Neasa, Cara or Emer?

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working9while5 · 12/02/2012 11:29

Interested in opinions for these names to go with Brendan. Don't know if having a girl or a boy yet!

Neasa - pronounced nassa or NASA
Cara - as it looks
Emer - pretty much as it looks: Ee-mer

We are also thinking of Orla and Sive and have an O'Something name.

Thanks!

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VerityBrulee · 12/02/2012 11:44

Cara would be my choice or maybe Ciara.

I don't like Emer, too dull, or Neasa possibly due to the Ny-asa pronunciation (I'm Irish)

Given what you've said about the english tendency to pronounce the -a ending as -er, I think I'd avoid -a endings. Car-er doesn't sound so good.

FaithHopeAndKevin · 12/02/2012 11:39

I like Cara

cece · 12/02/2012 11:38

Emer was the name of the mw that delivered dc3 so I would go for that one.

belgo · 12/02/2012 11:36

I don't like Sive at all, not the english spelling nor the sound of the name.

Neasa is nice, don't change the spelling.

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working9while5 · 12/02/2012 11:35

Sive rhymes with Hive, but should really be spelled Sadhbh!

Orla is okay, but pretty boring as Irish names go and we would really only choose it because we are in England and people are familiar with it - would never have chosen it otherwise. It also suffers from being pronounced Oh-ler O'Something, because obviously English folk don't have a "r" sound in that medial position. Neasa would be Nasser O' as well, which we can live with but don't love!

Neasa is Irish too, from Irish mythology.

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belgo · 12/02/2012 11:32

How is Sive pronounced?

MarieLloyd · 12/02/2012 11:31

Orla is my favourite of those.

I have never heard of Neasa. Is it also Irish?

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