Our shortlists

[Mrsgrumble]

Dermot
Eamon
Oliver
Ciaran

Dervla
Maeve
Ellen
Emily

Any thoughts (irish btw)

[elelfrance]

Oh I like all of them (irish too ;-) ). Out of the boys names I like Dermot & Oliver best, and love Ellen for a girl

[poppydaisy]

Dermot
Eamon
and
Maeve

are all lovely!

Oliver and Emily are a little overused imo.

[squoosh]

Eamon (pretty rare among the under 50's I'd say)

Maeve

[Mrsgrumble]

Ellen is our number one for a girl. Love Oliver but know its overused. That's what putting me off a little

[Legionofboom]

Dermot or Eamon
Maeve

I agree Oliver and Emily are a bit overused and though Ellen is lovely I feel it would get lost in a sea of Ellies and Ellas.

[Sophronia]

Dermot and Ellen

[AWombWithoutAFoof]

Dermot and Ellen. Both lovely.

[Hakluyt]

Be careful about Oliver if you have elderly Irish relations-race memory runs deep!

[Mrsgrumble]

Ooh, dermot is well liked. Dh not swaying towards any but he named first born so I think it's is way of letting me pick

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Oliver and Maeve. Love Maeve - considered it for dd1.

[squeak2392]

Not keen on Dermot or Dervla (particularly Dervla)

Oliver is my favourite of the boys, although a little Eamon would be super cute.

Favourite girl is Emily but Ellen and Maeve are perfectly lovely too.

[Alby16]

I love Ciaran for a wee boy, defo one of my fave boys names. And Emily is gorgeous, it may be popular but it is classic, feminine and strong IMO, beautiful name. X

[Boyontheway]

I prefer Diarmuid rather than Dermot, don't think Oliver is very Irish and love the name Ciaran
Other Irish names I like are Fionan/ Finn, Cathal, Devin, Ross (boys) and Doireann or Roisin (girls)
Now if only I could convince my DH to agree to any of the above (sigh...)