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Some look rather more Scottish than others, but here goes:

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Frank - prefer Francis
Jack - good as a nn
Jonathan - dislike: long and dull
Randall - shortens unpleasantly to Randy
Fraser - family name; like very much
Jamie - like only as a nn for James
Reginald - unattractive
Lamb - eh?
Graham - like very much; pity it's dated
Colum - unattractively architectural
James - like very much, enough to use
Arnold - dated and drab
Hamish - quite good fun; prefer James (there were brothers, twins I think, who played cricket for New Zealand and were named Hamish and James, which I think was a bad idea)
Murtagh - dull and clumsy
Alec - like very much; favourite nn for Alexander and also good as a name in its own right
Dougal - quite cute; prefer Douglas
Rupert - the Bear? Robert and Robin are both family names, and I'd use Robin so there's no room for Rupert
MacKenzie - only if it's a family name