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caoimhe

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MissMoodyMoo · 24/02/2018 00:39

Pronounced keeva?

What are other Irish names?

Still leaning toward
Fiona Nn Fifi or ailise or Alice 🙈

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aRespectableBureaudeChange · 24/02/2018 13:21

I'll put a vote in for Fiona then as in Scotland - sounds nicer with Scottish accent than an English accent which is how I'd be imagining it.

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MissMoodyMoo · 24/02/2018 13:06

We live in Scotland and have Scottish accents but Irish heritage on both sides

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MikeUniformMike · 24/02/2018 12:49

Use Fiona.

crocodarl · 24/02/2018 12:48

I think it's cool, and I really like it. But if neither you nor your partner are Irish and you don't live in Ireland I think it might sound a bit pretentious. Plus a lot of people outside of Ireland will struggle to spell & prounounce it. And, lovely name as it is, it always makes me think of Quavers.

aRespectableBureaudeChange · 24/02/2018 12:46

Well yes, even as simple as Orla is mangled by the English accent let alone Siobhan - just not as bad as some other names are pronounced - in my personal experience.

I have an Irish name and it lifts you when pronounced with Irish lilt (doesn't have to be the whole hog Irish accent, just a lilt - someone with an ear for the difference).

Most of the time sounds ugly though...

Cosmoa · 24/02/2018 12:41

I love Caoimhe! It's my favourite Irish name. Only when pronounced Keeva though..

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MissMoodyMoo · 24/02/2018 11:46

Fiona is very close to my heart and love the cuteness of Fifi as a Nn but also having Fiona as an adult name!

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RavenWings · 24/02/2018 11:30

Agree Puppy, I think it sounds better in an Irish accent.

Fiona has Gaelic roots apparently so perfectly acceptable.

I pronounce Caoimhe as Kweeva, but either version is right. Don't call her Mairead or Fionnuala, they're very unfashionable names. It's like calling a child Shirley or Barbara.

I suggest Aifric, Alannah, Nessa, Riona, Roise, Liadan.

PuppyMonkey · 24/02/2018 11:17

Actually I hate when English people pronounce siobhan as shi-vorn not shiv-on.

aRespectableBureaudeChange · 24/02/2018 11:15

I think accents should be taken into account - what sounds lovely with an Irish lilt can sound ugly with some English accents. s-t-r-e-t-c-hing sound out.

When choosing a name I saw it as how not to offend my ears with others pronouncing it as well as whether I liked it eg some names ugly with some accents: eg eeeeelaine, eeeeeevon, meeeeechelle , jewwwwwlie, rosheeeeeen.

I like Orla and Siobhan which don't seem to go too wrong with an English accent.

AfterSchoolWorry · 24/02/2018 10:54

I say Kweeva.

Smurf123 · 24/02/2018 10:50

I'm from Ireland I would pronounce it keeva
Also like Aobh - (eve)

greathat · 24/02/2018 10:46

Clodagh
Oonagh

greathat · 24/02/2018 10:45

Plus if you in England teachers will say it right :)

greathat · 24/02/2018 10:45

Niamh

MaryPoppinsStoleMyHandbag · 24/02/2018 10:42

I also like Bronagh but not the meaning (sad, sorrowful)

MaryPoppinsStoleMyHandbag · 24/02/2018 10:41

I like Maeve, Aine & Mairead.

Used to like Aoife but it’s been done to death lately.

Roomba · 24/02/2018 10:15

My friend's little girl is called Caoimhe, pronounced Keeva. I like it. She does have to spend a lot of time explaining how to pronounce it, or how it's spelled, but that's probably because most English people aren't familiar with Gaelic names.

Bimbler · 24/02/2018 10:10

Fifi is a terrible nickname. Fiona or Fi are fine, Fifi is a spoilt chihuahua.

OkPedro · 24/02/2018 02:00

Duck Are you taking the piss Hmm

Duckeggloo · 24/02/2018 01:34

Fiona isn’t an Irish name. Fifi sounds like a pet hamster, do you intend for it to be used at school/seriously?

Aoife siobhan sionead eimear nhiamn (I can’t spell it...)

ChocolateCrunch · 24/02/2018 01:32

Cara
Nora
Eimear (Eemer)
Maebh (Maeve)

TwentySmackeroos · 24/02/2018 01:22

Eilis - can never pronounced Ail-ish or Eye-lish (or Eye-Leash, if you are going full native)
Orla/Orlaith
Niamh (Neeve or NEE-uv)
Cliodhna (KLEE-uh/NA)
Aifric (Aff-ric)
Siofra (SHEE-uf-ra)
Siodhna (SHEE-uh-na)
Maeve/Medb/Maedhbh (Mave, like knave)
Maire (somewhere between Moira and Myra)

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 24/02/2018 01:21

I’d say Kwee-vah

Snowysky20009 · 24/02/2018 01:14

Saoirse
Finnuala

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