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Irish Girls Names

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HappyHugs · 23/07/2010 22:58

Right ladies, need some ideas for my friend's baby girl to be. She wants an Irish name to match her other kids but most of her favourites have been used by other family members. So other than

Aoife
Orla
Sinead
Grainne
Emer
Caoimhe
Aine

all of which she can't use/won't repeat, do you have any other nice ideas?

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TheNextMrsDepp · 25/07/2010 21:48

carciofi · 25/07/2010 21:42

TheNextMrsDepp, my dh (also Irish) couldn't pronounce it either.

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HappyHugs · 24/07/2010 23:15

Thanks all, I'll print this out and pass it on. Loads of options here....

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maisiemackenzie · 24/07/2010 22:34

Thank you for the link, i had a wee look but hadn't found it. that made me laugh!
my kids will love that!

valiumSingleton · 24/07/2010 22:34

When English people write 'it's pronounced Orn-ya' I don't think they actually mean that there's a R in it. Not an R as we'd know it! More like, well, Maw. But the Maw sound would be written More to an English ear.

complicated?!!?!?

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maisiemackenzie · 24/07/2010 22:11

That's a lovely name Bunny! may stash that one away for any future babies! do people know how to pronounce it?

BunnyLebowski · 24/07/2010 22:05

TheNextMrsDepp Aine is actually pronounced Ahn-ya as opposed to 'Orn-ya'.

I claim authority as it's....ahem.....my name .

maisiemackenzie · 24/07/2010 22:03

No i don't know! off to google..

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mathanxiety · 24/07/2010 20:32

Davnat/ Damhnait is more like 'Dove-nat' now I think of it.

mathanxiety · 24/07/2010 20:31

Caoilfhionn -- 'Kee-lin' (slender and fair)
Davnat / Damhnait -- Dav-nat (little fawn)
Riona -- Ree-uhna (regal/ Regina)
Alannah ("dear baby")
Sadhbh -- Sive (rhymes with five) (wisdom)
Liadan -- Leah-dawn (grey lady)
Finola
Fionnuala -- 'Fin-nuala
Beibhinn -- Bev-inn (
Blaithin -- Blaw-heen
Una
Eithne -- 'Enya' (graceful)
Darina/ Dairine -- 'Darina
Raghnailt -- 'Rah-nyult
Sibeal -- 'Shi-bale (Sybil)
Siomha -- 'Sheeva' (soft, gentle)

TheNextMrsDepp · 24/07/2010 19:33

Thanks for correcting, carciofi.

If my Irish dh can't even pronounce Caoimhe correctly I don't hold out much hope for the average Brit!

maisiemackenzie · 24/07/2010 19:31

i've got a Nuala, really love it but nobody has ever heard before so find i'm always repeating it..

ludog · 24/07/2010 19:25

Cara
Róise (Ro-sha)
Caitríona
Éabha (Ava)
Siún (Shoe-in)
Neasa

valiumSingleton · 24/07/2010 17:17

Clodagh
Roisin
Maeve
Edel

Ispy · 24/07/2010 16:51

Tara.

Species8472 · 24/07/2010 16:42

Sorcha
Ciara
Niamh

carciofi · 24/07/2010 16:36

Caoimhe is pronounced Kwee-va or Kee-va.

TheNextMrsDepp · 24/07/2010 16:13

MrsY More pronunciations for you.....
Aoife is pronounced Ee-fa (like Eva, but with a v).

Aine is Orn-ya.

I had to get dh's help for Caoimhe - he struggled and he's actually Irish! He thinks it's Kee-vy.

carciofi · 24/07/2010 15:41

Réiltín (meaning "little star")
Aoibhe

NL3 · 24/07/2010 15:31

Doireann
Ciana
Daire
Cara

MrsY · 24/07/2010 15:18

Thanks, Rockbird. What about:

Aoife
Caoimhe
Aine

TheNextMrsDepp · 24/07/2010 14:08

We went for Sorcha rather than Saoirse mainly for the pronounciation/spelling aspect - a little easier for the English side of the family!

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