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Irish name for a boy, really stuck!

214 replies

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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EarringsandLipstick · 27/11/2022 09:15

loopyloutoo · 27/11/2022 09:13

I don't think anyone has mentioned Cahir which is a quite nice...

Also not an Irish name. A town, yes.

EarringsandLipstick · 27/11/2022 09:15

Torin and Corran are not Irish names.

(I know there's all sorts of claims to them being Irish names if you google them, but they are not. I've never heard of them)

loopyloutoo · 27/11/2022 09:13

I don't think anyone has mentioned Cahir which is a quite nice...

CurlsandSwirls · 27/11/2022 09:06

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Slimjimtobe · 27/11/2022 08:52

Emmet
Luke (lots of Irish kids called Luke)
Fionn
Finn

bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyza · 27/11/2022 08:46

My son has an Irish name Corran he is the only one in the school.

Dacadactyl · 27/11/2022 08:36

I've never watched it so don't get the reference.

Winniethepig · 27/11/2022 02:35

Dacadactyl · 26/11/2022 22:50

Colm or Ronan?

Colm makes me think of Derry Girls 😂

Cucumberbund · 27/11/2022 01:08

Anyone mentioned Fergus, Colman or Finian?

diffandproud · 27/11/2022 01:07

Diarmuid

Snugglemonkey · 27/11/2022 01:03

JaneJeffer · 27/11/2022 00:14

And one of them is the correct way

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multicolouredbunting · 27/11/2022 01:02

Aidan 🙌🏽🙌🏽

Cheeeeislifenow · 27/11/2022 00:59

Torin
Ruan
Ruadhán
Cónall

NeverTalksToStrangers · 27/11/2022 00:59

WonderWoop · 26/11/2022 23:27

Didn’t expect so many responses!! Thanks all so much.

there’s a few names I had previously discounted but might add back to the list. Rian (don’t love Cian… makes me think of Kian from Westlife!), Cormac (don’t know why it doesn’t feel massively modern though), Oran is nice, Ruan/Ruadhan possibly

had thought Luan was a girls name @GrazingSheep (not sure why), but quite like it

@RoyKeaneisRight Uinseann - how do you say it?

I have a Cormac and he loves his name. It's also nicely Irish without being difficult to pronounce or spell. Plus, with certain surnames it's a really cool name iykwim?

CatWithARabbit · 27/11/2022 00:52

Senan
Lorcan
Patrick
Michael
Rory
Fintan

Orders76 · 27/11/2022 00:44

Love Con, Cian and Columba.
Finn, Oscar, Michael and Danann are lovely too.

hollyhd · 27/11/2022 00:40

I like Eamon and Diarmuid

HilarysMantelpiece · 27/11/2022 00:30

some of these have been mentioned above:

Senan (especially if you've any Wexfordian connection)

Austin (quite popular in Waterford)

Thady (personally love this one- short for Thaddeus)

Oran (Galway)

Garvan

Polecat07 · 27/11/2022 00:28

Ohh, and Shane!

Polecat07 · 27/11/2022 00:27

I love Dara, Ruairí, Ronan.

Sillysausage2 · 27/11/2022 00:24

I love Donnacha, Tadgh Darragh and Fionn

TwentysixV · 27/11/2022 00:21

Frank
connell
dermot
eoin
declan
patrick

Crispynoodle · 27/11/2022 00:15

Fintan

JaneJeffer · 27/11/2022 00:14

Testng123 · 26/11/2022 23:53

There are lots of ways to spell Tadhg!

And one of them is the correct way

Facecream · 27/11/2022 00:12

Brecken
Donnacha
Art
Seamus
Dobal
Fiachra

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