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

36 replies

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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ragged · 08/05/2015 13:08

Maybe OP should use a more phonetic spelling, go full on since the purists will hate any deviation can never make them happy, anyway.

IvoryMadonna · 08/05/2015 12:59

I wouldn't know how to pronounce Dahy. Da-hee? Dah-hee? Day-hee? Day? I've never seen the name before, and doubt I'm alone there.

ragged · 08/05/2015 12:52

Cormac, Macaulay.
Dahy would work for me for reasons you give, but purists will be sniffy about it.

wigglesrock · 08/05/2015 12:40

Dara
Donal
Conal

One of my dds goes to school with a Senan it's lovely. Please don't use Dahy - it just looks silly and is makes a bit of a mockery of wanting to use Irish names but with your own unique spelling.

DramaAlpaca · 08/05/2015 12:38

I love Senan & it's fine with your other names.

Rory, Ronan, Cormac & Cian are all good suggestions.

3luckystars · 08/05/2015 12:33

I like Senan.

Ferghal might be nice too. I really like the name Cathal and think it would be smashing with the other names.

IvoryMadonna · 08/05/2015 11:33

Lots here

I don't think the names you mention are similar at all, apart from ending with the same letter.

Flywheel · 08/05/2015 11:30

Senan is great. Also Conal or Cillian.

Belazu84 · 08/05/2015 11:26

Cormac - love this name

TheAuthoress · 08/05/2015 11:11

What about Ciaran, Ruari (Rory) or Cillian?

Maryz · 08/05/2015 11:09

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