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Are these Irish names too matchy/matchy?

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Namesarehard21 · 30/05/2021 19:15

I'm pregnant with number 2. We've not definitively found out sex of baby but strong suspicion it's another girl and I'm really struggling with girls names. I would really like an Irish name (we are all Irish) or a Scottish name as my mum's family are of Scottish descent.

I have an Aoife already (Ee-fa).

The only girls name I can warm to at all is Róise (Row-shuh).

DP thinks its a bit matchy/matchy. I think they are cute together. Would love some unbiased opinions please ❤

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TenThousandSpoons · 31/05/2021 09:01

I don’t think they’re matchy at all. But half the people I know (including myself) have kids with the same last syllable. E.g. Emily and Lucy, Katie and Sophie, Archie and Nancy etc etc.

LookItsMeAgain · 31/05/2021 08:54

Bláthanna
Cliodhna
Clodagh
Aoibheann
Shannon
Sinead
Ailbhe
Bronagh
Muireann
Aibreann (if the baby is born in April)
Bealthaine (if the baby is born in May)
Meitheamh (if the baby is born in June)

Just a few suggestions

chillied · 31/05/2021 08:53

I don't think they are match - one starts with a vowel, the other with a consonant, so the focus of the names are different. Love Roise too.

40notout40 · 31/05/2021 08:44

@Serpenta

This new army of Fiadhs will take over Ireland 30 years from now. Grin
Aw I love the name Fiadh. I'm Irish but based in UK. Have almost ruled it out because of spelling/pronunciation difficulties, I think it's fairly unheard of in UK. Didn't realise it was so so common in Ireland, that's put me off it more, shame as I love it! Also like Croia, but the Conor McGregor association puts me off it
villainousbroodmare · 31/05/2021 03:02

I think they are lovely together. Remember that Róise is pronounced RO-i-shuh (quick i sound) which also differentiates them; it's not a straight two-syllable name. I have a Dara (boy) but also love it for a girl.

HeyGirlHeyBoy · 31/05/2021 03:00

They go fine i think, their sounds are different Confused. Yes they both end in é but I would go with the name you like.

mathanxiety · 31/05/2021 02:46

Also
Orna
Dearbhla
Aine

mathanxiety · 31/05/2021 02:22

I don't think the names are too matchy. Vowel sounds and the consonants are different.

mathanxiety · 31/05/2021 02:22

How about:
Lasairfhiona (fada on last i)
Sullan (fada on the a)
Siun (fada on the u)
Ciara
Beibhinn
Sorcha
Sadhbh
Una (fada on the U)
Nora or Onora (fada on the o in Onora)

I keep on losing the thread when I use Alt codes for fadas, sorry.

partyatthepalace · 31/05/2021 01:41

A bit too matchy, the names blur a bit, but not impossibly so.

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Namesarehard21 · 30/05/2021 21:38

Some lovely suggestions, thanks all 😊. Seems a split on those who think they are fine together and those that agree with DP. I've a few months to think about it it and some nice new names to ponder over 😁

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YouSeeMee · 30/05/2021 21:15

@Cherrycee

How about Ríona?
I do find them a bit too samey.

I was going to suggest Ríona too.
Also love Muirne.
Or Maeve is lovely with Aoife.

Was going to suggest Aideen, but that has the 'een' sound you're not keen on.

Serpenta · 30/05/2021 21:07

I know of a baby Ceol. Irish names have gone off-piste.

Nualay · 30/05/2021 21:06

I agree with you OP, I think they sound cute and lovely together!

stampo · 30/05/2021 21:03

I recently heard of a baby Ceola which i thought was lovely (but maybe made up?)

Cherrycee · 30/05/2021 20:58

How about Ríona?

C0nstance · 30/05/2021 20:55

@Namesarehard21

Erin is objectively pretty as a name but could be assumed here that you had certain political leanings, I think it would work a lot better outside Ireland.
A love of Soup! only joking.

What about Fraoch, love that one (heather) and nn for my own name (time for a name change again) Siún

Cotswoldmama · 30/05/2021 20:53

I like them, my boys names are a bit matchy Reuben and Eben and I know someone with three girls and their names all end with an 'uh' sound. I don't think it matters.

Cariad90 · 30/05/2021 20:47

Aoife and Saoirse would be lovely ☺️

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Namesarehard21 · 30/05/2021 20:34

@OddsNSodsBitsNBobs It's beautiful but my BIL has a nearly identical sounding name, he'd never let me live it down 🤣

@SionnachRua It's exhausting 😴😅. I do like those names but very like Aoife.

I think I'm going to practice saying the names together for a while, see if it starts to click or grate! DP is not helpful for suggestions, he just vetoes mine!

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SionnachRua · 30/05/2021 20:25

Yeah it's hard to find Irish names that haven't been snapped up by family, isn't it? Grin I don't Aoife and Róise are dreadful together but it'd be a no, personally.

A friend of mine had a baby Luisne a few years ago, I thought that was pretty. Though maybe still too like Aoife... I'd have suggested Síofra but that's very matchy imo. I LOVE Raonaid but can't separate it from Murray Sad

OddsNSodsBitsNBobs · 30/05/2021 20:25

They sound fine together, but I'd choose Caoilfhionn.

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Namesarehard21 · 30/05/2021 20:21

@SionnachRua thanks, I want to hear the other side too and I do kinda get they are a bit matchy. 3 of your names I have close relatives with the same. Maeve is on the list but I'm not crazy about it. Muireann I love but DP and I pronounce it differently and it would drive me crazy. Liadán is nice, I've a feeling DP would veto but I'm adding to the list, thank you Grin

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Namesarehard21 · 30/05/2021 20:15

@Serpenta Never a truer word spoken, I've never seen anything like it 😅

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Serpenta · 30/05/2021 20:15

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