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Cián, Ciarán, Cai

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casey101 · 03/06/2015 22:45

Hi guys do you like any of the above names and if so which ones and why (and why not)
Thank you!

Pronounced Kian, Keiran and Kai but want c spellings (I think)

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MamaLazarou · 05/06/2015 17:27

Cian and Ciaran are lovely. I dislike Cai.

WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 15:34

ha ha - we are in Scotland so we pronounce the R.

Warning, this may put you off: We regularly get a Christmas card from South African neighbours that mispronounces/spells all our names and they seem to think he is called Ikea, just like the shop :o DS1 is Kreg and I can't tell you the rest as it would out me even more!

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casey101 · 05/06/2015 15:25

Hehe I mentioned Ciar and my sons dad said 'it sounds like a car' (ie Kia) but I still like it! Cynan is ok reminds me of rhondda cynan taff which im not sure about but ty though!

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NealCaffreysHat · 05/06/2015 10:21

What about Cynan? It means chief.

DampAndRotten · 05/06/2015 06:52

Oh my gosh baby Ciar is so cute! Smile

I totally think you should get yourself one of those, OP Wink

WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:46

Thanks and hope you've survived the hard sell :o

DS1 (Gregor) didn't have a name for 3 days. DS2 didn't have a name for a week and a half. Maybe you just need to chill a bit and wait till he is here?

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casey101 · 05/06/2015 00:40

Ah what a cutie, I do like the name and thank you for all your info thats great! wish i could just decide!:)

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WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:24

He was very cute :)

Cián, Ciarán, Cai
WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:20

sorry casey - I have answered that - it will be at the bottom of Page 1 - we are in Scotland :)

WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:19

Also, he likes it, the worst he's got in terms of making fun is being called Ciar the Beer. That's just normal little kid messing about - it clearly doesn't rhythm with anything too nasty.

he was quite swarthy and dark when born and then went blond which didn't really go with the meaning - he is dark again now and almost 6 foot so far so the "an" removal was the right thing to do :)

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casey101 · 05/06/2015 00:17

:) Do you live in Ireland (re questions above etc etc) ?

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WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:15

There have about ten Ciars named in Scotland since DS was born nearly 14 years ago.

He was almost named Cairn at one point of that's of any use?

WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:14

oops, crossed - we are in Scotland, no, it's not short for anything. Basically i wanted Keir and DH wanted Ciaran. The translation of Ciaran is "little dark one" the "an" being the bit that means "little". He was never going to be little so we took that off and ended up with Ciar which at the time we thought was the Scottish Gaelic spelling but I think it's probably really more Irish.

Never had any negative feedback. We now live in an area where Keir is pretty popular so it does mean his is a wee bit different. You do occasionally get people not being sure how to pronounce it but once said, they get it and never had to repeat it.

WankerDeAsalWipe · 05/06/2015 00:08

Then have Ciar :)

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casey101 · 05/06/2015 00:07

WankerDeAsalWipe I did consider Ciar- is yours short for anything or it's just Ciar? Also do you live in Ireland and what has been the response to the name/ spelling/ pronounciation etc? sorrry for all the questions! thanks :)

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casey101 · 05/06/2015 00:03

Thanks everyone for all your responses so far. Wasn't getting notifcations so didnt realise had all these replies. I did see Cian with the fada and thought it was probably an extended 'a' but admittedly yes liked the look of it more than anything! He will be bown in Wales and has northern irish roots. Cian is both welsh and irish, Cai is welsh and Ciaran is irish. Did look at cianan too but reminds me of cannon. The thing is ehen I look at Cian I see ian which im not keen on.

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PattyPenguin · 04/06/2015 15:41

As NealCaffreysHat says, Cai is not uncommon in Wales. It's from the Latain Caius.

It's the name of one of Arthur's knights in the (rather fab) medieval Welsh tale "Culhwch ac Olwen". In English the name is traditionally Kay - you know, "Sir Kay", King Arthur's foster brother, son of Sir Ector. Can't imagine anyone calling their son Kay, mind.

Oh, and one of the Super Furry Animals, from Bangor / Bethesda, in North West Wales, is called Cian Ciarán.

GlitzAndGigglesx · 04/06/2015 12:59

I hate Cai/Kai/Ki as a name in its own right. I love Cian and Ciaran but personally prefer the Kieran spelling. I think the C spelling is the proper way though

squoosh · 04/06/2015 12:42

Ah, that's interesting Soupy. Take heart from the fact that more than 40,000 people on Twitter seem to be aware that he's an idiot! Smile

M27J5M · 04/06/2015 12:28

My 10 week old son is called Cian Smile love it tho if 1 more person pronounces it cyan I might scream

SoupyNorman · 04/06/2015 12:27

I knew him in another life. He had very different opinions then. Every time I see his 40,000 followers on Twitter, I shake my head sadly. What is the world coming to?

The only silver lining of the Labour defeat was that Eoiney Poney didn't get made a SPAD or something

squoosh · 04/06/2015 12:25

That's the one Soupy! He seems to be a bit of a ninny.

Not that I'm surprised, the extraneous fada gave the game away ages ago.

SoupyNorman · 04/06/2015 12:21

squoosh would the Éoin be a certain Labour activist?

NealCaffreysHat · 04/06/2015 11:00

Like Cai and cian, both how they are spelt here in Wales. How about:-

Carey
Caden
Carwyn
Cass
Caio

All Welsh boys names.

Orange6358 · 04/06/2015 10:54

I once met a Caius