Sister for Niamh.thoughts pls..

[niamhsmam]

DD called Niamh and baby girl due in 9 weeks! We have a shortlist but can't seem to agree..so tell us what you think

Aoife
Orla
Ava
Eimear (my fav hubby not keen).

I like them all. Have you also considered Sian?

Niamh and Orla go well together.

Orla

I love Aoife. Fionnuala? Siobhan?

Isla? or Orla, definitely.

Eimear sounds quite nice but I prefer it with the spelling Emer.

Niamh and Orla are lovely together.

I like all the names on your list - they're lovely. Ava is pretty but a bmayit boring compared to the others, and the sounds are maybe slightly repetitive when pired with Niamh.

Orla is nice.

I really don't like Emer, but I knew some horrible ones at school. Aoife is nice but not with Niamh.

Does it have to be Irish? What about Nina, Faith, Joy or Ellen? They are all quite simple names that go with one syllable name like Niamh.

My favourite Irish name (although it isn't really Gaelic) is Clodagh

Orla definitely! Love Aoife too.

Orla

Ava sounds too close to Niamh IMO

Sinead

Orla or Aoife.

How about Saoirse? It means liberty.

Orla

Iona, if it doean't have to be Irish.

Niamh is two syllables!

Depends where you live I think - I don't like the sound of Orla in Southern English accents (Awe-la) but it's lovely when said properly. Similar with Emer (E-mah). My cousins are Niamh and Sinead which go well together, but I think they're all lovely names.

wright is a tricky sur name. Because I was just thinking Iona is beautiful, but then with Wright, it sounds like I own the right (like the rights to music or a brand or something).

That's my problem with Isla, Valium.

"Where are you going on holiday?"
"Isla Wright"

Eilis (ay-lish)?

Morwenna?

ooooh no! it sounds like one of those joke names like Ben Dover or Annette Curtin

How is Niamh 2 syllables? I thought it was like Neve? Siobhan is an excellent name.

Orla.

LJ, Niamh is sort of one and a half syllables, Nee-av but the av is said very quickly!

Ava