French/Scottish baby boy

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A young 16th Century couple (Scottish mother, [name_m]French[/name_m] father), living amongst the [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_m]Court[/name_m], have a baby boy. A baby boy that is currently without a name.

I looked a little at names amongst Scottish nobility at the time and liked [name_m]Gillespie[/name_m], [name_m]Archibald[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_u]Blair[/name_u] etc but nothing really felt right so, what would you call him?

Any and all names are welcome and thanks in advance!!

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Hm. I looked up some Scottish names and although I’m not quite sure what I think, here’s some names I found. I’ve asterisked my favorites.
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] (this is a really old name, I know)
*[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
*[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
*[name_m]Callum[/name_m] (or [name_m]Calum[/name_m])
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] (a bit predictable, maybe?)
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps! Good luck! :slight_smile:

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Old Scotch/[name_m]French[/name_m] names:

[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
Estienne
Guarin
[name_m]Amis[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Conall[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormag[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
Hendry
[name_m]Moray[/name_m]
[name_m]Ranulph[/name_m]
[name_m]Roderick[/name_m]
[name_m]Stewart[/name_m]
[name_m]Armand[/name_m]
[name_u]Auguste[/name_u]

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Thanks for the replies, folks, much appreciated.

As much as I love [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] and [name_m]Hugh[/name_m], [name_m]Amis[/name_m] and [name_m]Ranulph[/name_m], I still don’t feel like they’re quite right.

Any other suggestions, berries??

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Calvin[/name_m]? Calvinism was big among the Scots during this time period. It’s the reformers surname, but I can easily imagine it being given to a boy at this time in history.

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Hmm, no, it’s still not quite right. I want it to have a little of a [name_m]French[/name_m] influence to it, like [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]/[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]. I think I might go with that. Thanks for your help, guys!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m], I’m a little surprised no one has mentioned it yet…

Other suggestions:
[name_m]Auley[/name_m]
[name_m]Beathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Eoghan[/name_m] / [name_m]Euan[/name_m]
[name_m]Iain[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivor[/name_m]
Somerled
[name_m]Uilleam[/name_m] (reminds me of [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_m]Guillaume[/name_m])

[name_m]Alain[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
Émeric
[name_m]Yves[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]

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Thanks, dearest, I do like [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. I also really like [name_m]Maxence[/name_m].

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[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] is good, but you might need some more names :slight_smile:
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gavan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip/name_m
[name_m]Tomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Steafan[/name_m]/[name_f]Stephane[/name_f]
[name_m]Hew[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Audric[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]

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Thank you for all the suggestions, guys, I think I have enough to go on. You’ve all been great as always!