I had a dream last night where our daughter (yet to be born, could be a boy) was called Tierney. I've met one Tierney before, I love the name, and DH likes it too, hallelujah! My front runner name is Adelaide, I think both Tierney and Adelaide have the right amount of attitude for us, but DH can't get over the fact Adelaide is a place (like Florence, Victoria and Charlotte right??? Apparently Adelaide is different...)
Only thing is I feel a bit weird about Tierney because apparently it's Irish and we are not (a great grandmother of mine was but never met her, so that's incredibly tenuous!)
However, tonnes of the names on our list aren't 'English' (what is an English name anyway? My mind is mush):
Zoe, Charis - Greek
Farrah - Hebrew
Celeste, Gabrielle, Giselle, Evangeline - French (?)
Tamar, Merryn - Cornish (so English, but we're not Cornish)
(Sorry if I got any of those wrong, I'm not researching for this post!)
plus loads more, and I'd have no problem using them.
However there's also Shoshanna, Anoushka, Israel, Ishmael, Priya - names I LOVE but would never use as wouldn't fit us, we are as English as it gets.
And I'm not sure which list Tierney would fit into!
Does anyone have any thoughts?
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BreeVDKamp · 20/12/2014 12:07
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