMIA BEATRICE (sister of FREYA)
EVIE JADE, EVIE JUNE. EVIE LOUISE
FREYA CATHERINE
GEORGIA MAGDALENA
GREER OLIVIA HANNAH
HARRIET HELEN (sister of ARCHIE and FLORA)
HARRIETT QUEENIE
HAZEL SHEILA MARGARET
IMOGEN LOUISE
INDIE, INDIE MANETTE
ISLA FAYE, ISLA GRACE, ISLA MOLLY (sister of GEMMA, ABBY and EUAN; ISLA SADIE, ISLA RAE, ISLA ROSE, ISLA CHLOE ROSALIND
ISLAY( pron EYE-la) NIAMH
ISOBEL ALBA
IZZY
JESSICA JOCIE
JOSIE ALYSIA
JUDE ELIZABETH JOAN
LILY ISABELLA JEMIMA
LOLA HONEY
LOTTE
LUCIA ELIZABETH
MAISIE EMILY
MAXIE FAYE
MEGA
MILLIE JUNE
NAIMA ELIZABETH
NIEVE ELIZABETH
RUBY NEVE
SOPHIE MAGDALENA
BOYS
ALASTAIR KENT (brother of ABBIE and ALEC)
ALFIE (brother of GEORGE); ALFIE GREGORY, ALFIE ERIC JAMES
ANEIRIN JAMES
ANGUS HARLEY, ANGUS JOHN MUNRO, ANGUS ROBERT
ARCHIE JOHN, ARCHIE MICHAEL, ARCHIE WILLIAM
ARDA (brother of KERIM)
ARTHUR JOHN (brother of DAVINA and TAVISH)
AURYN TRISTAN
AYMAN
CALLUM JAMES
COBEN (brother of CONOR and CARYS)
CONNELL MATTHEW WILLIAM
DALE DONALD
DOUGAL ERIC
ELLIS
EWAN HUGH
FINN WILSON
FREDDIE (brother of FLORENCE and CLAUDIA); FREDDIE JOSEPH, FREDDIE MARK
GARLAND
GAUGHAN LUKAS
GREGOR STEWART
HARVEY ROBERT
HERBIE WILLIAM
INNES JOHN
JASE MILNE
JUDE ALEXANDER
KERR FINDLAY
KIERAN HENRY
LODOVIC
MUNGO CAMPBELL (brother of ARCHIE and FERGUS)
OLLIE
ROBBY CHRISTOPHER
RIO NIVEN
RUADHAN (pron ROO-an) DAVID
SAM ALASTAIR OGILVY
WILLO ROMAN
ZACCARIA PIO
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