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Fiadh

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SmugairleRoin · 28/09/2015 12:23

Pronounced Fee-ah, this means deer in Irish (also an archaeological cooking pit depending on who you listen to). Thoughts?
I do think it is pretty but worry it'd sound like Thea/Fear in some accents, plus it did shoot up the Irish baby name charts.

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BoldFox · 02/10/2015 21:26

I have the memory of an elephant. I'm a fan.

BoldFox · 02/10/2015 21:26

Turlough! that's so ross o'carroll-kelly. blonde castlerock mothers standinng around the rugby pitch in belted camel max mara coats shouting not too loudly 'come on turlough'

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SmugairleRoin · 02/10/2015 19:46

Most place names here are like that - they were all Anglicised from the Irish. So Dubh Linn changed to Dublin, Cill Airne to Killarney, Corcaigh to Cork - shame really, the Irish versions sound a lot nicer imo!

I met a Turlough yesterday if you're still name hunting mawsy, I thought that was nice.

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BoldFox · 02/10/2015 18:16

Mawsy, I like Enda.

BoldFox · 02/10/2015 18:15

Wow, Luan, that's nice. I like it.

Atha Luain to Athlone!? wow. I learn about Ireland here Grin

ThreeBeanRap · 02/10/2015 16:06

I love Fiadh, but I was put off by the 'Fear' thing too (due with DC1 shortly). I love how it sounds when my Irish friends/family say it but not how people here do. If I was living in Ireland I would definitely go for it.

Incidentally, to those posters saying you shouldn't go for something that might require spelling/explaining, I have one of those Irish names (not mentioned yet!) which requires spelling and explaining pronounciation ALL the time living over here, it's never bothered me and is a talking point with strangers so not everyone hates having to constantly explain their name. I don't!

villainousbroodmare · 01/10/2015 06:24

Luan afaik was a publican who had a hostelry at a fording point of the river Shannon. Hence Átha Luain, Athlone.

mathanxiety · 01/10/2015 01:39

And then there are really old saints' names that have been Anglicised, like Moling and Laserian.

mathanxiety · 01/10/2015 01:36

I had a (male) relative named Luan (like the day).

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SmugairleRoin · 30/09/2015 22:17

I really like Cormac, and I've not met many of them teaching. I also thought Fionan, Daragh and Cathal were quite nice when I was thinking up boy baby names!

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Mawsymoo · 30/09/2015 21:28

Completely agree. Even Naoise has been hijacked by the girls nowadays when it was always a boys name. Iarla is lovely but turns into a tongue-twister with our surname.

villainousbroodmare · 30/09/2015 21:18

There just are more nice Irish girls' names than boys. I shortlisted Flan(nan) and Murtagh, and I also love Iarla (influenced perhaps by a lovely one I know).

Mawsymoo · 30/09/2015 21:10

Another girls name I like is Siún. Really pretty like Fiadh and recognisable without being very popular. See I'm sorted for girls - typical!

Mawsymoo · 30/09/2015 21:07

I actually have Enda on the list! I don't know if it sounds a little cheesy with Eoin though. I also have Cormac, Donagh and Colm down but I'm not sure any of them are quite right.

For girls I was nearly decided on Cliona. I was also considering Emer and Roisín. But it's a boy so now I'm stuck!

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SmugairleRoin · 30/09/2015 20:54

Haha no work away - agree Fiach is lovely!
There's a lot of Irish names out there that are criminally underused. I met a 6 year old Enda a while back actually and thought it was lovely. If you can get past the Taoiseach connection that is!

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Mawsymoo · 30/09/2015 19:54

Fiach is nice - thanks for that! Ferdia and Fiachra sound a bit too "D4" like "Fiachra get in the land rover you're late for cello practice". My mother would think I had notions. My DS is Eoin so I want something similarly simple. DH likes Senan but it's just another name for John just like Eoin so that might be weird.

Anyways sorry for hijacking your thread!

AgentCooper · 30/09/2015 18:18

I love it. I don't think it sounding like 'fear' in England should worry you. If you think about other Anglophone countries like Scotland and the USA, that mistake wouldn't be made. I'm Scottish (Irish GPs) and do love a Gaelic name. And people get used to them when they know what certain connections of letters sound like - Aisling, Niamh, Ruaridh don't cause any confusion round here.

mathanxiety · 30/09/2015 18:12

BoldFox I think you have got to the heart of it.

mathanxiety · 30/09/2015 18:10

Fiach as a male equivalent?
Fiach mac Aodha O Broin was lord of the Wicklow Mountains area in Elizabethan times.

I know a Caoilte, which is pretty unusual.

I also know a cat named Nóinín.
(Adding Subh to my list of perfect names Smile).

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SmugairleRoin · 30/09/2015 18:00

Subh is great in all fairness :D
Ciorcal maybe, or Liamhais...

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MyNameIsRonnieFuckingPickering · 30/09/2015 17:55

Or maybe Cnónna.....

MyNameIsRonnieFuckingPickering · 30/09/2015 17:55

Nóiníní for a girl and Cnoc for a boy.

villainousbroodmare · 30/09/2015 17:51

Subh! I'm coming off the pill immediately! Grin

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SmugairleRoin · 30/09/2015 14:40

Fiachra came straight to mind when thinking of a boys name. I really love that one. It means raven though iirc so the meaning is still nature based but not the same!

Ferdia could work too, can't remember the meaning there.

Thanks all for the thoughts :)

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Mawsymoo · 30/09/2015 11:07

I think it's a lovely name - I only know of one little girl called Fiadh so it's not wildly popular. If I was having a girl I would definitely consider it (any ideas of a male equivalent - simple but not too common?).

Lol at Sneachta and Bricfeasta! I always thought Subh would make a good name for a girl. Sweet!

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