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irish names

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mum2niamh · 01/08/2008 09:02

my dd is called niamh and i would like a celtic/irish/scottish name for my next child, sex as yet unknown. Suggestions please!

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CuckooClockWorkShy · 02/08/2008 13:09

I am glad Seamus is having a revival. Love it.

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CuckooClockWorkShy · 02/08/2008 13:03

Funny cos I was 'coco' on the bearpit! I wondered if you knew that.

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CuckooClockWorkShy · 02/08/2008 12:54

Tis a great name, what good taste you have!

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CuckooClockWorkShy · 02/08/2008 12:35

ps, Cashel is an interesting name. They've taken an American trend, using place names, and used an Irish place name. So a nice Irish American blend there. Although Cashel Blue does make me think of cheese first and foremeost! I could get past that thought!

12yrgap! you tapping away on mumsnet a few hours after giving birth!? is there a record? You might have broken it!

Liadan is one of these names that I hadn't heard of grwoing up, and now I know of about 3 under 5. Where did it come from, how did it become known and what does it mean?

CuckooClockWorkShy · 02/08/2008 12:30

Turniphead, funny, I agree with your sister's perception of Saoirse, because it means Freedom, I also thought of it as being a bit of a statement name. Not always of course. But I wouldn't pick that one.

Roisín with Rosie for short is a very versatile one. That'd be a very good choice if living outside of Ireland but wanting to use an Irish name.

Maeve or clodagh anybody? NO!!??

amidaiwish · 02/08/2008 08:49

Cathal, Sean, Deirdre, Garoid, Declan, Ursula, Aine, Liam, Oonagh, Niamh, Aoife, Siobhan, Emma, Ciara, Fionnuala, Conor, Niall, Lupita, Donal, Donagh, Brendan, Darcey

above are all fairly "mainstream" Irish names i know people living in England with.

cikecaka · 02/08/2008 08:48

Think the name eyeballs might be thinking of is Caolann. I have a Caoimhe and there is 2 ways of pronouncing it, the one mentioned earlier or 'ki-va'. What abouth Bronagh 'Bro-na'or Tara?

Sazisi · 02/08/2008 01:22

And Fergal is a very cute name!

(mis-spelt Cathal back there)

Sazisi · 02/08/2008 01:20

Also like Emmet for a boy

Sazisi · 02/08/2008 01:18

Another unusual name for a girl is Siamsa, which is Irish for dance. Pronouced 'She-emsa'

Sazisi · 02/08/2008 01:16

Well I didn't get to use any of my boy names, so here they are for your delectation

Ronan
Killian/Cillian
Dara/Daragh
Colm
Cahal

And a BEAUTIFUL girl name: Liadan (there's a fada over the 'i') which means something like gray poet lady

gigglewitch · 02/08/2008 01:01

my favourite is Orla / Orlaith

EyeballsinHiding · 02/08/2008 00:29

I thought it didn't look right. Bumholes. And what's worse, my mum doesn't know either. Will have to bribe her to ask for me.

chipmonkey · 02/08/2008 00:24

Eyeballs, there is no letter Q in the Irish alphabet, there are in fact only 18 letters, as there is no J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y or Z.
Think you may have to ask, all right

EyeballsinHiding · 02/08/2008 00:18

LOL I'm going to have to ask, aren't I?

I love Dervla. It's easy (unless you spell it Dearbhla or Deirbhile) but very underused here. I suggested it for dd but very English DH thought it was a bit rebellious.

babyelephant · 02/08/2008 00:05

I know a little girl called Caolinn (Kee-lyn)

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