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Could Eilidh have a little sister called Isla - or are they too similar?

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XmasBumpNo3 · 15/12/2012 10:20

Just that really.

DD3 due imminently and we can't decide on a name. DD1 & DD2 are called Eilidh & Niamh. We are in Scotland and would like to keep with Scottish/ Gaelic names.

Thanks in advance!

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pixiestix · 16/12/2012 15:26

All your name choices are gorgeous OP! Smile

giraffesCantFlyLikeReindeer · 16/12/2012 11:16

does it depend on how you are pronouncing it? Because when I say it they sound nothing alike.

I am names one of those and the other is in my mind as a potential dd name! So to me they are different enough!

Leafmould · 15/12/2012 20:43

Eilidh should not hav a sister called isla because when you call Eilidh isla mite come.

(by my dd age 6)

Greensleeves · 15/12/2012 19:10

Aisling (Ashleen)
Philomena
Bridie
Corrine

Greensleeves · 15/12/2012 19:07

Carys is Celtic, it's Welsh! So it fits with your Irish ones nicely I think

squoosh · 15/12/2012 19:03

Way too similar.

giraffesCantFlyLikeReindeer · 15/12/2012 18:33

I know a combination of sisters with same names - E, I and N. In fact I know a few Eilidh and Isla combos. I don't think they are too smiliar at all.

Eilidh, Ellie and Hayley would be a different story! Xmas Wink

sweetkitty · 15/12/2012 18:31

I love Eilidh as a name but already had an Abbie so too similar.

I really like Mhari, Mirren and Isla too. Personally I wouldn't have an Eilidh and Isla but I know someone with a Emma and Emily siblings 2 years apart :S

Nospringflower · 15/12/2012 18:29

Cara?

forgetmenots · 15/12/2012 18:27

Apologies for the appalling grammar there, I lose track when I'm on my phone!

forgetmenots · 15/12/2012 18:27

I think a lot of people used vocative names poachedeggs because it sounded and looked 'more Gaelic' but wasn't too difficult to pronounce. It's not that they are pretend names really. I like them fwiw!

poachedeggs · 15/12/2012 17:32

That's odd. My aunt is Mhairi (vahree) and my granddad was a born Gaelic speaker. I always assumed he wouldn't have called her a pretend name.

I wonder if it was an old equivalent of Jayden Grin

LolliLouLou · 15/12/2012 17:31

No, definitely too similar! Sorry!

skandi1 · 15/12/2012 17:28

I think adding an Isla to those two would be lovely Grin

Biased though. My DD is Isla.

forgetmenots · 15/12/2012 17:20

Pressed too soon! Guessing you knew that one, though? I like the vocative names though runs away from Gaelic purists!

forgetmenots · 15/12/2012 17:19

I know an Eilidh and Isla, I think it's fine. I've got similar taste and I'm going for Orla, also liked Roisin, Ishbel and Maeve.

Sleighbells, it is, of course - in English. In Gaelic, it's just the way to call someone called Seumas. :) A' Sheumais (sounds like a Hamish!)

SleighbellsRingInYourLife · 15/12/2012 12:01

Celtic - I thought giving people vocative case names was a Scottish peculiarity :o

Is Hamish not a real name either?

onedev · 15/12/2012 11:10

I think they sound lovely together. Smile

blondiedollface · 15/12/2012 11:04

I think Isla goes nicely and isn't too similar!!

Celticlassie · 15/12/2012 11:01

Mhairi is not a name - it's how you call someone named Mairi. So A'Mhairi. Just as a by the way. Smile

wongadotmom · 15/12/2012 10:51

Maura
Myra
Maisie

poachedeggs · 15/12/2012 10:51

Carys is gorgeous. DH vetoed it :(

Mairi or Mhairi?
Morag?
Shona?
Fiona?
Mairead?

YouCanBe · 15/12/2012 10:51

I think they are too similar, sorry!

wongadotmom · 15/12/2012 10:50

I think Aoife is beautiful