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Helen8888 · 26/06/2020 07:10

Hi,
We’re a mixed Irish/English couple living in England. Would like to use an Irish name, any suggestions? Surname is one syllable beginning with ‘K’. Thanks!

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Apparentlystillchilled · 26/06/2020 07:16

We are in the same boat and opted for Seamus nn Shay but considered lots of others. We ruled out names which started with a hard C (like Connor or Cormac) because of our surname. It kind of depends on your view of names which English people might not easily pronounce eg Tadhg.

Sean
Fionn/Finn
Liam

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AngelaScandal · 26/06/2020 07:18

Dara/Darragh

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strawbmilk · 26/06/2020 07:27

Rory
Patrick (Paddy)

Both were on my list for a boy

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climbingcorfecastle · 26/06/2020 07:33

My imaginary child is called Daithi, I absolutely love this name.

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Helen8888 · 26/06/2020 07:36

We like Tadhg but not sure it goes with our surname (does the g run into ‘K’ surname?).

Like Cillian but not sure about the alliteration.

Like Rory but a friend has used it so I’m not sure about using it.

Love Finn but a very close friend has used this.

Nothing standing out at the moment, find boys names much trickier than girls!

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Helen8888 · 26/06/2020 07:37

@climbingcorfecastle I also love this but thought it might be too tricky in England!

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KaptenKrusty · 26/06/2020 07:38

Tadhg
Oisin
Cian
Ruadhan
Rian

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BigBairyHollocks · 26/06/2020 07:41

Eamon
Caiden
Caolan
Padrig
Patrick
Cathal

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SionnachGlic · 26/06/2020 07:50

www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/top-20-gaelic-irish-boys-names/

www.babynamesofireland.com/irish-boy-names

OP,

Here are a couple of links...

My favourites are

Senan
Diarmuid
Cian
Cathal
Ronan
MacDara
Fionn
Aed /Aodh.

I could keep going but they'd be top of the list . If the name is heavily anglicised spellingwise, then see if you can find an older irish verson of it. Pronunciations of the more unusual ones should be on the links.

Congratulations.... enjoy daydreaming & fitting names on your bump!!

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TheVanguardSix · 26/06/2020 07:58

Ardan
Naoise (Nee-shuh)
Jarlaith
Lorcan
Niall
Connor
Manann
Fergus
Éogan
Eóin

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TheVanguardSix · 26/06/2020 08:00

Oh and lastly, Finbar/Finnbar.

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tenredthings · 26/06/2020 08:02

Declan

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weegiemum · 26/06/2020 08:07

We have an Aidan. Or you could spell it Aodhan.

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monkeyonthetable · 26/06/2020 08:10

I like Ardal, Aidan, Dara and Colm.
Love Rory.
Finn is a bit widely used - though that doesn't matter if you love it.

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AngelaScandal · 26/06/2020 08:21

Aodhan is pronounced ‘Aay- awn’.

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Alwaysundecided · 26/06/2020 08:30

We have a Rory and a Cillian. We are a mixed Irish English couple living in the UK too.
We have had lots of lovely reactions to Cillian and I'm so glad we went with it now (he's only a baby still)
I think alliteration can be lovely and sound quite strong.
We also considered Liam, Caolan and Ronan. Ronan means little seal which I thought was cute.
We decided against Tadhg as the pronunciation would be so tricky here but I do love the name.

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MadeForThis · 26/06/2020 08:39

Eoin
Liam
Cormac
Ciaran
Padrig
Pierce
Riordan
Daire
Ronan
Fergal
Sean
Seamus
Conal
Oran
Declan
Enda

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CaffiSaliMali · 26/06/2020 09:07

I love Oisín. The Welsh version, Osian, is on my list.

Ronan, Aodhan, Tadgh, Seán and Eoin are also nice.

Ronan, Rowan and Roman are all quite popular names at the moment, so this may make the name less, or more, attractive to you.

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ILoveStickers · 26/06/2020 09:17

My favourite is Dónal. Not too difficult, and good with a K last name, I think.

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Alwaysundecided · 26/06/2020 10:15

I forgot Seamus! That was a top contender. We really loved it but got put off by a couple of reactions when we suggested it. I often think my firstborn would have made a fabulous Seamus. I think the nickname Shay makes it very useable in the UK as it gives options. Seami is cute too.

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cailingaelach · 26/06/2020 10:17

I live in a Gaeltacht area and Aodhan is definitely not pronounced Aay-awn, I've never heard it pronounced that way, always Aay-dawn

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Apparentlystillchilled · 26/06/2020 10:50

@Alwaysundecided mine is often called Seamie at home (or Shay Shay by his best friend)!

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sitckmansladylove · 26/06/2020 10:53

Rian
Shea
Oisin
Cillian
Colm
Conor
Malachy

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Apparentlystillchilled · 26/06/2020 10:55

Ps I agree with PP who said a double C/I can sound really strong and we chose Cara for my youngest (hello there to anyone I've just outed myself to!), but I couldn't find any C boys names that worked without surname.

There are so many names I love- Diarmuid, Turlough, Padraig, Aodhan (def ay-dawn for me too) but English husband wanted a name that most people n England wouldn't struggle to spell. We did get a few "see-mus?" responses or sometimes get "his name is Jay?" "No, Shay, short for Seamus" but most people are fine with it. If you're both OK with having to spell his name for people, I'd go for a really Irish sounding name because I think they're beautiful.

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ScissorsBike · 26/06/2020 10:56

Oisín, Barra

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