For a boy - am I mad?

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What the others have said - you maddie.

Poor wee Lug head

I'm a big fan of using names from my own culture (Welsh) and feel the same about other people using names from their own. I'm usually very quick to say "ignore the culturally ignorant who can't see beyond Charles and Charlotte", however I think this one is a bit too difficult to be workable.

It'd be really annoying giving his email address over the phone ...

And think about when he grows up, gets a job and has [email protected] as his work e-mail, trying to spell for a French client (for example). DH works on the computer and has e-mails from all types of names, often he can't tell if they're male/female and gets a surprise on the phone!

I have a friend with a normal surname which is rendered unpronouncablewhete we live (Spain). So, Buchanan has become boo-cha-nan. Her first name sounds hilarious, but I won't out her.

Laugh aid is better than Lug head.

I could look at that name all day long and not get Louis!

Lughaidh. Spell check did it

He will not get called lug head. That is an adult idea. Laugh aid his a great name, let him spell it the English way when he wants to and write it the official way on official docs Loads of kids in schools have their names on school records as xxxxx xxxx (known as Tom)

Gaelic names work in Gaelic speaking countries. It will go so wrong for your little guy. It will just be a nightmare and so annoying ALWAYS having to spell out and correct his name. Make life easy on him. Either live in Ireland, where his name will be appreciated or give him this Gaelic name as a middle name. I'd steer clear of it as a first name though, that's just me.

Hahaha, now I've noticed the 'lug head' bit too. Sorry, but Louis would be much nicer imo. Poor kid would have a life full of misspellings (trust me, I'm a Haley in a sea of Hailey's and Hayley's...), it's not fun.

No, no, no, no. It just looks ridiculous - sorry, but it does.

Even in Ireland that would get a few raised eyebrows.

It just seems a bit unnecessary when the 'Louis' sound is what you're after. Louis is an internationally known name, Lughaidh really isn't and if I had a lifetime of spelling and explaining my name I'd get pretty cheesed off.

Also, it looks really ungainly.

My favourite Irish boys name is Ferdia, pronounced as it looks and strongly rooted in Irish mythology.

You will spend your life tearing your hair out and correcting pronunciation. My dd has a very unusual name which is mispronounced by so many people that I have to correct her siblings when they mispronounce it. . I still love her name though. Just bear it in mind...

Oh my goodness - it does spell lug head. He WILL get called that.

Your son may not always stay in the place where people have to spell their names like they do in the current classroom.

What about in business? Or as an adult dealing with people day in and day out where he has to spell his name for each phone call.

Its a little difficult using another name - its difficult to remember what you have used when and to use your official name on official documents. I once got stuck at an airport having booked tickets in my common name and forgot my passport was in my official name.

Just give the poor lad an easily spelt name or a difficult to spell name that isn't said like an easily spelt name!!!

Weegiemum Can I add 'Eoghan' (Owen/Ewen) and 'Tearlach' (Charlie) to your list? I've met a couple of chaps with those names - adults rather than children, however.

OP If you live in a place where names from many different cultures are the norm, then why not? People will soon learn, just like the do with other children's names.

If your son, when he's older, wants to use the English spelling sometimes, then he can do that, also. My grandfather's surname was spelled the Gaelic way on his birth certificate, but later in life he used an English version for all kinds of documents. When he died, both spellings were put on his death certificate, - there was no problem whatsoever.

It's bloody awful OP!! You can give your child a gaelic name without using a really difficult spelling. The name isn't any less gaelic just because the spelling has been anglicised (sp?).

All my grown up friends with oddly spelled names hate them, and rely on nick names/middle names. Do your son a favour and make life easier for him.

'more than half the kids in a class have to spell their names '

Make your boy one of the lucky ones then! Give him the gift of a name that is easy to spell and pronounce.

Poor little Lughead

Not sure what you're asking about in that case?!

Unfortunately chances are he'll be called Lug Head...

I have a Ciar - at least it's shorter for him to spell out :o

Yes, completely.

You need to give your child a name that works in the country he is going to grow up in imo. I think you need to use a Gaelic name with a more anglicised spelling or use the Gaelic name as the middle name?

Louis William
Louie William
William Lughaidh