Niamh?

My DD is Niamh so im a bit biased but I LOVE the name

remember as a previous poster said, it is pronounced kind of like nee-uv, hard to spell phonetically, but does not sound like neeev.

or you could do what a girl's Mum did in Y1 at my school and call her

NY-AMM but spell it as Niamh!

FGS! Some people.

I LOVE both and were both on my list (and Im not Irish!) Very good idea having Evie short for Niamh!!
I worked in a Nursery and one of the girls were Niamh, she found it hard and I was worried about that when I wanted it but thinking about it she only knew what she was being taught just like the other children so didnt find her name any harder than the others found theres (If that makes any sense!)

I like it but I wouldn't use Evie as a nn.
I don't really think Niamh needs a nn as it's short and pretty already.

Yes, I agree, Neeve gives me an internal wobble. So does Keeva. I do understand it, but imagine somebody called their child Soozin and presented that as the sane thing to do!!

I can relate to so much of what mynameisniamh says, I too have an Irish name, hard to say & spell
My sister is Niamh and over 40
My gorgeous niece is Caoimhe too
Please use the correct spelling, it does matter - oh how I hate to see made up spellings of names!

I think it is in the top 100 now, in the UK, so I don't think it would be massively problematic.

Hey luna - Keeva (some say Qweeva) and Eefa.

I do really like it, but I prefer just Eve.

I suppose growing up in Ireland and knowing a few Niamhs makes it a bit mah ok to me. But Eve sounds really glamorous!

I love it too, it just sounds so pretty. I like traditional spellings of names usually but I think Neve looks nice as well, so maybe the best of both worlds

I have a Niamh. Think it's more common a spelling now. Most people know how to say it ime.

There is another at nursery but she is Neve. I prefer my spelling as it's the right one

I like both Niamh and Evie as names but don't see the connection - especially Evie as a shorter version of Niamh, it's got an extra syllable!

One of my best friends at school was a Niamh and I've always liked it. I work for an Irish company so there are a lot of nice Irish names I've come across - Aoife, Caoimhe, Cliona, Aisling.

eva and keeva I think?

WORD OF WARNING!!!!! My sisters girl is called niamh...i remember when she was born I txted everyone the good news.....and got countless calls back, what kind of a name is miami.....lol blimmin predictive texting!!!

Mynameisniamh, interesting to here your point of view, btw how do you pronounce Aoife and Caoimhe?

I like Niamh and think it is not so "way out?" that people won't know how to pronounce it.
Having said that it can be a pain when people mis-spell your name!!

And (I could talk about this all day clearly!) my doctor who is Irish commented the last time I saw him that friends of his had just called their DD Neve and it was ridiculous as the spelling is wrong.
Ipurposely went for the real name, rather than a phonetic spelling.

Oh and we're not Irish, I'm English, DD's Dad (we're not together) is Australian and DD was born in Scotland and we still live here. No one has called me pretentious.

I call her Niamhy or Nee-Nee for "short"

It's my DD's name. She's 7.
We do get weird spellings and pronunciatons and if I just say her name people assume she's called Eve but I love her name and wouldn't change it.

I don't mean there was no Niamh Cusack by the way - I just mean that no-one knew her publicly. Poor Niamh!

My name is Niamh (I name changed for this thread). I am 35 years old and did not grow up in Ireland (although I was born there), so I thought I could give you some perspective on what it is like growing up with this name.

Absolutely no-one knew my name growing up. No Niamh Cusack, not even particularly popular in Ireland back then. People always make a big deal about the spelling thing but I can tell you from my experience, It was a bit of a pain sometimes but that was overshadowed about how much it defined me. People were so interested in my name, it made me a bit different and I didn't mind that at all. At the beginning of the semester a new teacher would inevitably pause at my name on the class roll and the whole class would shout out "It's Neave!".

I found once people 'got' my name, they never forgot it.

It made me just that tiny bit exotic and my DH and I have decided to continue the tradition with our girls - who are called Aoife and Caoimhe. My sister's names are Aisling and Sinead and my mum's name is Eilis. Dad's name is Graham. Hah! Hah! He's not Irish though.

Can I be a pedant please and point out that Niamh is pronounced nee-ave by the majority of Irish people....

Neve is my dd middle name and i went for that spelling to make it easier

Love it and Evie

Love it. Love Evie too.