Irish names

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Grizzer · 22/12/2015 18:43

Dh is Irish & wants our baby to have an Irish name. Trouble is we live in London so the poor child will always have to spell it or help people pronounce it. DD is Ciara (Keira) which is fairly simple but she still has to spell it for people & gets called Ci ar a (as in tiara) all the time.
We don't know if we're having a boy or a girl but dh likes Aiofe!! (eefa). I like the name but no one will ever be able to spell it or pronounce it.
Do you think it's too Irish for a child living in England?

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VocationalGoat · 22/12/2015 19:32

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RiverTam · 22/12/2015 19:28

But people will learn. I was at school with a Siobhan and after hearing and seeing the name a couple of times it just stuck.

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Grizzer · 22/12/2015 19:08

Thank you. I might let him have it then! You should have seen my mum's face when I said it to her . I like Maeve. Might try getting that in to his subconscious while he's asleep...
Could be a boy though!

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Floggingmolly · 22/12/2015 18:54

I had trouble with it initially (living in London 15 years now), but it's become fairly popular recently, for some reason. Don't get quite so many what??'s these days

Creatureofthenight · 22/12/2015 18:50

There's quite a few girls called Aoife nowadays so a lot of people do know how it is pronounced, same with Niamh, Roisin, Siobhan.

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