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!!

You could say 'Dylan is originally Welsh' could you not? Then she'd know, if she hadn't previously.

But you 'just don't get', it seems, that, as well being a popular English name these days, Dylan is the only first name with that sound, in England, Wales or Ireland, according to the many Irish people here - who've pointed out that Dillon is a surname.

So your wife is, very sensibly, translating the surname-y sound you're making into the equivalent first name.

There is a bit of irony in that.

Bláithnaid is pronounced blaw-nid
Caoilfhionn is pronounced Kee-lin or Kwee-lin depending on region

Oops, cross post

Caoilfhionn = Keelin
Blaithnaid= Blahnid

Cross-post!

Your wife had a baby two days ago? The baby is healthy and thriving, yes? Then no harm will be done by waiting a few days before having a nice, loving conversation about names for him without calling one another silly, surely.

Cormac? Fergal? Patrick? Joseph? James? Diarmuid? Conor?

Okay, well, the bottom line is that she appears to have changed her mind - she is happy with a name that nods to the Irish but she wants an English spelling. And no, I don't think that is silly or ironic, I think it is perfectly reasonable.

Congratulations!

You're being a bit silly actually.
One of the most popular boys names in Ireland is Dylan - pretty much been in the top 10 for over a decade.
Dillon is not commonly used.
They both derive from Celtic languages.

Also you might think that you and your wife have the kind of relationship where you take the piss and that's fine, just remember she's been through a life changing experience and caring for a newborn is hard - maybe try to be a bit gentler?? You've got 6 weeks to name your son.

ffs, it's getting to the point on mn where you can not post anything without a ridiculous amount of posters spouting venom and bile at the op. He obviously meant it light-hearted, he has explained several times that he did. He used a pp turn of phrase and got roasted. It is getting so tedious and boring reading endless threads of people attacking for no reason or because the op used one word or phrase wrong and gets leapt upon.

ladybugandcatnoir: I'd agree with you if the OP hadn't kept up the patronising tone.

Ah op I think you are getting a hard time.I know of only 1 person who spelled Dillon.All other Dylan's are spelled the Welsh way and let me tell you there are quite a few.

kormachameleon: The OP isn't necessarily a man. Well, I didn't see a reference to that anyway.

Wasn't Dylan the rabbit with rather bohemian tastes in The Magic Roundabout?

A bit of trivia I was taught (which may be wrong - I'm sure someone will shoot me down in flames) - Dylan appears to be unknown as a forename before the birth of Dylan Thomas. The welsh word dylan meant sea, but was obscure even in the early 1900's when Thomas was born. The name Dylan was popularised by Bob Dylan from the 1960's on, which might be why there aren't too many elderly Dylans around.

Conor?

You'll forever get people putting a 2nd n in it but it's a perfectly "regular" name that works in English and Irish, and with one n is the Irish spelling.

Omg call him ruari that's gorgeous!

To add to your trivia Redbull, the former England cricket captain, Bob Willis was such a fan of Bob Dylan that he added Dylan as one of his middle names.

Dylan is a well known character from Welsh mythology. It may not have been the most well used first name before Dylan Thomas, but it certainly wasn't unheard of.

There you go, then. I've been carrying around that piece of trivia of years and it's not even right! As you were...

Ah, Cormac is nice as well, though obviously very Irish and I've never met or heard of one in England.

But congrats on the baby OP. Whatever you both decide to put on his birth cert, the Irish side of family will use the Irish spelling and the English will use the English (that's been our experience at least) if it's a name you can do that with. Don't worry about that as long you both like the spelling you eventually choose but it doesn't look like Dillon/Dylan is for you.

It is funny/ironic to use the Welsh spelling of a name that isn't even really a first name in Irealnd I think.
To add to the list of possible replacements: Oscar is an Irish name (son of Oisin in the Fianna, grandson of Fionn Mc Cuail). Everyone thinks it's Scandinavian

Hmm - if you can't agree about this, I foresee a difficult life ahead for this little chap. The fact that your wife holds a different opinion to you does not mean she is silly; any more than you are for holding yours.

My dh is Pakistani but adores Irish names so all 3 of our kids have them. Dh loves telling his relatives what they mean and how to pronounce them. Dillon is lovely.