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Neve/Niamh

84 replies

stellarfox · 12/11/2018 20:55

What do you think of Neve? I’m only a very small % Irish (mostly English) so I don’t think I could really use Niamh could I?

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crockofcrackers · 12/11/2018 21:12

Definitely Niamh Smile

moofolk · 12/11/2018 21:09

Niamh

RavenWings · 12/11/2018 21:06

Most Irish people really won't care tbh. We'll save the irritation for the Americans who believe that their grandmother's neighbours cousins dog being Irish makes them Irish.

Penisbeakerismyfavethread · 12/11/2018 21:05

Neve is a boys name as far as I know? (I taught two)
Niamh sounds the same and is gorgeous

PotteringAlong · 12/11/2018 21:04

Niamh is much better than Neve

legalseagull · 12/11/2018 21:03

Of course you can use it. Otherwise there would be a very limited stock of traditional English names (assuming you're in England) if you really need to, just tell people you have Irish roots

stellarfox · 12/11/2018 21:01

I prefer Niamh too, but it just feels a bit disingenuous! I am about 1/8 Irish which is better than nothing I suppose 😬

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RavenWings · 12/11/2018 20:57

Niamh is much, much better than Neve. Who do you think is going to stop you, the Leprechaun Police?

beanaseireann · 12/11/2018 20:55

Course you can if you want to.
I prefer Niamh to Neve