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Boulders · 24/02/2010 13:43

I like the name Nile and am aware that Niall would be the 'correct' way to spell the name. Also having no Irish connection I don't want to use the spelling Niall, do you think choosing the spelling Nile is wrong?

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Blanchet · 24/02/2010 13:45

It just looks like the river. I didn't even think of Niall. Never seen it spelt that way before.

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CantSleepWontSleep · 24/02/2010 13:46

Nile spelled like that is bloody ridiculous.

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Missus84 · 24/02/2010 13:48

Using Niall without having an Irish connection is fine I think, it's a reasonably common name.

Nile is a bit odd, and people will just assume you have mispelled Niall.

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sayanything · 24/02/2010 13:49

De-Nile isn't just a river in Egypt.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Niall is very nice, why would you want to spell it differently?

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BunnyLebowski · 24/02/2010 13:49

Wot CasntSleepWontSleep said.

Absolutely awful.

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skidoodle · 24/02/2010 13:51

Nile and Niall wouldn't even be pronounced the same way.

Niall is Nye-ull (or more correctly Nee-ull)

Nile rhymes with pile.

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diddl · 24/02/2010 13:54

I like Niles

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MollieO · 24/02/2010 13:54

Wouldn't he have to be a good disco dancer to cope with a name like that (Nile Rodgers) .

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Blu · 24/02/2010 13:55

If you are reluctant to use Niall without an Irish connection, can we assume that in wishing to spell it Nile you are Egyptian?

Use Niall if you like it.

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Maria2007loveshersleep · 24/02/2010 14:12

I think naming your child Nile is like naming them Amazon, Danube etc. Its a river not a name.

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5DollarShake · 24/02/2010 14:12

You don't think all the parents of Isabelles are French, right?

if you like the name, just give it to him. Or else, call him Niles - just not Nile!

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mathanxiety · 24/02/2010 17:38

Nile rhymes with vile and bile. Children are not always kind when it comes to nicknames.

Irish people don't mind if you use one of 'our' names even if you don't have an Irish connection . We like to see them spelled right, though.

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MunchMummy · 24/02/2010 17:40

mathanxiety beat me too it - rhymes with Vile. Asking to be bullied at school with that one.

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AbFabT · 24/02/2010 19:19

I like it - I much prefer it to Niall. And as someone has already said, Nile Rodgers of CHIC fame carries it off brilliantly.
I also like Niles, as in the character from Frasier.

And to the people who said Nile rhymes with vile and pile, Vic, Nick and Mick rhyme with sick, but that doesn't stop many people using those names!

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scottishmummy · 24/02/2010 19:26

if you want name to be pronounced niall then use niall.

if you use nile people wont say niall. the niall doesnt run through egypt does it

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mathanxiety · 24/02/2010 19:29

It does if you live in Dublin.

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sunnydelight · 25/02/2010 08:08

I'm Irish and would pronounce Niall as Nile - it's a lovely name but I would give it the "proper" spelling.

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ilovesprouts · 25/02/2010 08:13

a pal of mine has a niall

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bellissima · 25/02/2010 09:55

I too think of Frasier, and would just assume an s was missing.

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birdofthenorth · 25/02/2010 10:43

Nile spelt like that looks v silly to me, sorry. I can imagine people asking you if the next one will be Mississippi.

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titchy · 25/02/2010 10:56

NO! People would just think you were thick and didn't know the proper spelling. Like people who name their dd 'Sharn'. (Apologies for the use of the word 'thick' ).

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blametheparents · 25/02/2010 11:02

Pretty overwhelming support for spelling it Niall then!

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MaggieMirabelle · 25/02/2010 13:19

I dont mind it. It's no worse than Shannon! or Rio. Clodagh is a river too. I don't see why this is so bad tbh.

Dan short for Danube would be nice too, if you really wanted to flow with that theme

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