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Beagan?

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WillowTreeBranch · 07/04/2017 15:07

NN Bea? Smile

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ZilphasHatpin · 08/04/2017 14:06

Some people call their child Wayne. If you're from NI (or possibly Scotland?) you'll know why that's the same Grin

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Minniemagoo · 07/04/2017 21:17

I agree with Madwomans about the pronunciation. Beag which is small in Irish has a byug (as in jug) and would I imagine be a nightmare to keep having to explain to non native speakers.
If you go with rhyming it to reagan then you lose the meaning.
I think even for Irish speakers its too out there.
I know for girls the 'een'/'in' ending means little ie Blaithin is little flower, (sorry cant do fada's on phone) but I don't think theres an actual ending for boys?
I know lots of boys have Og (fada on O) as a suffix which means young but usually if they have their dads name.

Imscarlet · 07/04/2017 21:10

Also Irish, also never heard of it as a first name or surname, though it does seem to exist, checking on irishgenealogy.ie.

Instantly my first reaction was that it would be a girl's name to rhyme with Megan.

I imagine that it might be pronounced 'Beegan'

Beagán would make more sense as a name but it is more 'a little' than 'little' so not one I'd personally go for.

I can't warm to it. Sorry OP

Madwomans · 07/04/2017 21:08

I have never heard this as a name or a surname. Do you mean 'beagán' as in 'small amount' or 'little bit' of? In Munster Irish, that would be pronounced 'byug- AWN', not 'bee-gun' as some people are clearly imagining. And it would be as weird to Irish speakers as calling your child 'Small Amount' or 'Little Bit'.

wizzler · 07/04/2017 21:07

Thanks to the pp who reminded me about Balonz... off to read that one again as it never fails to make me laugh

buttercup54321 · 07/04/2017 21:01

Really awful. Like Beagle .

Lemondrop09 · 07/04/2017 20:43

Sorry, I'm not keen either. It remind me of Beagle. I would have assumed it was a girls name (I suppose because it's a bit like Megan), and with the nn Bea, I definitely would have thought it was a girls name.

bialystockandbloom · 07/04/2017 19:12

Op sorry for any offence, I didn't know it was actually a name (albeit a surname). But it really is truly horrible, just sounds like it was meant to be something else and you got it wrong. And please don't call a boy Bea.

nigelforgotthepassword · 07/04/2017 17:14

Really no

notangelinajolie · 07/04/2017 17:13

Have you made this one up?
It sounds like a breed of dog any rhymes with beer can.
Just no.

LapinR0se · 07/04/2017 17:11

I'm Irish.
You don't need to write Gaelic when you are talking about the language spoken in Ireland. We speak English and we also speak Irish.

I am 36, soon to be 37, and I have never heard of this name. If it has no fada accent on it then it is meaningless anyway.

FrancisCrawford · 07/04/2017 17:07

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LavenderDoll · 07/04/2017 17:02

How many rude uneducated replies on here Hmm
It is a name. You might not like it but it is a name.
Fine not to like a name but to be rude to the OP seriously some people on here are rude for rudes sake.

For what it's worth OP I'm neutral with the name but if you like it go for it.

ShuttyTown · 07/04/2017 16:51

Goodness. The baby name threads have lost their mind today.

Sgtmajormummy · 07/04/2017 16:49

My misty memories of Irish tell me beagán would be pronounced /bjugo:n/ . Or "byugawn" in ordinary spelling.
Any takers?

Flowerydems · 07/04/2017 16:46

Sorry I'm Scottish Gaelic should have said

Flowerydems · 07/04/2017 16:45

Cross post just saw you know that. I think if I heard it I'd find it strange but I know folk called brogan and can't work out why their folks called them
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Flowerydems · 07/04/2017 16:44

Beagan means 'a little' there's beathag if you're want bea (pronounced bay-hak)

BertrandRussell · 07/04/2017 16:41

Oh god- don t suggest she calls a boy Beatrice- she might do it.....

FrancisCrawford · 07/04/2017 16:40

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Whatslovegottodo · 07/04/2017 16:39

I know a young Braegan, I'm not a massive fan of his name but you may like it?

ZilphasHatpin · 07/04/2017 16:37

If you're Irish and live in Ireland it sounds nice! It's pronounced sort of big-earn yes? no! Grin

It sounds good in an Irish accent

Irish accents, like English accents, can be very different.

LovingLola · 07/04/2017 16:37

Beagan means 'a little' in Irish. 'Beagan aran' means 'a little bread'.

EssentialHummus · 07/04/2017 16:34

No from me.

Also too close to 'bogan' which is a type of Australian chav (sorry to sound judgemental there, not sure how else to explain).

This was my immediate association too.

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