Scottish Boy Names-Wonderful names for Baby Boys

There is a wide selection of Scottish boy names on offer-throwing some ideas from Scottish clan, and didn't end of ideas!

Like their counterparts in simple girl, the names of these guys are sleek and attractive-yet solid conjuring up images of the Misty Mountains, lakes, Islands, kilts, sporrans-haggis, and all things Scottish!

If your family has a Scottish connection, you can really go wrong with these names. And even if it didn't, you might want to introduce some Scottish atmosphere!

Scotland is such a fascinating place, with an incredible story of start-and Yes, I really fell in love with the place when I went, so thoroughly recommend visiting one day…When you can.

On the names for children:

Scottish boy names:

Angus
Argyle
Baird
Barrie
Blair
Bruce
Buchanan
Callum
Cameron
Coutts
Fergus
Ferguson
Findlay
Forrester
Hamish
Kellas
Machardie
MacKenzie
MacKinlay
Munro
Pentland
Reoch
Stuart

Angus
The root of this name, Aonghus, provides variants for Scottish and Irish names, Angus, Scotland being the preferred name. Aengus Og, the God of love in Irish mythology, was also the God of poetry, where words have been regarded as sweet as honey. the name could mean "exceptional" or "strong".

Argyle
This is an old spelling of Argyll, now an area west of Scotland. meaning "place of the Gaels" Gaelic, or people, and there are several towns across Italy with this name, presumably due to Scottish emigration.

Baird
A Scottish surname, variant of Baird is Bard, meaning "poet".

Blair
Not only a surname, as Tony Blair, former Prime Minister, but also a particular name means "plains" in Gaelic.

Bruce
Robert Bruce was King of Scotland in the 14th century and defeated the English at the battle of Bannockburn (this was gone in my head as a young student at my school in England from my teacher Scottish head!)Sources give the meaning of this name as coming from France, Brieuse, or Bruges, Belgium.

Callum
Callum or Calum, are derived from the name Columba, means "colomba".

Fergus
Fergus, or that gives us the meaning of "man" and "force"-or "best Warrior."So-a strong kind of guy, it seems!

Hamish
Prounounced Hay-mish, this name shouts "Scotland!" more than any other to my ears! is a form of James Lee, from dating to Jacob, whose name would refer to "heel" of the biblical story of Jacob and Esau, or could mean "leave God protect".

Stuart/Stewart
The name is linked to the word "steward". a famous historic Stuart was Mary Stuart, who became Mary, Queen of Scots.

Here are some names of Scottish clan to get you thinking: Buchanan Cameron Ferguson Forrester MacKenzie Munro Pentland

-family surnames and some associated with the wonderfully named Farquharson Clan:

Barrie Coutts Findlay Kellas Machardie MacKinlay Reoch

Check my source for these names from this site dedicated to Scotland and its history: Electric Scotland-where there's a huge list of Scottish surnames for you surf, all grouped under their names of clan.

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