Niamh or Neve?

[MuffinsMummy]

DD3 is now nearly 48 hours old and we can't agree on a name!

I thought we had decided on Thalia but MIL sent me a text spelling it Italia and pronounced it I-talia and has now put me off!

DD1 is Aimee and DD2 is Caitlin. I like Niamh but DH thinks people will have trouble spelling it so prefers Neve.

What does everyone think? Also do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks.

I always thought Thalia was short for Nathalia. So you could tell MIL it's Nathalia and then see if she can shorten it.

Neve seems bland compared to Niamh and spelling wise, people will have to learn eh?

With the spelling issue that's what I think. People have trouble with both the other DDs names and they are both quite straight forward.

It's driving us both crazy! Even if we agree on a name we can't agree how to spell it!

Oh god, definitely Niamh. People will learn.

If you want the name Niamh, please spell it properly - it's a gorgous name. Neve just sounds like "I heard this name I like but didn't know how to spell it so I guessed" - bit like the child I met called Shovawn (I kid you not).

I like it either way. Neve Campbell seems to have done all right with her spelling

Niamh -- pleeeeeeease.

It's a lovely name with a lovely meaning -- it's an actual word in Irish.

Neve, bleugh.

It's a shame the people you know seem unable to spell or pronounce names that are not unheard-of, but please don't pander to them.

I know a girl who's mum spells it Neave as a compromise

Well with say Orla, I would say, just spell it Orla,
But Niamh is now inside the top 100 names in the UK, so I think you should use Niamh. It isn't that hard!, and once you learn off amh together is V then it actually makes more sense to read than Neve. Which one half of your brain says is neev, and the other half says, that doesn't look like any word I recognise so it must be foreign. If you spell it Neve than people might end up saying nevay.

Definitely Niamh.

spell it correctly.phonetically spelt mames are daft.what next she-von

Niamh please - it is gettimg popular enough that people will know.

Or move to Ireland!

some gaelic names spelling you do sometimes have to correct spelling and pronunciation. eg elidih would be pronunced Ay-lee but you wouldnt spell like that

Definitely Niamh

Please, please use Niamh. I worked on a neonatal unit once, and the spellings we saw could make you cry.

Honestly, if you don't use the right spelling, don't use the name.

Niamh is gorgeous. Neve is stupid imho, sorry. Don't like Thalia.

We wondered about Niamh for dd1 but then decided on Naomi instead. Totally different kind of name but equally pretty to the ear and the eye, we thought.

Neve campbell isn't said 'Niamh' tho. It's said nev - ee (like bevvy). Means snow or summit

Def go for Niamh - that's the correct way. You risk people thinking you're 'fick like' otherwise

ScottishMummy - Eilidh. Sorry. Had to.

Potpourri - I thought Neve Campbell pronounced her name "Nev"? See the confusion. Def go for Niamh

Niamh.

I would go with Niamh over Neve if you wanted that pronounciation, but even more so having read that "Neve Campbell's first name (pronounced nev) is a variation of the pronunciation of her Dutch mother's maiden name." (so nothing to do with the Irish name anyway).

I'd go for Niamh, although for a less well-known name I'd go for the English version in England.

Niamh - it's pretty popular now in England, so spelling it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Agree with pumpetspumpkin - Neve Campbell pronounces it Nev and it's her (Dutch) mother's maiden name. No Irish connection.

Go for Nismh.