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Irish short list

61 replies

Aiwo · 25/04/2016 21:09

As my DH basically wants to name nuns we went back to the drawing board from Caitlín after deciding that people saying Kate-Lynn would be too much of a battle. Although it could possibly be a middle name

So we think this is the short list.

Bláithín
Máire Bríd (double first name)
Deirbhile
Gormflaith

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3luckystars · 25/04/2016 21:29

Do you actually like any of them?

LastGirlOnTheLeft · 25/04/2016 21:28

I have a friend called Deirbhile and her nickname is Derv the perv!

3luckystars · 25/04/2016 21:27

Deirbhile is the best of them.

RudeElf · 25/04/2016 21:26

I would pronounce them;

Blawheen
Moyra-Breej
Deervla
And, umm Gormly?

LastGirlOnTheLeft · 25/04/2016 21:26

I don't really like any of those. What about Blathnaid? Or Aoife? Or Briana?

Rainatnight · 25/04/2016 21:25

Are you in England? I'd really worry that the last one would become 'Gorm-less' in school.

Etáin? Seóna?

Deirbhile's nice.

Máire Bríd definitely nun-ny!

LadyAntonella · 25/04/2016 21:24

Bláithín is my favourite - it's lovely. Blathnaid (sp?) is nice too I think.

Of the other ones you listed I like Gormflaith best.

RudeElf · 25/04/2016 21:24

Ooh Deirbhile is lovely. My favourite out of that list although i'm not sure of the pronunciation of Gormflaith.

manicinsomniac · 25/04/2016 21:20

Do you live in England or Ireland? I have no idea how to pronounce any of those and I thought I was fairly well versed in Irish names, or at least the ones commonly used in England (Niamh, Caoimhe, Aoife, Ffionhuala, Sorcha, Roisin, Sinead etc)

My best guess at these would be:
Blay-thin
Mahri-Bride
Dare-vile
Gorm-flay

I'm assuming I'm very wrong! Not that it's necessarily a problem to choose names that you might need to explain. In my head, I don't really like any of them but if I knew how to say them I might think they are lovely!

Paperbacked · 25/04/2016 21:18

As my DH basically wants to name nuns Grin

I agree on Caitlin as Kate-Lynn being soul-destroying.

I find Bláithín a little cutesy, as indeed I do any -ín endings, and Gormfhlaith is slightly Gobnait-ish for my taste, sorry. Máire Bríd sounds slightly indecisive to me, possibly because I'm not aware of an Irish tradition of double-first names, or not to extent it happens in the UK?

Deirbhile is lovely and gets my vote.

Caoilfhinn? Muireann? Méabh? Ríonach?

SharonBotts · 25/04/2016 21:16

I love Blaithin and Deirbhile.