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Ada or Fiadh ?

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lbm06 · 22/01/2022 22:49

So which do you think is the nicest of these 2 for a girl ? Ada or Fiadh ?

Also would really appreciate a boy's name to go with Freddie, really struggling with coming up with a boy's name (Won't be finding out what I am having until the birth so need to be prepared !)

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lbm06 · 26/01/2022 14:22

I do like the name Thea but it just reminds of the name Anthea which I am not keen on

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Classica · 26/01/2022 13:06

It's a lovely name but if you're picking it because you think it's a bit different, lots of other parents have had the exact same thought in the past 5 years. It ticks the box for short girls' name ending in A sound, like Mia and Ava, and it also ticks the Irish box. So I can see why it's whooshed up the charts.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/the-irish-for-2-5024546-Mar2020/

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lbm06 · 26/01/2022 12:56

Yes I am in Ireland so worried about when DD starts school there will be many other Fiadhs in her class. I really love the name but dont want it to be the case like in DD1s class there are at least 3 Avas

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RockinHorseShit · 25/01/2022 18:58

Fiadh is beautiful

Tal45 · 25/01/2022 17:50

@legalseagull

Are you in Ireland or UK (E/S/W)? My friend has a Thea for her DD which is lovely
I was going to suggest Thea as OP likes Fiadh and Theo.
legalseagull · 25/01/2022 17:40

Are you in Ireland or UK (E/S/W)? My friend has a Thea for her DD which is lovely

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lbm06 · 25/01/2022 14:19

Ok i think I need to scratch Fiadh off my list if it is that popular. Thanks for the link @Anotherdayanotheropinon I will have a look !

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Anotherdayanotheropinon · 25/01/2022 14:15

Actually Fiadh/Fia/Fiadh (with fada) is the most popular girls name as the app splits out the different spellings.

If you want to look at what names are popular you can check here:

www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/visualisationtools/babynamesofireland/

Anotherdayanotheropinon · 25/01/2022 14:06

@lbm06

I do try and steer away from names that are too popular and maybe I am living under a rock but I have not yet come across a Fiadh and my DH has never even heard of the name but loves it... maybe I need to rethink that one tho 🙈. Do you think Theo with the nn Teddy is too similar to my DS name Freddie ?

Any other lovely girl name suggestions ? 😊

Fiadh is the second most popular girls name in Ireland! Like you however I had to politely listen to 4!!!! different friends from different groups tell me they called their daughter Fiadh as it’s ‘so unusual’ @lbm06
SeanChailleach · 25/01/2022 10:41

I think Freddie and Teddy, turning into Fred and Ted as they grow up, is perfectly okay.
Fred and Fiadh is very similar looking, especially when handwritten. You might like Síofra or Síomha?

BunnyRuddington · 25/01/2022 08:31

Ada but it was my DGM's name so I may be biased I can also spell Ada which would help.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 24/01/2022 21:01

Yeah, definitely swerve Fiadh if you're looking for something slightly different. Ireland is overrun with tiny Fiadhs, delightful as I'm sure they all are.

PurpleFadesToGreen · 24/01/2022 19:37

Siofra ?

Garman · 24/01/2022 18:28

So many baby Fiadhs in the last year or so.

PattyPan · 24/01/2022 15:34

Ada, I don’t like the same initial for siblings. Also I like the Ada Lovelace connection.

William or James for a boy?

irishfarmer · 24/01/2022 15:29

I'm also in Ireland. I think I know of 3 Fiadh's. 1 is in the UK (Irish parent). I really don't know if it is crazy popular. As PP said the pool of names is very big now. But it def is a trendy name right now so if you don't like that I'd avoid it. This is a handy site:

www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/visualisationtools/babynamesofireland/

MindyStClaire · 24/01/2022 12:57

I would put Ada in the same bracket as Fiadh in terms of popularity - know a couple of each born in the last few years, and none before that.

LizzieAnt · 23/01/2022 12:55

It wasn't used as a name, just as a word, until fairly recently.
I should add to this that Fiadnat (Fiadhnait in modern spelling), which is derived from Fiadh, was used as a name in the past - there are a couple of saints with the name.

StopForAMinute · 23/01/2022 12:22

Love Ada!

Theo is lovely too but not sure about having Freddie and Teddy.

LizzieAnt · 23/01/2022 11:48

That said, there is much more of a variety in names these days. So even the most popular won't be as widely used as popular names were in previous generations.

RuthW · 23/01/2022 11:47

Ada without a doubt

LizzieAnt · 23/01/2022 11:42

Almost all the Fiadhs in Ireland are children, many of them very young, so maybe that's why you haven't come across it OP. It wasn't used as a name, just as a word, until fairly recently. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) baby name site gives details on recent name use in Ireland. There were fewer than 3 Fiadhs born in the year 2005 (the lowest number they record), 16 in 2010, 35 in 2015 and 366 in 2020 - so a huge rise in popularity recently.

Luredbyapomegranate · 23/01/2022 11:12

I am not mad about either but Ada v popular in UK, although not up to Freddie levels, and Fiadh v pop in Ireland.

If you are Welsh I’d go for the much lovelier Ffion or Thea or Finnola
I think Adela, Aphra, Aster, Astra or Adeline are all much nicer and less overused than Ada which I think sounds hard.

I don’t think you can have Freddie and Teddy, but Freddie and Theo/dore, or Leo is nice. Both similarly popular though.. Ernest nn Ernie, Milo, Hugo, Arnold nn Arnie, Albert nn Bertie, Arlo, Ivo

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lbm06 · 23/01/2022 09:04

I do try and steer away from names that are too popular and maybe I am living under a rock but I have not yet come across a Fiadh and my DH has never even heard of the name but loves it... maybe I need to rethink that one tho 🙈. Do you think Theo with the nn Teddy is too similar to my DS name Freddie ?

Any other lovely girl name suggestions ? 😊

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Totalwasteofpaper · 23/01/2022 06:36

Ada.

Fiadh is a bit trendy Wendy for me.