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Scottish/English Names - girls
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Claire - not particularly Scottish (or English), spelled Clare, Irish connection of course. Standard and elegant.Geillis - never heard of this. Not sure.Sally - old fashioned, unimpressive.
Laoghaire - Irish but never that I have seen used as a first name and not for a girl. Jenny - is an old Scots cognate of Jane or Jean (cf Janey from, Jane, Jeannie from Jean) Jessie, Jonet, Jinty, Janet also cognates of Jane/Jean. I like Jenny (Jennie). Laetitia is not particularly Scots and rare enough in England, other than upper class or the actress Letitia Deans. Not a favoirite for me.Dolina is the female form of Donald (Domhnall - DOl). Dolly is also common. It strikes me as old fashioned, and very "islands" in its way - but for me there are prettier Gaelic or Scots names: I like Lillias/Lileas, for example, or Eilidh.
Glenna is not a name I am fond off - it is a post-hoc feminine form of Glen, which in Scotland is traditionally a last name rather than a first name, in addition to being a Geographic Feature.
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I like Clare much more than Claire, because the -i- seems to require the French pronunciation but it never happens.
I also like Sally very much: I find Sarah extremely dull, but Sally has verve and sparkle. Jenny is good as a nn for Jennifer, but not as a full name. My grandmother had a friend who was known as Jenny, but her full name was Jane. I don't think that would happen in today's world.I really don't like the others, plus Laoghaire is masculine. Glenna is awful, it looks and sounds sloppy, as if Glenda had mounted its -d-. Brenna is the same, should be Brenda but isn't.
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Dislike all except Laetitia which I loveLaoghaire strikes me as being Irish?
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