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Renenma · 2026-03-02T02:43:12+00:00

Just that really What’s the most unique and beautiful name you’ve ever heard?

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GladHazelPoster · 16/06/2026 08:49

MissBattleaxe · 16/06/2026 08:08

Way too close to anal.

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By that logic so would Anna. Closer actually.

deeahgwitch · 16/06/2026 08:27

When I hear Cassia @dailyconniptions I think of a laxative as cassia is commonly known as Senna and is used in laxatives.
Sorry

trainboundfornowhere · 16/06/2026 08:23

Lakesideblue · 15/06/2026 23:10

That was how Agnes was pronounced in the film Hamnet too, wasn’t it? So I suppose Agnes must have been pronounced like that in England too in Shakespearean times.

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Annis is the English medieval form of Agnes.

MissBattleaxe · 16/06/2026 08:08

GladHazelPoster · 15/06/2026 22:41

Éanna (Pronounced: ay-nah): A graceful, feather-light option meaning "bird-like"

Way too close to anal.

Lakesideblue · 15/06/2026 23:10

PrimeSeason · 15/06/2026 18:51

In France they have Agnes, pronounced ‘Ann-Yess’

That was how Agnes was pronounced in the film Hamnet too, wasn’t it? So I suppose Agnes must have been pronounced like that in England too in Shakespearean times.

GladHazelPoster · 15/06/2026 22:41

Éanna (Pronounced: ay-nah): A graceful, feather-light option meaning "bird-like"

PrimeSeason · 15/06/2026 18:51

In France they have Agnes, pronounced ‘Ann-Yess’

bornwithhorns · 14/06/2026 23:58

I really love Ophelia

KayEmAy · 14/06/2026 23:46

Celeste Amelie

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 23:14

Críostóir is also world-class

Lakesideblue · 14/06/2026 21:45

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 21:05

Yes it is Saint name that no-one has took the initiative to call their son it I suppose...terrible shame

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There are a good few Colms anyway.
Also means dove.
St Columba was also known as St Colmcille (dove of the church).

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 21:05

Lakesideblue · 14/06/2026 19:59

I’ve only ever heard of Columba as the saints name or as a name taken by a nun. I’ve never met anyone called Columba, except a Sr Columba once.

Yes it is Saint name that no-one has took the initiative to call their son it I suppose...terrible shame

Lakesideblue · 14/06/2026 19:59

I’ve only ever heard of Columba as the saints name or as a name taken by a nun. I’ve never met anyone called Columba, except a Sr Columba once.

deeahgwitch · 14/06/2026 19:49

Eh ?

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 19:48

deeahgwitch · 14/06/2026 19:46

As in the name Columba @GladHazelPoster ?

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I assume this is some sort of quirky joke I am too plain jane to understand.

deeahgwitch · 14/06/2026 19:46

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 11:57

I have to say Columba is just incredible.

As in the name Columba @GladHazelPoster ?

CoalTit · 14/06/2026 12:13

I see a PP has translated eglantine as musk rose, and it so happens that eglantine/sweetbriar is Rosa mosqueta in Spanish.
I've just looked up the botanical name, hoping to find another beautiful name, but it's Rosa rubiginosa

CoalTit · 14/06/2026 12:09

Vendetti · 02/03/2026 17:34

When I did my French degree, I'm sure I learned that eglantine means honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is chevrefeuille in French, isn't it? ( I can't do the grave accent that's supposed to go over the first e) And Eglantine is French for sweetbriar

GladHazelPoster · 14/06/2026 11:57

I have to say Columba is just incredible.

Lakesideblue · 05/06/2026 19:11

PermanentTemporary · 05/06/2026 16:33

This is going to be overkill as a response, but as there’s a lot of responses - I first heard of Loinnir as a name when Roísín McAliskey called her daughter by that name. It seems that I must have remembered the fadas used for Roísín and thought somehow that I’d seen them on Loinnir as well. Apologies.

Then I interpreted ‘heard’ in the thread here as ‘heard of’. I pronounced Loinnir differently in my head (not being an Irish speaker) and thought the sound in my head was very beautiful, but I also think it is visually beautiful as a word. I checked the pronunciation as best I could when the question was asked here.

Fair enough. I do like it, the look of it especially.

The correct sound would be hard to get right if you didn’t speak Irish…to be honest I don’t know if it’s a great idea to guess at pronunciations of words in a language you don’t speak and then recommend them to others. Though I guess it’s happened often enough with names 😅

Loinnir isn’t usually used as a name. It’s not listed in Irish naming records. Who knows, maybe it will take off? Fiadh came out of nowhere twenty odd years ago to top the charts within a few years 🤷‍♀️

ConstanzeMozart · 05/06/2026 16:47

It does look really beautiful.

PermanentTemporary · 05/06/2026 16:33

This is going to be overkill as a response, but as there’s a lot of responses - I first heard of Loinnir as a name when Roísín McAliskey called her daughter by that name. It seems that I must have remembered the fadas used for Roísín and thought somehow that I’d seen them on Loinnir as well. Apologies.

Then I interpreted ‘heard’ in the thread here as ‘heard of’. I pronounced Loinnir differently in my head (not being an Irish speaker) and thought the sound in my head was very beautiful, but I also think it is visually beautiful as a word. I checked the pronunciation as best I could when the question was asked here.

beachwalker76 · 05/06/2026 15:02

Giovanna - another Italian one.

Lakesideblue · 04/06/2026 17:35

ConstanzeMozart · 04/06/2026 16:15

How do you pronounce Loinnir?

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How can you say it’s the most beautiful name you’ve heard when you don’t know how it sounds?

ETA Sorry, I quoted the wrong person.
The above question was for @PermanentTemporary.

Lakesideblue · 04/06/2026 17:31

ConstanzeMozart · 04/06/2026 16:15

How do you pronounce Loinnir?

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If it’s Irish it’s pronounced as in this link:
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/Loinnir
The letter r is always pronounced in the vast majority of Irish accents.

I don’t know if it’s Irish though.
For a start pp apologised for the lack of correct accents, but the Irish word doesn’t have any accents.
Secondly, though it is an Irish word meaning radiance/brightness, it’s not used as a name in Ireland.