The following is the traditional method of naming offspring used by those of Scottish descent during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and before.

First son after father's father
Second son after mother's father
Third son after father
Subsequent sons after great-grandfathers, uncles, cousins, neighbours, minister, doctor, schoolmaster, laird etc.

First daughter after mother's mother
Second daughter after father's mother
Third daughter after mother
Subsequent daughters after great-grandparents, aunts, cousins, neighbours, minister's wife, doctor's wife, schoolmaster's wife, laird's wife etc.