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Dublin as a name?

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user1495211362 · 19/05/2017 17:41

Thoughts? Would you think boy or girl?

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originalbiglymavis · 22/05/2017 19:42

I love Malachi. In my head I say malarkey though.

user1494367489 · 22/05/2017 00:24

Hi I'm Irish and I kinda like it I feel it's more a boys name myself. How about Malachi for a boy? Don't listen to these ignorant people u call ur baby what u feel and have a connection to. I feel it's good to have a unique name within reason I struggle with apple or bear lol my daughters are called yves,imogen and tegan and haven't met to many children called these names but their schools are full of Isabellas and jacks lol

Argeles · 22/05/2017 00:19

I would think it was more of a masculine name.
I disagree with many of the previous posters and I think it would make a lovely name.

FrancisCrawford · 21/05/2017 23:40

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clary · 21/05/2017 23:32

I know siblings where one is called after a large US city and the sibling is called after the state the city is in.

So like older sister is Chicago, younger brother is Illinois. Not those names but just as bonkers. So that when you hear "she's called Chicago" you actually say, oh, is her brother Illinois? Er yes actually.

Dublin I am not keen on OP, sorry.

elizabethdraper · 21/05/2017 23:28

Or perhaps newtownmountkennedy

elizabethdraper · 21/05/2017 23:28

Not bray or gravestones, it has to be enniskerry now that is naice

FrancisCrawford · 21/05/2017 23:17

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FizzyGreenWater · 21/05/2017 23:00

If it's a girl just go for May Nooth instead?

originalbiglymavis · 21/05/2017 18:39

Abbie? What kind of a name us that ffs?

caoraich · 21/05/2017 18:38

mavis I kind of love the idea of naming one twin Possilpark and the other Bearsden. Just to see if there are any differences in how they turn out... Grin

Poor Aberdeen's wee pals have taken to calling her "Abbie" - making the best of a bad lot, I suppose.

I've no idea what you could shorten Dublin to. If a girl, maybe "lin" (like Lynne...)

originalbiglymavis · 21/05/2017 18:00

Lesmahago? Milngavie? Auchtermuchty? Anniesland? Possilpark? Or for a bit of class, Bearsden or Morningside?

Willow2017 · 21/05/2017 16:11

What about Drumnadrochit? Got a nice ring to it.

Plunkette · 21/05/2017 14:50

Zelda Grin

Topseyt · 21/05/2017 14:49

Oh bloody hell no!!

Fine as the name of a capital city, but for god's sake don't saddle a child with it. Try a nice, normal name.

If you are into Irish place names then the only one I can think of that might work would be Shannon, for a girl

There's a town called Kilcock just outside Dublin to the west.😂

Or call the child Norwich, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow etc.

Sorry. Not generally a fan of naming children after places. I would cringe if I heard Dublin as a child's name.

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ZeldaWasMyGransName · 21/05/2017 14:27

That Florence and Victoria were people first.

ZeldaWasMyGransName · 21/05/2017 14:26

Yes sorry Plunkette that was the point I was trying I make but was very unclear.... Smile

mychilddoesntlookdisabled · 21/05/2017 11:29

What about "Scholl" for the shoes you were wearing at the time?

Lightship · 21/05/2017 11:27

I reckon Schull could catch on. Very west Cork yachty. Pronounced 'skull' for the non-Irish on here.

totallypearshaped · 20/05/2017 15:12

Kinvarra is quite popular.

I think the Muff Rock missed a beat- it would be better if they had carved it into a triangle. 🔽

Whatever you do don't name him Stillorgan. Lifetime of viagra jokes.
You could go with Dingle, but only if you use berry as a middle name.

EmeraldIsle100 · 20/05/2017 15:11

I think that Newtownmountkennedy would make be a lovely name. Btw that place name always reminds me of a vulgar joke.

Willow2017 · 20/05/2017 15:02

Zelda
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LivLemler · 20/05/2017 14:56

Gosh, not Bray.

Greystones is much naicer.

Plunkette · 20/05/2017 14:04

Zelda places named Victoria were named after Queen Victoria not the other way round.

IIRC Florence Nightingale was the first Florence. Her parents named her after the place they visited on honeymoon. The locals don't call the city Florence though, it's Firenze.

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