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a brother or sister for Maeve and Evan

this is far too early to be doing this, I am only a few weeks pregnant, but like previous people I am trying not to tell people and this seems a channel for my obsessing...

can anyone suggest some boy and girl names for an addittion to my family. I like kooky/celtic names and my husband is very traditional.

Last time it took us 6 weeks to agree a name and i'd like to be a bit more prepared this time, fingers crossed.... for some reason I love the name Bonnie for a girl, although I fear that the child in question might grow up to hate it.

i'd be very grateful for any suggestions, surname Miller.

Lochlann. It's the Irish word for Viking, its a strong name and it would work with Miller.

Not in a 'girl' mood today so can't think of any girls' names, sorry!

Rowan, Rowyn, Elowyn, Olwyn, Mali, Tegwen, Merryn?

Fionnuala - often shortened to Nuala

Aoife - just sounds a bit like Evie or Eva

Aidan
Angus
Caradoc
Tristan
Evan
Emlyn
Pembroke
Conan
Owen
Dougal

Brittany
Ceridwen
Trista
Imogen
Deirdre
Iona
Jocelyn
Shannon
Sabrina
Rhiannon

Our friends have Luseach - you say it Lucy!

Isla is celtic amd traditional?

Eilidh, Scottish and Gaelic, pronounced aylee

I'd pronounce Eilidh more a- lay than a-lee

I have a friend who called her daughter Eilidh and moved to London and the poor wean got called 'Eyelid'.

Charlotteperkins - don't know how many Eilidhs you know (or how many ceilidhs you have been to) but it's not an uncommon name in Scotland and is definitely pronounced ay-lee.
Dougal is an over-anglicised spelling of Dugald/Dughall
Never heard of Lochlann but it sounds like an anglicised spelling of the Scots Lachlan (pronounced Lochlan)
Can't comment on the other Celtic names than the Scots ones, except to say Yes, Aoife is pronounced a bit like Evie, and Deidre is pronounced Dear-dra. which somehow makes it sound cuter! and less reminiscent of the Corrie character!
All this aside, Poopcorn Biscuit - that is one GREAT list! love nearly all of them!

Orla
Nessa
Beibhinn (pronounced Bevin or Beveen)
Ailbhe (pronounced Alveh)
or Alvy (anglicised version)
Iona
Ailsa
Una
Nora
Róisín
Iseult
Carys
Angharad

Killian
Ronan
Fergus
Fiacra
Fiach
Finbar
Fintan
Arran
Daragh
Cormac
Conall
Colman
Oisín
Seamus
Tadhg
Art
Brendan
Lorcan
Declan
Aneurin

Aoife is pronounced EE-fa.

Lochlann is an old Irish word, originally meaning Viking (na Tiortha Lochlannaigh = Scandinavia; Lochlannach = Scandinavian, in modern Irish) -- the CH is pronounced as in Scottish 'Loch', and the whole word is pronounced 'Luch-lan' (O in Irish is 'uh')

owwww lots to think about on here.....

i have two boys with irish names...and i would love to follow the trend with nu 3 boy or girl

I have been to plenty of ceilidhs thanks Scathac, I was merely pointing out the risible effect of ignorance when a beautiful name is misunderstood but seems that got lost somewhere.

Also the correct spelling is Lochlann ie the Irish word, for those of us who speak Irish, is lochlann or na lochlannai (the Vikings).

Am thinking Victor would go great with those names.
Or Nabla for a girl (Irish).
Or maybe even Fenella (traditional English, but like the Irish Fionnula).

Mary too due a comeback.

Or Hugh.

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ranaleghmammy (hope I've remembered the spelling of your name) only once has my Eilidh been called eyelid, and it was in NZ at the doctors, which is funny considering the very unusual assortment of names you see there! Most people here (down South, near Ldn) just say Miss Kiwi if they can't say it! (what sort of mum am I, giving a NZ baby who is living outside of London a gaelic name that is hard to pronounce? )

kiwijesta hahahah love it

Bronwen
Vashti (Cornish)
Dilys

Devlin
Ciaran
Dylan

Maeve is such a lovely name

Liadan
Morgane or Morrigan
Muireann
Siofra
Una
Iona
Iseult

Adare
Cormac
Labhras (means laurel / laurel bush0
Lorcan
Feidhlim
Tadhg

PLEASE check out names before you use them... I read some online and I think, bloody hell, how can they have done it? Pembroke is, to me (and I'm Welsh) like calling your kid Wigan or Blackpool. Just odd. As for Olwyn, I know it is used, but the correct form is Olwen- Olwyn is the Welsh word for wheel...

When I was pg I found soooo many "Welsh" names online that were simply Welsh words, not names... One site was as if it had gone through the dictionary, picked out the pretty sounds, and not checked the meaning. There is a girl in the US called Artaith (Are-tithe)- Her parents are probably telling all how they love the beautiful Welsh Lord Of The Ringsish name, without knowing it means Torture.

I am in mid-Wales, and have met a Sanna (Welsh word for socks). I also know of a couple in Cardiff who called their child Allanfa Dan- Welsh words for Fire Exit.

(Sure you wouldn't name your child without checking out names, OP, just that Olwyn got me thinking)

How about Karenza for a girl? It means " Love"

Róise for a girl (Rose in Irish, pronounced Row-sha. Row as in snow.).

Devlin, Dara (boy or girl)

Never heard of Nabla as an Irish girl's name!

Girl:

Ailsa
Morag
Aisling

Boys

Colm
Moray/Murray
Idris