To think wife is being a little bit silly?

[AmericanCreamie]

I am Irish and DW is English. Our son is 2 days old. She said we can go for a name that's Irish but works well in English too. The one we liked most was Dillon, she then goes "great, but I want it as Dylan"??? That then completely takes away the fact of it being Irish. she isn't getting it. This baby will never be named!!

So the answer is no, no one sees the irony

They don't see any because there isn't any irony there.

I don't even get a complete misunderstanding of the name in the first place. The names are the same are they not? Just spelt differently, with an association to two different countries no? I knpw I don't pronounce either name any different

No, the names are not at all the same. And not associated 'with the country they think they are, either.
You can't say "oh isn't it funny/ironic, wanting an Irish name but then wanting to spell it the welsh way!" when actually you've not picked an Irish name at all.

Plus your wife has just given birth so she wins on points and you should just suck it up.

What a load of sexist claptrap.

I think the OP is getting unnecessary flak.
That said, if the baby is getting your surname I think your wife gets more weight on the first name.
THAT said, using the Welsh spelling takes away from the Irishness.
Would have been sensible to iron this out BEFORE the baby came.

Odhran / Oren

Dylan is nice but quite well used

And congratulations!

OP Dylan is a Welsh name YANBU.

I think the OP was just pointing out the irony of his wife agreeing to an Irish name and then saying she wanted to spell it the English/welsh way...no need to clobber the poor man to death over it

This, 100%

How do you pronounce Blaithnaid fgs?
Caoilfhionn?

@AbernathysFringe baby is getting a double barrelled surname (which is our married name). So both of ours. Then she got middle name pick and then we are deciding on a first name together that works in both places and that we both like. I thought it sounded quite reasonable.

Haven't you had 9 months to think about this? Why are you arguing about it now?

I guarantee that had this been a wife posting about her "silly" DH, the replies would have been very, very different.

Dillon isn't really an Irish first name, is it? Plenty of Dillon surnames in Ireland though.

How about Connor? Very easy for English speakers.

Many Congratulations on the birth of your son. On first impressions, it does seem silly to plump for an Irish name then want a Welsh spelling, but Dillon is actually a surname spelling and anyway Dylan is getting really popular so go for something else instead . In its Welsh spelling its the 10th most popular boys name in Eire! I like these Irish boys' names:

Aedan
Emmet
Eoghan
Finbar (love this one)
Fintan
Lochlan
Lorcan
Tadhg

No, she's not being silly.

She doesn't like Dillon.

Are you silly to not like Dylan, Op?

in fairness to the OP it was me who said ''pushed a baby out'' first! I meant it flippantly. Like afgs just give in, she pushed a baby out 48 hours ago. And then he ended up quoting me and looking like a dickhead.

No, she's not being silly. She doesn't like Dillon.

It's not about her not liking Dillon! It's about her agreeing to an Irish name and then suggesting a name be spelt so that it is actually a Welsh one.

Well yes probably soupdragon. But the husband wouldn't have been recovering from the process of giving birth to a baby the day before yesterday.

No, the names are not at all the same. And not associated 'with the country they think they are, either.
You can't say "oh isn't it funny/ironic, wanting an Irish name but then wanting to spell it the welsh way!" when actually you've not picked an Irish name at all.

To my ear they sound the same, I would say them the same. so sorry if that is no the case.

I can say that it is ironic, if my (and in this case the OP) believe it to be Irish. Doesn't stop the irony even if the original assumption is wrong. IMO.

It's not about her not liking Dillon! It's about her agreeing to an Irish name and then suggesting a name be spelt so that it is actually a Welsh one

Except its not! She agreed to something, but it wasn't an Irish name. Maybe she just copped on to that?

Shaun/Sean?

My OH was going to be Cahill until someone pointed out that where they lived (Norf West England) it would always be pronounced Carl. We have similar issues when naming our daughter and went for an Irish, used in England, easy to spell name but the downside is it's pronounced differently in Ireland, north and south England and also in North American accents but we just deal with it, whatever.

I think you need a different name - rory?

Seamus

Ruari?

It's said exactly as its written. How can you possibly be confused with Lorcan? It's not like like its Caoilfhionn or Bláithnaid!

So Lore-can? I thought letters were prounouned different in Irsh?
How do you say Caoilfhionn or Bláithnaid?

" It's about her agreeing to an Irish name and then suggesting a name be spelt so that it is actually a Welsh one."

Yes, but Dillon is an surname isn't it, not a first name?

So Lore-can? I thought letters were prounouned different in Irsh?

Not all of them. How do you think Conor is pronounced?

Caoilfhionn = Keelin
Bláithnaid = Blah-nid.