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Middle name for Sadhbh?

65 replies

dinosaurkisses · 02/07/2017 09:32

We've picked the name Sadhbh for our baby girl due in October, and I'm drawing a blank for middle names to "go" with it. It's pronounced Sive, rhymes with 5.

DH is extremely unimaginative with names, but certainly knows what he doesn't like Hmm.

She'll have a Ní surname, so I'd like to avoid another Irish name. The only name I loved was Sadhbh Martha Ní, but DH (incorrectly) thinks Martha is an old ladies name so has vetoed.

I'd like something solid and classic, especially between her first and surnames which won't be easy for a lot of people to spell and pronounce.

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FidgetSpinner · 03/07/2017 00:22

Sadhbh Faye

BitOutOfPractice · 03/07/2017 00:20

I think I panicked Blush

BitOutOfPractice · 03/07/2017 00:18

Oh sorry I see it's in the op now Blush

SerfTerf · 03/07/2017 00:18

It's pronounced Sive, rhymes with 5.

It is hidden in the OP, but doesn't stand out because it's a digit.

BitOutOfPractice · 03/07/2017 00:17

Please may I be a totally English ignoramus and ask how Sadhbh is pronounced please.

SerfTerf · 02/07/2017 23:43

Jane is what popped into my head straight away. It does just "go".

Cloeycat · 02/07/2017 23:40

I love Sadhbh Anne or Sadhbh Anna. 😍

GiraffesCantPlayHopScotch · 02/07/2017 23:39

To all those asking the pronunciation is in the op

GiraffesCantPlayHopScotch · 02/07/2017 23:39

Oh I know of a girl with the name but never knew the spelling. It's lovely.

LorelaiLeighGilmore · 02/07/2017 23:36

Sorry an ignorant Englisher here... how would you pronounce this name? Sorry if I've missed it!

FacelikeaBagofHammers · 02/07/2017 23:34

Most of my daughter's little friends in Montessori call her Sadhbhy :)

Sophronia · 02/07/2017 23:32

Sadhbh Julia is lovely

neady · 02/07/2017 23:31

I have a Sadhbh too! Her full name is Sadhbh Julia

FacelikeaBagofHammers · 02/07/2017 23:30

Ní Shúilleabháin = Knee - who-lev-awn

(kinda!)

Skyllo30 · 02/07/2017 23:29

I know 2 babies under a year in Ireland called Martha, it's very popular now. One of them has Jayne for a middle name after her grandmother.

CheesesOfNazereth · 02/07/2017 23:28

Ni is just the first part of the surname, it could Ní Gháirbhith or Ní Dhiorbháin or anything. It means daughter of in the same way O' means son of and Mac means grandson of.

HurtyTeeth · 02/07/2017 23:24

It's a lovely unusual (to me!) name. I'm glad you wrote its transliteration because I'd have never pronounced it the way it should be correctly from its spelling.
On that note, how is Ni pronounced? There was a long Celtic surname written further up - would you forgive my ignorance and tell me how that's pronounced, too please? Smile

Mrsknackered · 02/07/2017 23:08

Sadbh Hannah
Sadbh Isabella
Sadbh Ruby
Sadbh Mabel
Sadbh Florence
Sadbh Penelope

villainousbroodmare · 02/07/2017 21:21

Jane is a lovely name but I think that it sounds oddly English between two Irish names. The first one I thought of was Sadhbh Orla Ní Shúilleabháin.

Deathbycupcake · 02/07/2017 20:35

Aaaah charlotte and Eloise are lovely middle names to go with that name!!

NikiBabe · 02/07/2017 20:34

No buttercup as the sound Sad appears nowhere in the name. Why would anyone need to shorten an already one syllable name? Confused

buttercup54321 · 02/07/2017 19:25

Won't people just call her sad for short?
Sorrel
Ginette
Astrid
Kelan
Kay
Brianne
Zoe
Cynthia

Wolfiefan · 02/07/2017 18:15

What a lovely name OP. I have never heard it before. (Ignorant Englisher sorry!)
Martha goes beautifully with it. Shame he can't be persuaded! Grin

NikiBabe · 02/07/2017 18:09

Sadhbh Alexandra

Oh yes second this.

DramaAlpaca · 02/07/2017 17:59

I love Sadhbh, really love it. The spelling would've sent my English relatives into meltdown though, and I had boys anyway. I'd have used it as a middle name.

I agree that you need something short & neat as a middle name, especially with a Ní surname.

Sadhbh Jane is gorgeous or any of Sophronia's suggestions above.

I agree with your DH about Martha, btw Grin