Preliminary list

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My hubby and I just started thinking of names tonight. We tried before and all we came up with were Tristan and Trinity haha. That was not productive. I love Tristan, but I'm not sure about it, and he doesn't really like it.

So our list so far, in no particular order

Keely or Kele (male)
Ea (like i-ah) (female)
Tiernan (m)
Ryker (m)
Riley (m or f? I dunno)
Siobhan (f)
Finley (m)
Torin (m)
Nathan (m)
Orla (f)
Tireney (m)
Theodoric (m)
Kolten (m)
Kai (Hawaiian, Irish, Native American…) (m or f but f probably)
Malia, Maliah, Maliyah (mary) (mah-lia?)
Malulia (f)
Leilani (f)

We are both Scottish and German. I like Scottish/Irish names. I also like Hawaiian, but not obviously Hawaiian names... we live in HI but we are both ha'oles so yeahh... But my middle name is Mary, and so is my mother's middle name. Both of my grandmothers are named Mary (though one is Mary Lou). And Mary is quite the traditional name in my family, which is why I like the Hawaiian versions, for middle names. I like Theodoric since I've always loved the nic-name Theo, but my brother's name, Derek, is another shorter version of it. My Dad and maternal Grandfathers were named Charles, so it would be nice to have that as a middle name I suppose, or Richard after my father-in-law (hopefully we have lots of boys lol).

Any suggestions of Irish or Scottish names would be great, or any other suggestions or opinions on the names. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I don't think they're too crazy? Would my kids hate me for these? lol. And our last name is a very Scottish one, starting with M.