aufaniae
Thu 24-Jan-13 00:30:14
Not getting anywhere with names! Any help woud be much appreciated 
Here are some we like, but none are "the one". Can you think of any along these lines? (DD will have Welsh, Scottish, English, Irish & Estonian heritage. Doesn't necessarily have to be any of these though!)
Eira
Sioned
Arianwen
Mhari
Mari
Marianne
Roisin
Sian
Cerys
Carys
Ceridwen
Etta
Esme
For DS I read 8 baby names books before finding "the one". His name is Scottish and fairly unusual in the UK, although the Irish version is pretty well known in Ireland.
Just done one book so far this time! Can you save me from having to read the other 7?!
aufaniae
Thu 24-Jan-13 12:49:48
These are all getting close! They're names I've considered but rejected for one reason or another!
I love Emer.
However I'm not at all keen on the meaning. In legend, she was the wife of Cú Chulainn, who was repeatedly unfaithful to her, which she tolerated and remained faithful to him.
Wikipedia says " Emer's only jealousy came when he was entranced into love with Fand, wife of Manannán mac Lir, the king of the great sea ... She decided to kill her rival, but when she saw the strength of Fand's love for Cú Chulainn she decided to give him up to her. Fand, touched by Emer's magnanimity, decided to return to her own husband. Manannán shook his cloak between Cú Chulainn and Fand, ensuring the two would never meet again, and Cú Chulainn and Emer drank a potion to wipe the whole affair from their memories."
IIRC when he died she was so grief-stricken she died at his funeral and was buried with him.
That is not the kind of role model I want to be giving to my DD!
Mumsnet would be screaming LTB at the original Emer! 
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
RatherBeOnThePiste
Thu 24-Jan-13 13:08:00
Meadb
My daughter has a friend, they are 15, really like it
(Mave)
MamaM22
Thu 24-Jan-13 15:59:28
What about Roise? Pronounced "Raw-sha"? I think it's lovely.
MamaM22
Thu 24-Jan-13 16:03:41
What about Roise, pronounced Raw-sha??
Cwtchbach
Thu 24-Jan-13 16:07:34
The Welsh version of your son's name is also very popular in Wales. My DS has that name and my DD is Nia. I asked hundreds of people beforehand and only one had heard of the legend in Wales so I assumed it was safe enough to use. I had personally never heard it until I did my research and I grew up in Wales. It may be more well known in Scotland and Ireland though. Also we live in England so no one has heard the names let alone the legend.
Other suggestions:
Menna
Mabon
Iola - prn Yola
Einir
Elenud
Non
Eirlys
Cwtchbach
Thu 24-Jan-13 16:12:15
Mabon is a boys name a meant to say Manon 
amck5700
Thu 24-Jan-13 16:29:29
can't remember who asked, but Mairi is prn Marry, and Mhairi is Varry. I know someone who is simply Varry.
Ciara
Lorna
Tierney
Nairne
SoggySummer
Thu 24-Jan-13 16:48:43
Chloda
Caitriona
Isla
Caoimhe
Aideen
Rhian/Rhianwhen
Glenda
Brenna
Keera
harryhausen
Thu 24-Jan-13 17:05:39
I grew up in N Wales. Just trying to remember all the people I knew from school...
Catrin
Anwen
Rhiannon
Nia
Seren
Gwenan
I think out of those I like Nia and Catrin best
aufaniae
Thu 24-Jan-13 17:31:32
Cwtchbach DS's name is even less well known in Scotland than in Wales I think. Lovely names, both your DS and DD
If you like Eleri and Eira what about Eilir or Enfys?
FriggFRIGGisPoorlySick
Thu 24-Jan-13 17:39:45
Sylvie
Farrah
Mara
Hera
Phaedra
Merryn
Esma
Elvira
Agatha
Tanith
Agnes
Mildri (means 'mild and lovely' in old Norse)
Mavie
Fionnuala
Delphi
Audra
Ottoline
Fritha
Aelfwyn
Clytie/Klytie (nymph in love with sun god,means lovely one)
Idonea
Osanna
Elfreida
Affery
Iona
Nuala
Seren
Getting close?
TomDudgeon
Thu 24-Jan-13 17:49:39
Cwtch
I think I may have been the one on here under a different name
I have a six year old Nia so know about Nia Ben aur
Turns out noone else know about it though so the combo is fine. At least they were lovers not enemies
We found out we're having DS2 yesterday. If it was a girl she would have been Iona.
murlo
Sat 26-Jan-13 13:41:22
Regan (REE-gan)
Eibhleann or Eibhlin (literally the Irish form of Evelyn, pronounced the same way)
Cliodhna (CLAIN-ah)
Aisling (ASH-leen)
minkembra
Sat 26-Jan-13 22:57:51
Catriona is not pronounced Ca tree owner, but everyone will pronounce it that way.
You have to hear it pronounced by a Gael, then it is lovely. More like Ca teree-in-na if you said the teree like a trill. NOt a good description you really have to hear it. Every time I hear the anglicised pronunciation I wince. sorry.
Ishbel
Lusaidh
Eilidh
Sioniadh
Ailbe
Kirsty
Morag
Moira
Aislin
Erin
Maoile
Re Marry or Varry
Mairi is the name, A'Mhairi is the vocative- (you say it to them but not about them) but these days Mhairi gets used as a name and pronounced Varry)
(like Seamas and Hamish etc.)
Mind you I can't talk. My lass is called Caitlin, we pronounce it Kate Lin but I think it is meant to be Katleen with a very soft t.
some of these names are hard work to get landed with though. A life time of spelling it out.
then there are some really bizarre Highland names:
Jamesina (ending pronounced eye nah)
Murdina
Williamina
Michaela
(are you seeing a pattern? ;-))
Lafaminute
Sat 26-Jan-13 23:02:34
How about Romy if you like Rowan??
Or Eilidh (eye-lee)
or Eowyn (like the writer of "The Snow Child")
Lafaminute
Sat 26-Jan-13 23:03:24
or Finn (I know a girl called Finn - common enough for boys but not girls!)
