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Irish boy's names

39 replies

joorla · 24/07/2009 19:32

Really stuck on a boy's name.

We've a long, difficult to spell Irish O' surname so really need quite a short easy to spell first name.

Just cannot think of anything!!

Anyone got any suggestions, my dd's name is Orla by the way, which is fab (we think) as short and we chose the easy spelling.

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maggievirgo · 29/07/2009 22:58

ah! comprendo!

NotanOtter · 29/07/2009 21:38

i once had a boyfriend whose names were

in no particular order......

daniel donal dennis gerard don ...yes all of those

elliephant · 29/07/2009 21:35

Conan (the saint not the barbarian)
Aodh
Oran
Ultan
Cian
Ardal
Ultan
Cillian

kormachameleon · 29/07/2009 21:34

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NotanOtter · 29/07/2009 21:32

Séamus or Séan

PinkTulips · 29/07/2009 21:31

Cathal
Oisín
Fiacra
Tadgh
Eamonn
Breen
Darragh
Colm
Michéal (with the fada so it's pronounced Me-haul)
Padraig
Daithí
Eoin

minds gone blank after that i'm afraid...

cilldara · 29/07/2009 21:29

I am Irish and if I had a boy I was going to call him Séamus and Séimí (shaymee) for short. Just love that name but won't get to use it now!

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GoldenSnitch · 29/07/2009 21:22

I always liked Torin.

elliephant · 29/07/2009 21:21

Donal

Deemented · 29/07/2009 21:03

My names the C name - the OP's is the O' name...

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maggievirgo · 29/07/2009 20:58

Wow. I'm still stumped. Can think of a name that begins with C but not O'

ah well! maybe I'll pop off to wikipedia!

Deemented · 29/07/2009 20:56

Let me just say his first name was Michael

maggievirgo · 29/07/2009 20:46

Deemented, McNeill, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly. who's the O'......?! I can't remember... No way am I pulling out those old text books!

clairebear88 · 29/07/2009 19:01

hi

DH is Brendan and I love his name. I also love alot of the Irish names for boys

Callum
Ryan
Liam
Owen
Sean

ludog · 29/07/2009 13:32

Tadhg
Oisín
Cormac
Daire/Dara/Daragh
Eoin

BlueChampagne · 29/07/2009 13:18

Another vote for Aidan, also Brendan, Ciaran or Devlin.

LetThemEatCake · 28/07/2009 22:21

I like Seamus and Oisin

Deemented · 28/07/2009 15:32

I think Brennan goes very well with Evan, but i may be biased

Brennan's name does get shortened, but not by me - mainly by his nursery school teacher who took to calling him Bren, and on one memorable occasion Brennie Thank feck he goes full time in September

He was going to be Brendan, but the name was far too big for him when he was born as he was so tiny.

racmac · 28/07/2009 15:30

Id go for Aidan or Ciaran as i have one of each

bevlin · 28/07/2009 15:18

I have a long, hard to spell and frankly disgusting stupid Irish married name too. I love Irish people and names, don't pick me up wrong. Alot of my family decended from Ireland too but their name was Dolan, pretty normal. Trust me, my surname stinks! Anyway, I called my son Evan on account of it being short and quite unusual here in scotland. I like Aidan but it sounds to alike - Evan & Aidan, what do you think?
Joorla I love Orla too. I am swithering between Olivia and Orla but I think the girl would need to be pretty to pull it off, don't know why!! Id need to wait and see if she can and if she's got my DH's nose - it's a no go!!. I like Colm but why would they get Colin?? Deemented I love Brennan, why have I not thought of that? Does it get shortened at all? Oh, Evan and Brennan, is that silly? My name is Beverly, is it getting sillier? Oh it's too bloody hard.

peachespaige · 27/07/2009 18:58

Ive a Flynn and a Malachy. If this is a boy we're thinking Connor or Perry.
I love Rowan, dp does not.

fannybanjo · 24/07/2009 22:12

Ronan, Rowan

PilgrimSoul · 24/07/2009 22:10

Brendan, Cormac, Fintan

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