to ask how would you pronounce these names?

[BumWiper]

Caoimhe and Naoise

As in apples rabbit??? Although úlla as in apples has 2 'l's.

Yep,as in apple rabbit!I can assure you that a parent who calls their child apple rabbit does not care about the extra L in Úlla!

Messymammy Coinín is a fine strong surname I'll have you know.... ...and it means Rabbit in English or 'as Bearla' for my fellow Irish speakers....

I knew a Danish (or was she Norwegian?) called Ulla. I couldn't push the visual of a big apple out of my mind every time I said it. So Gwynneth, there are loads of people called apple! they just don't know it!

Pam, Coinín wasn't her surname, it was like a double barrelled first name but with no hyphen iyswim? Like her name was Úla Coinín O'Reilly or something.
Though surely the surname Rabbite cannot possibly be translated to Coinín??? I must investigate!
She's before Gwyneth too,she must be nearly 18 by now.

messymammy it is indeed my original surname, before I was married, so it is defintely a surname...Úla Coinín is really a bit different as a name for a little girl though...

Ive just looked it up,Pam, I'm amazed!!well I've learned something new any way today! Were you Ní Choinín? I'm fascinated now....

kwayme and neesh thats the only word types i can think of there. i know a keeva spelt keeva not quiche or whatever gumbo crap that is. like that daft actress swarshay some shit or other with the creepy face and all that hair.

Tbh I don't think you can be surprised anyone outside ireland struggles to pronouce galic names. It's a completely different language so surely you can see why people would struggle?

Yes Messy...Ní Choinín, now, after marriage, something Dutch :)

Serenity the op is in Ireland, that's why it's a bit mad.

Outside I would expect people to ask, but common names shouldn't be so puzzling. Sean is Irish after all

Chill out superjob... they are not crap names at all just a little different than what you are used too, its no harm to ask, out of courtesy to broaden your knowledge, which will allow you to interact more positively with those from a different cultural background than you....

Amazing! Just amazing.
I'm actually speechless over that comment a few below...Jesus.

The consultant was in London though I thought?
Seans a common name. Niamh is a common name. caiomhe really isn't.

From London, working in Ireland. Should have made the effort to ask IMO

very tired so typing what may come over as unreasonable crap no offence meant and im from irish stock me i should really know better my dad'd kick my arse if he knew i was being flippant with his motherlands language

Bumwiper
I'm in Munster, and we say Kweeva. We are at a Gaelscoil, and all the Caoimhes are Kweeva there. So I guess it depends where in Munster.

We used to live in US, and on DDs file they wrote 'Quee-Va' beside her name so they could pronounce it correctly! Otherwise, it was regularly pronounced 'Ki o me'.

Superjobs I bet you are a Gormlaith aren't you ....

A big red shiny úll to whoever can pronounce

Tighearnach
Adhamhnán
Riaghail
Uasal
Toirrdhealbhach
Aoibhegréine
Caoilfhionn
Nárbhflaith

I ♥ Caoilfhionn... Cwal-fyun....

I meant 'heart' Caoilfhionn....

Im pretty sure one of those is trelough otherwise I'm stumped

'Seans a common name. Niamh is a common name. caiomhe really isn't.'

Caoimhe has become very popular in the past 10-12 years, at least in South of Ireland. We know many Caoimhes through school, dancing, music, neighbours kids, etc.

Tighearnach- Teer nach
Adhamhnán- aw av nawn
Riaghail- real
Uasal- oo sal
Toirrdhealbhach- toor de val ach
Aoibhegréine- eve gray na
Caoilfhion- kee (kwee) lan
Nárbhflaith- nar vla

Úll dearg, le do thoil?

Is the first one Chi-er-nach
then Av-avnan

Oh I give up its too late for my brain to function. It was Scottish gaelic I did and that was a long time ago and I wasn't that good.