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11Oct2008

I hate - bad baby name websites - ten most popular baby names

DateSaturday, October 11, 2008 at 04:33PM

Bad baby name websites -- Don't you just think it is rude? I hate when you do an internet search for a particular type of name, say Scottish baby names and you get heaps of sites listing 'Top Ten Scottish Baby Names', which is very exciting, but then you look at the list and it starts with Emma for girls and Jack for boys?  Emma and Jack are HARDLY Scottish names!

I mean seriously there is a BIG difference between the ten most popular 'names used in Scotland'  and the idea of a top ten of 'Scottish baby names'.

I would LOVE to know the ten most popular Scottish baby names in the world or even just in Scotland or America or Australia?  I feel like I can't be bothered looking at the popularity lists and making up my own 'Top Ten' lists.   But maybe I will have to start doing it as nobody else seems to be bothering.

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I don't know about the most popular authentic Scottish names but some of my favourites include the delectable Hamish, gorgeous Ewan and the beautiful girls names Isla and Elspeth...

Mon, October 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKatharine

Hi Katharine, great to see you back!! Have you seen my Isla post? I love that name.

Tue, October 14, 2008 | Registered CommenterTara

We have be careful to choice names for our baby. The meaningful it must be.

Mon, February 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTazkal

Bad baby name websites can still be good. You can make it a point not to give the names listed in there to your child. mommy and me checked out those sites before we gave a name to my little angel.

Mon, March 9, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbaby bows

ELISABETH i like.

Mon, October 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermuslim baby names

An older post of yours, but one that has struck a cord. I am Scottish, as is my Husband and we live in the lovely Highlands of Scotland. Finding Scottish and Gaelic names on name websites is frankly an impossible task.

Here we actually have a lot of cross over with Irish names, often with different spellings.

My daughter is called Niamh Elizabeth Rose. I have cousins called Hamish, Cameron, Craig and Alasdair. My friend's children have names such as Isla, Iona, Orlaith, Ailsa, Niall, Bartley, Gavin Fergus, etc. These are the popular Scottish baby names, not Alpin, Coby, or Jock and I'm sick of people passing these off as authentic baby names to people who don't know better.

Fri, October 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNicola

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