Naming my mixed race child and Irish name?

[ihateyousarahm]

I'm pregnant with a child who will be mixed race. My family are Irish but we've lived in England for a couple of generations.

We want to respect the heritage and name our child a traditional Irish name. Some people have said it will be hard to pronoumce as it's an Irish name and we don't usually see the name and others have said it's a mixed race baby so don't. However when I said what name we should use, they don't know.

A girls name like Charlotte etc is English and although we have both lived in England for a couple of generations I'm torn.

Ideas please?

I should hate to avoid Gobnait , patron saint of 🐝 bees. Anyway I'm surrounded with them hereabouts.

My sons went to school with an Iranian Kurdish girl who was brilliant at Irish. If she ever encounters a racist she can just say ' inis dom as Gaeilge' , which was the response my English born lads used. It's a great way to unite people ,given goodwill.

On the name question, I suppose you could pick one that's become better know through tv and film. Like Ardal or Aisling. My friend attended secondary in England as did I. He gave up using Dara and settled for his other name. That wouldn't be an issue now because of Daire O Briain.

Sorry, but people in Northern Ireland are Irish. This is a completely inappropriate analogy.

You could equally say that the majority of people in Ireland identify as Irish despite their ancestors all living in Britain pre-1922. Absolute rubbish.

VERY well said. (Plastic Paddy?!?!😳)

Some of these comments are ridiculous.

What is my ethnicity? Where are my "roots"?

I assure you, you won't get the full story from looking at me. Or hearing me speak. Or from knowing my name.

As someone who is mixed race, the perfect name will not stop people from asking me inappropriate questions. It won't make me identify a particular way. It's just a name.

OP, what matters is how you raise your child. The cultures and languages you do or don't share. That's what helps them find their identity and decide who they are.

Pick the name you like, and that feels like suits your baby when they arrive.

Surely that’s ok though? I have a very Welsh name which is for one side of my family only. I know people whose children have Italian names that are for one side only. Isn’t that what often happens when the parents are from 2 different places?