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Due today, please HELP ME choose a boy's name

55 replies

DrSkidaddle · 20/02/2010 16:51

OK here is my DH's list:

Cillian
Remy
Rudy
Bosco

Here is my list:

Noah
Gabriel
Inigo
Sam

Here is a list of names we both (very grudgingly) MIGHT accept:

Malachy
Inaki (should have tilde (squiggle) on the n but don't know how to type it)
Tadgh
Rory/Ruari

DH is Irish btw

Any suggestions or preferences much appreciated - be as brutal as you like!

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Mumcentreplus · 21/02/2010 02:23

Like them all apart fron Bosco...really reminds be of dukes of hazard for some reason??

lowrib · 21/02/2010 02:20

What a lovely list of names - I really like some of yours and your DH's list.

However you're brave asking for advice here! Lots of the Mnetters who post on the baby names threads are very conservative (small c!) about names and shoot down any slightly unusual names. So you'll find the general consensus is likely to be the most boring / well known names form your list (i.e. Sam and Rory - no surprise there!).

Also there is a - probably unconscious - bias to Anglicised names here. Often when OPs suggest Celtic names, you'll find people saying "you can't call your child that, they'll forever have to spell it, why don't you just call them a nice normal name like Edward or Harry (or whatever)". But they don't realise that if everyone took this advice then Welsh / Irish / Scottish names would die out completely over time, which would be a great shame indeed, and is the death of culture in action.

However it seems to me that you both like the more unusual names, so please, don a hard hat and don't listen to the boring people who would have you call your child something English plain, instead of something along the lines of the beautiful names you have listed above.

FWIW my favourites from your lists are Rudy and Inigo. Inigo was a favourite of my DP's and I suspect it'll be on any future list, should the occasion arise
I know a Rudy, it's a great name.

How do you pronounce Inaki?

I'll have a think about some other suggestions and post them here..

HTH

p.s. Sorry for the rant, this is a personal bug bear of mine!

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DrSkidaddle · 20/02/2010 22:52

wow thanks for all the feedback - yes, Tadhg is pronounced like Tiger without the r - I really like the sound of it, just don;t like the spelling (as we live in the UK and no-one will know how to say it)

Agree with the Gillian/Kill problem with Cillian

OK fair dos re Inaki - I love it but know he will be condemned to a lifetime of having to spell/explain his ame (but same with Tadhg and possible Cillian I reckon?)

CSWS - quite like Fergus (and Angus and Hamish) but DH doesn't like any of them

RE the Malachy/Malachi spelling - I thought that Malachi was pronounced Mal-ah-kai but Malachy was pronunced Mal-ah-kee (which is what we want) - is this right??

Ruari would be pronounced Roo-ree as oppoased ro Roar-ree for Rory but tbh I reckon he would be called Roar-ree whatever the spelling as we live in the UK. We both really like Rory/Ruari but the big problem with it that it is my brother's name and I think that it would be a bit wierd to call him the same name? Otherwise I reckon we would go for this....

Have been in discussion all evening and have also come up with:
Toby
Silas
Cosmo
Caspar

but any new suggestions very very welcome!

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mathanxiety · 20/02/2010 22:37

Tadhg is pronounced with an EYE sound in the middle in Ireland. The ADH combination is pronounced 'eye' in Irish. So you end up with 'Tige' (long I, hard G)

glasgowlass · 20/02/2010 22:32

lol i didnt think it was pronounced that way but to see it written down like that screams out that certain slang term for me. Silly I know...

dizzydixies · 20/02/2010 22:27

glasgowlass - Tadgh isn't pn tadge though, its more like Tag-d

I wish I could explain it better but as a Glasgow lass and know the slang you mean it doesn't sound anything like it

glasgowlass · 20/02/2010 22:22

Cillian - really dont like, kids can be cruel and I fear he would be nicknamed Gillian!

Remy - No, reminds me of remy martin brandy

Rudy - would end up being called Ruby

Bosco - Sounds like a really bad football mascot name

Noah - Lovely name, know a few, all really charming wee boys

Gabriel - No, not one I like.

Inigo - No, not good!

Sam - Love it but then again my wee boy is called Sam

Malachy - Really like this mane but would use an I at the end not a Y

Inaki - Please dont!

Tadgh - Seriously would never consider this! It sounds like scottish slang for a dickhead

Rory/Ruari - Love these, bothspellings and pronunciations, slightly favour Ruari for a boy as I have a cat named Rory.

pointysayhiphip · 20/02/2010 22:06

Sam
Rory/Ruari

I have never heard of Ruari pronounced as Roo-vay. In gaelic I believe the letters 'mh' are pronounced as 'v', never the letter 'r'. As in Mhairi (Vari)

5inthebed · 20/02/2010 21:50

The Ruari I know was pronounced as I said, he was from one of the islands off Scotland, I forget now.

IlooklikeGrotbagstoday · 20/02/2010 21:50

Bosco

cece · 20/02/2010 21:48

Cillian - no!
Remy - I know one and it is OK
Rudy - bit American sounding
Bosco - terrible

Noah - not one I like and it is very popular
Gabriel - only for a xmas baby I think
Inigo - no
Sam - like this one!

Malachy - like but would spell with an i at the end
Inaki - not sure how to say this so I would say no...
Tadgh - ditto
Rory/Ruari - think this is my favourite from your lists

IlooklikeGrotbagstoday · 20/02/2010 21:44

I'm suprised Bosco is on your DH's list if he is Irish. Bosco was a puppet clown on Irish kid's tv about 20 years ago.

franke · 20/02/2010 21:42

Remy, Noah, Ruary

dizzydixies · 20/02/2010 21:41

oh I missed Noah, sorry, I love Noah too

Heated Tadgh is pn similar to Tagged but not really - its very difficult to explain - you should pop over and listen to Frank McCourt on the Irish baby names website where he sounds them all out

Heated · 20/02/2010 21:39

Much prefer your list

Cillian - no to any name that has Kill in it
Remy - Remy Martin, therefore no
Rudy - shortened to Rude, so no
Bosco - horrible
Noah - very nice
Gabriel - lovely
Inigo - could be persuaded
Sam - very nice
Malachy - ok
Inaki - no
Tadgh - pn?
Rory/Ruari - ok

dizzydixies · 20/02/2010 21:30

5inthebed - the scottish and I think Irish pn is Roo-Ray as opposed to Rory which is more roar-ray iyswim?

5inthebed · 20/02/2010 21:27

Actually, how will you be pronouncing Ruari? AFIAK, it is pronounced Roo-Vay

5inthebed · 20/02/2010 21:25

Ruari from joint list. Knew one once, and was a lovely bloke

Noah from yours, Cillian from DH

dizzydixies · 20/02/2010 21:24

Cillian, Gabriel, Rudy or Tadgh for me

liliputlady · 20/02/2010 21:21

Sam and Rory are my faves from your lists.

anamaria22 · 20/02/2010 21:01

I really like Cillian, Bosco and Remy - all great underused names that sound masculine and elegant.

Don't like Sam, Noah and Rory as they are very common and a bit 'blah' compared to your other suggestions.

mathanxiety · 20/02/2010 20:19

His:
Cillian -- LOVE (but use the K spelling or people will pronounce it Sillian)
Remy -- LOVE
Rudy -- don't like
Bosco -- LIKE a lot (I loved Bosco on Irish tv in the 80s)

Yours:
Noah -- don't like
Gabriel -- LOVE
Inigo -- LIKE
Sam -- LIKE

Joint:
Malachy -- LIKE
Inaki -- NO, this one seems to be out of left field altogether. Is it a version of Ignatius?
Tadgh -- LOVE (Tadhg correct spelling)
Rory/Ruari -- LOVE

JaynieB · 20/02/2010 18:19

I knew a standard poodle called Bosco...
Rather like Remy - sounds nice said out loud.
Sam and Gabriel are lovely too.
Not Cillian though - but then I have a slight lisp can can't say it properly

janeite · 20/02/2010 18:14

Cillian - don't like
Remy - no
Rudy - no
Bosco - awful
Noah -lovely
Gabriel -lovely
Inigo - no but I love The Princess Bride! Westley is a good name, non?
Sam -ok
Malachy -no
Inaki - pardon?
Tadgh - no but love Thaddeus
Rory/Ruari - no

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