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Pretty Scottish /gaelic girls names

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DessieLou · 07/04/2013 04:10

A lot of Scottish girls names sound a little harsh to my ears (Morven, Mhairi etc). Do you know any prettier sounding names? Please include pronunciation of gaelic names to save confusion! Thank you! grin

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Kerazeee · 10/04/2013 23:36

Alana
Lorna
Caitriona
Una
Sorcha
Maeve
Kirstin

perplexedpirate · 10/04/2013 23:32

Elspeth is lovely. It was the girl's name in Family Ness and I've liked it ever since.

wiltingfast · 10/04/2013 23:31

A ceilidh is a knees up with irish dancing Grin

Moominsarehippos · 10/04/2013 23:05

Noooooo. I'd rather use 'Really'.

HorryIsUpduffed · 10/04/2013 23:04

Ceilidh? Really? Confused

DustingIsEasy · 10/04/2013 21:03

Kirsten
Kirsteen
Ceilidh

Moominsarehippos · 10/04/2013 19:51

Where abouts are you? Some of these could end up real tongue-twisters!

StephaniePowers · 10/04/2013 19:17

And Fraoich (heather) is Frooch

thistlelicker · 10/04/2013 19:16

Catriona is pronounced Katrina I think

wiltingfast · 10/04/2013 19:10

Eimear (eemer)
Ailbhe (alva)
Sinead (shinaid)
Maire (mawra)

Moominsarehippos · 09/04/2013 19:58

I like Fiona/Fionna

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DessieLou · 09/04/2013 19:57

Have put Ailsa on the list! Now to get rid of the image of Alf's wife from home & away... Grin

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Sanctimumious · 09/04/2013 19:11

Orla
Dervla
Siún (shoon)
Fraoch (FREYoch) - gaelic for heather

SkivingAgain · 09/04/2013 19:04

My name has been mentioned several times >

BikeRunSki · 09/04/2013 18:59

Grin at Griege.

G'wan OP, you've got to use Ailsa since neither of us have been able to.

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DessieLou · 09/04/2013 01:32

Lots of great suggestions to mull over, thank you!

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Greige · 08/04/2013 23:00

Yay BikeRunSki! I chose Ailsa for DC2, but ended up with a boy. Such a pretty name.

Sadhbh was also a top runner but friends had their DD a couple of months earlier and chose it.

Naoise is a boys name but I do know a girl with it. I think he was the hero in a tragic love story.

Muirreann (Mwirren)
Caoimhe (Kweeva)
Blaithín (Blah-heen) means flower

So many lovely girls names, boys on the other hand....DS was a week old before he was named!

jkklpu · 08/04/2013 22:41

Morna
Lorna
Efric
Eilish
Aileen

BikeRunSki · 08/04/2013 22:08

I love Ailsa.

I wanted it for DD, but it is similar to my name and DH talked me out of it.

MsAkimbo · 08/04/2013 22:06

Ainslie
Kina
Maisie
Kenna

hawkmcqueen · 08/04/2013 21:13

Sadhbh is an Irish girls name pronounced 'Sive' with a hard i not to sound like the kitchen implement!

Naoise pronounced Neesha

DustingIsEasy · 08/04/2013 21:07

Iona
Isla
Aileen

rhondajean · 07/04/2013 19:32

Mara

soontobeslendergirl · 07/04/2013 19:05

Eithne supposed to be Etna/Enya I think but the only person I know called this pronounces it Eye th nee

Tierney (Tear nay)

Fallon

TheOrchardKeeper · 07/04/2013 11:36

(fionuala & variants are all pronounced like feo-noola or feo-nooala if you include the a before the l)