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Irish name for a boy, really stuck!

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WonderWoop · 26/11/2022 22:33

Help!

We are expecting our second child, Irish living in London. Our daughter has an Irish name and we are keen to give DS one too. But we can't find a single one we like or haven't had to rule out. I've googled and googled, need some serious inspiration!

Can't use the below for various reasons:
Sean
Oisin
Niall
Seamus
Conor
Liam
Ruairi
Fionn

Considering but not loving:
Tadhg
Conan

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 20:03

Do update me on the Dilon vs Dillon as the two ls I don't love

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 20:02

@schnubbins Donagh is a new one, like it

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 20:02

@SarahDippity I hadn't thought of Dara like that, that's really cute

Ronan - I can't shake the Ronan keating association

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 20:01

@mikado1 ah, Oran as or-an - gotcha

Unfortunately lots of Irish names in close family so ruling out a number like Niall, Seamus, Aidan for those reasons

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 19:58

@Flooper the fada gods ha - love it 😂

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mikado1 · 27/11/2022 19:54

Really like Séimí/Sé.

Kellaher · 27/11/2022 19:40

Wibbly1008 · 27/11/2022 19:24

seamus ?

Love this and was just thinking the other day why this wasn’t used much anymore.

Irish for James. NN Shea

schnubbins · 27/11/2022 19:39

I love Donagh!

SarahDippity · 27/11/2022 19:34

Dara can also mean ‘the second one’ (céad, dara, triúr, etc) so it brings a nice symmetry for a second child.

what about Ronan?

mikado1 · 27/11/2022 19:29

Think that's just a dialect thing Flooper and it makes sense with the spelling for sure but plenty of Ay-dawns around!
Mea culpa, Dillon's mum spells it with two ds! 😂

Flooper · 27/11/2022 19:28

JaneJeffer · 27/11/2022 19:14

the fada Gods
Grin great name for a trad band

Lol

their beard game would be on point! And they'd have a good hard stare.

Flooper · 27/11/2022 19:27

mikado1 · 27/11/2022 19:16

I will check with Dilon's mum! 😂 Brothers are Rian and Caelan BTW!
I'd definitely keep all and any fades. I would pronounce Oran Or-an, as is oran(ge), rather than oh-ran but the Ódhrán version Oh-rawn. What do you think of Aodhán? Ay-dawn (soft d)

Ah now for me Aodhán is pronounced ay-awn. No D sound at all.

VaddaABeetch · 27/11/2022 19:27

The use of Irish words as names. As a young woman working in the US I told people my name was Sneacta or Sugrudh or Siamsa

mikado1 · 27/11/2022 19:25

I've just thought different people pronounce orange differently, so maybe Oar-an a better phonetic spelling!

Wibbly1008 · 27/11/2022 19:24

seamus ?

Crazycrazylady · 27/11/2022 19:23

Conall
Ruairi

mikado1 · 27/11/2022 19:16

I will check with Dilon's mum! 😂 Brothers are Rian and Caelan BTW!
I'd definitely keep all and any fades. I would pronounce Oran Or-an, as is oran(ge), rather than oh-ran but the Ódhrán version Oh-rawn. What do you think of Aodhán? Ay-dawn (soft d)

JaneJeffer · 27/11/2022 19:14

the fada Gods
Grin great name for a trad band

CuteAsDuck · 27/11/2022 19:11

Lots of my favourites have already been suggested so only have one to add!

Caolán or if you want a variation that might be easier phonetically Caelan.

Flooper · 27/11/2022 19:06

AppleCharlottie · 27/11/2022 18:23

Are you not going to use fadas? Éanna etc
I think I'd choose a name without fadas rather than just leave them out.

me too. If I left them out I'd feel the fada Gods silently judging me for ever more.

Flooper · 27/11/2022 19:05

I've never seen Dilon before and if I google it, all evidence looks a bit made up. I'd stick with Dillon or Dylan.

PartyHelp · 27/11/2022 18:59

You can use Malachi if you like it but it pronounced Mal-ach-i which is more African whereas the Irish version Malachy is pronounced like Mal-ach-e. Sorry you may already know that!!

PartyHelp · 27/11/2022 18:57

What about Niall op?

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 18:47

Oh didn’t realise that @PartyHelp

@mikado1 @AppleCharlottie im not massively keen on fadas as something else for people to get wrong! But on Eanna I would as don’t think it would work otherwise (don’t know how to do it on my phone)

@mikado1 do you think Dilon with one ‘L’ then? That’s probably better as with two looks like a surname

Oran - is right pronunciation ‘oh-ran’?

@MissyB1 all lovely names but Conleth and Feargal not sure right for us

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WonderWoop · 27/11/2022 18:20

Oh and possibly two more

Oran/Odhran
Malachi

i like Dylan as well, has anyone seen it spelled Dillon?

Malachi is not an irish name. Malachy has some irish origins.

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