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Surprise baby no4 - need some Irish baby boy name help!

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sunny75 · 08/05/2015 10:55

Hi Ladies, I'm half way through a surprise pregnancy with DS3 (baby no.4) - and thought finding some names may help me get more used of the idea.

I'm Irish decent, so our first 3 children have the following names; Lorcan, Dervla, and Quinn. We've always gone for names that can be sounded out phonetically as we live in the UK, and wanted this name to fit in with our other children.

My ideas so far for new baby boy are:

Daithi (Gaelic - but has anyone heard of using Dahy as an alternative spelling?)
Torin (is this too similar to Lorcan and Quinn?)
Senan (again too similar?)

Any comments or suggestions very welcome.

Big thanks x

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ceebelle83 · 11/05/2015 15:18

I am Irish...and can tell you that most Irish folk HATE the way English/American folk phoneticise Irish names. If you are going to give a child an Irish name, then give them an Irish name.

I have a nephew called Senan, it's a beautiful name!

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sunny75 · 10/05/2015 17:11

So nice to read all the replies. There have been lots of lovely name suggestions and comments. It's my first time posting and I really appreciate everyone taking the time to help me xx

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Sparky05 · 09/05/2015 22:01

I thing Tadhg sounds cool, as does Senan tho! They both look nice when written downGrin and go with the other kids' names! I would go for either xx

Buttwing · 09/05/2015 20:59

I love Senen.

I also love

Ciaran
Malachi
Gabriel
Seamus
Fergus
Darragh
Roan
Cormac

MitzyLeFrouf · 09/05/2015 14:48

I'm not convinced Torin is an Irish name. I've certainly never heard it before.

It sounds as though it might be Swedish maybe.

HJGranger · 09/05/2015 14:43

I have a Cormac. It is a fantastic name.

TheAuthoress · 09/05/2015 14:41

imperialblether no, I'm in Northern Ireland and know no welsh people :)

parsnipcrisps · 09/05/2015 09:42

I like the name Torin and think it works with your other DC names. Love Senan, don't see how that's like semen at all Hmm

Cillian
Cahir
Darragh
Aidan
Ryan
Tomas

I also love Tadhg and think it'd sound great with the other names but its certainly not a phonetic name!

ragged · 09/05/2015 09:16

I don't like Niall. Neil is fine (yes I know they are said differently).

BlueChampagne · 08/05/2015 21:10

Aidan
Brendan
Patrick
Fergus

Love Torin and think it would be fine with your other boys.

squoosh · 08/05/2015 19:45

Senan rhymes with Lennon so the only way I could see someone thinking 'semen' is if they saw it written down and assumed it was pronounced see-nan.

sweetpeame · 08/05/2015 19:41

Niall? Irish and relatively easy for non-Irish people to pronounce. It sounds like you're in agreemen but I could absolutely avoid spelling Daithi (sorry can't do fadas) Dahy. Lots of British people still won't know how to say it and it won't look at all Irish to Irish people. It's not a "purist" comment, it's just not an accepted spelling. It would be like a non-English speaker spelling Phoebe as Fee-bee iyswim.

jugglingmonkey · 08/05/2015 19:28

How about Daire (Dara), or Tadhg (Tai-g)? I know a Tadhg in real life, think it's a great name.

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sunny75 · 08/05/2015 16:33

Thank-you so much, I did have the feeling the Daithi spelt any other way wouldn't work. I love the name but we've purposely made sure all our other children's names work phonetically.

Senan is lovely, although when I mentioned it to someone they thought of 'semen' -which worried me that this would be a school playground taunt! I'm still really liking it though, and not thinking of that at all. Could that just be one person with a naughtier mind than me?

Cormac is very nice also.

There are some really lovely suggestions - which I really appreciate x

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bouncingbelle · 08/05/2015 14:51

Dominick?

5446 · 08/05/2015 14:26

Love Cormac and Cillian.

Conan
Finnian
Cathal
Eoin

squoosh · 08/05/2015 14:15

Dahy would not work. English people would pronounce it as day-hee, Irish people would have no clue it was even supposed to be an Anglo version of Daithí. I certainly wouldn't have made the connection.

I've never heard of Torin.

Call him Cormac, that's a good solid name.

Cillian
Ferdia
Ardal
Rory
Finbarr
Donal
Fergus

Rubymay · 08/05/2015 13:50

Ciaran, Conor, Liam, fiacra, Eoghan, Liam
Cahill, Dairy, Daragh, Patrick, Padraig,
Cian, Killian, Darcy, Peadar, Tadhg,
Dermot, Seamus.

Hadron21 · 08/05/2015 13:32

I love Cormac.

ImperialBlether · 08/05/2015 13:31

TheAuthoress, you mention Ciaran and Ruari... Are you friends with someone in North Wales?

Devora · 08/05/2015 13:30

Oisin?

Newquay · 08/05/2015 13:23

Sean (Shaun)?

Floggingmolly · 08/05/2015 13:18

Don't spell it Dahy, it looks ridiculous.

3luckystars · 08/05/2015 13:14

Sorry, that should have read "there is no Y in the Irish Alphabet" I am not sure really what a purist is, but I don't think I am one. I am just Irish and offering my opinion. I am definitely not sniffy! :)

Anyway I hope the OP gets a great name after this thread because the others are lovely. Good luck.

3luckystars · 08/05/2015 13:11

I think you are right about that Ivory Madonna. Daithi is pronounced DawHee.

There is a y in the Irish alphabet so it wouldn't be right to spell it any other way.

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