Scottie

Originally an affectionate Scottish nickname derived from the ethnonym Scott, denoting a native of Scotland. In the United States, it circulated as an informal playground tag before parents started registering it directly on birth certificates in the late nineteenth century. Its trajectory split between midcentury boys and a contemporary wave of girls.

The name suggests someone carrying gym shoes in an old duffel bag or an infant born into a modern nursery with neutral wallpaper. It has an athletic, midcentury boyishness on one side and a sharp toddler presence on the other. It sounds like someone who would wave from across a parking lot rather than walk over.