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Help me pick an Irish name for ds!

54 replies

FirstofhisName · 14/08/2018 17:18

Hi all, we're looking for an Irish boys name for baby due in a few weeks. We live in Ireland and other dc's also have Irish names. Surname begins with H and has one syllable (if that makes any difference!)

OH likes Senan and Cian. (Think I prefer Cian out of those two)

I like Oisín... love the sound of it, I would pronounce it Oh-sheen and not Uh-sheen. Slightly concerned about giving him a name that could cause spelling/pronunciation problems outside of Ireland though?!

Other names I've vaguely considered are Liam and Rory.

Any thoughts?

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CalpolOnToast · 14/08/2018 17:27

We had the same criteria but living in England and went for Cian; Fionn and Valentine were the only others we agreed on.

DC2018 · 14/08/2018 17:25

I love Cian. It's simple, masculine and unusual but not strange.
Oisin is difficult to properly pronounce for many people out with Ireland and it would annoy me having to correct it all the time.
Really like Liam but it's fairly common x

Jesterstolehisthornycrown1 · 14/08/2018 17:22

Dara
Seán
Fionn
Finn
Pierce

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 14/08/2018 17:19

Seán