Mobhí (boy)

[Aiwo]

I thought we had settled on a boy name months ago but then my DH throws this out in his crisis that the boy name isn't 'priestly' enough.

So thoughts?
(We don't live in Ireland)

[IoraRua]

I'd be interested to see if posters get the pronunciation of it. I live in Ireland so I can, but imagine a lot of people might think it's Mob-Hi.
Not that that would put me off a name - if they can learn to say Hermione, they'll learn Mobhi - but something to consider. I like the name.

Why does the boy name need to be priestly, exactly?

[ElspethFlashman]

I'm Irish so I get how its pronounced. But I've also honestly never ever heard of it!

I Googled it and apparently it was the name of some Abbot in Glasnevin????

[MrsSpecter]

Another irish one here so i get it but also never heard of it.

Also wondering why a name has to be "priestly"?

[Blu]

I couldn't even find the pronounciation on Google.

[Out2pasture]

Not familiar with the pronouciation at all. Can someone explain please.

[Bloomp]

Mo-vee

[IoraRua]

There is a Scoil Mobhi (scoil = school) so I'm familiar with the name from that. It's certainly not a current name, it's like naming a child Engelbert or Fridwulfa. Nothing wrong with it per se but it's quite an unusual selection OP!

[Blu]

I am sure it is a lovely name but outside Ireland it may be hard for people to say, spell, type... (I don't know how to do those ' things on top of letter ).

I realise this is my cultural ignorance, but constantly educating folk can be wearing.

[ElspethFlashman]

I think naming a child a name that requires a BH to be pronounced as a V outside of Ireland could constitute cruel and unusual punishment, tbh.

[KanyesVest]

It makes me think of the AA road watch updates on the radio! I never thought of it being a person's name instead of a road, but I like it.

[MrsSpecter]

Its not hard to say at all.

[Blu]

Thanks Bloomp: that is what I would have guessed, from knowing some other Irish names.

[Blu]

It's not hard to say once you know, no.
But I think most people unfamiliar with Irish names would say 'Moby'

[IoraRua]

That's called a fada, Blu.
It wouldn't be hard to teach people to say it I think, just look at the rise in Niamh and Aoife on here. It's not difficult to say but it's an odd choice.

[MrsSpecter]

And when they say moby you just say "mo-vee"and then they know.

[Raines100]

I'm English and unsurprisingly have never heard of it. Once someone had identified that it was Irish, I could pronounce it correctly. I know mh is v and í is ee. However, I didn't know on sight that it was Irish, so I would have said Moby like Moby Dick

[WuTangFlan]

Father Mobhi is a bit of a mouthful if your DH is worried about "priestly" names.

What was the name you liked? I bet there's a saint named after him.

[RiverTam]

But people know how to pronounce Siobhan, don't they? I mean, once you've been told you don't forget. So from that point of view I think it's fine.

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

Like Raines, I could work it out from the Ireland clue. Before opening the thread I was guessing at Moby or Mob-hee.

[KnightC]

I don't like it, sorry

[Blu]

Thanks Iora.

If I was Irish I would probably champion a Gaelic name with the proper spelling, and resent the anglicisatiom of so many names: I'd probably feel quite assertive, if not militant, about it. I like culturally specific names.

But it is as well to know what you will be in for if it is an unfamiliar name with a spelling not widely understood in other countries. DS has something that needs explaining (not name) and he finds it tiresome.

[MadameDePomPom]

Reminds me of the road in Glasnevin. Never thought of it as a person's name.

[MadameDePomPom]

An why do you need a 'priestly' name? Are you planning on shipping him off to a seminary?

[LadyAntonella]

River beat me to it - how many Siobhans are there in England and people get how to pronounce that so I think they'd probably get this. Even I knew how to pronounce it and I speak barely any Irish (though I am Irish). That said, I hadn't heard of he name and don't really like it personally. It's not horrible though.

[MrsSpecter]

It amazes me that in 2016, with the UK being as multicultural as it is with people from all over the globe, that a name from their nearest neighbour country renders the english so confused.