to ask how would you pronounce these names?

[BumWiper]

Caoimhe and Naoise

Belgo it's Fee-un.

Kay-o-me

thanks.

Ian and Mjol-nir??

Naoise is one of those "boys names now turning into girls names" ones. The original (or earliest known usage) is the nephew of King Conchubar and the murdered husband of Deirdre of the Sorrows.

Me-Yol-Nur for the second,unsure of the first.

I'm worn out correcting him at this stage.He was wondering why DD wasnt answering him,FFS she didnt realise he was talking to her.

I get Naaa,Noo,ummmm Mrs XXXXX.

Ee no nee?
Me yol nur?

Fee-yun for Fionn.

Heres one for you,Foladh

Full-ah

I could spoil the fun for everyone you know

Some of the spellings seem to have zero correlation to the pronounciation!

Foh-la.

Ok,my baby DD is Sadbh,anyone want to have a go at saying it?

Yes, pretty much there...

Ee-no-nee and Myol-neer

I'd have said Foll-uh I think

Ugh except those pronunciations are very approximate hardhat. They're pretty much the anglicised versions of the names rather than the Irish versions.

I won't do the Irish ones any more it's a bit unfair seeing as I am Irish :)

Irish sounds are different to how it would be pronounced in english.A friend of mine is Dutch,Jerome prounonced Your-omm

What language is that hobgoblin?

Yeah, i've had a look on there for my cousins childrens names (they're Irish living in Ireland) and how they say them and how they are on there don't match, but it's better than having some of the hashed up attempts that you can hear, and avoids unecessary embarassment for people.

Johan in Swedish is Ewan.

Sive.

writer ciuin

I'm rubbish with Irish names, though I do know the pronunciations of Aine, Niamh and Caitlin at least.

Some of the names on this thread made me do a goldfish impression trying to get my gob round the vowels, completely incorrectly!

My eldest has an irish name-Colm. We pronouce it col-um,is that right?

Close MsTeak.
Sigh-uv

Yes, like Film. Fillum :o

Yep, Sive is the anglicized spelling though.