SquealyB
Tue 18-Dec-12 15:39:15
DH and I are expecting DC1 in January. We don't know whether we are expecting a DS or a DD.
We have a girl's name we love but we are struggling a bit with our potential boy's name.
I am Irish but live in London, DH is English and we are keen to reflect our baby's Irish heritage. DH loves the name Conor but I am concered it is a little over used. We both like Donnacha (pr - Don aka) but I am concerned this might be a bit too unusual and am not sure what people will make of it in London.
Any thoughts??
EbbNFlow
Wed 09-Jan-13 16:01:13
Donnacha is lovely.
Connor is very very popular and has been for years.
atthewelles
Wed 09-Jan-13 16:03:45
I doubt there's a school in Ireland that doesn't have at least a dozen Conors. It was totally out of fashion when I was young but really took off again about fifteen years ago.
AThingInYourLife
Wed 09-Jan-13 16:09:37
English people won't pronounce the ch in Donnacha.
Or the broad D.
Or the initial u rather than o sound.
It's Dhunucha, so not sure how you get Don as a nickname.
I wouldn't touch a name like Donnacha unless I was living in Ireland.
And both sides of the family were Irish.
