irish baby names

[irishqueen]

Clodagh, Maeve (Maebh) or Enya (Enya) for a girl
Dermot or Cormac for a boy

DP likes Dermot and Enya ( he is not irish)
Im keener on the others
grrrr

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Ooh, Irish names thread, my favourite(waves to Barbie!). DH is Irish and like you most of the good ones have been taken. Our son was sadly stillborn last June and we named him Malachy Aidan. Cormac, Ruairi and Cillian were also on our list, as was Saoirse for a girl. I don't really like Dermot, sorry. Maeve is lovely but its already been used in our family.

Good Luck x

oh,thats lovely.

i like the look of Ruairi if im pronouncing it correctly...

sorry to hear that Minione.it is a lovely name that you choose for him.

Love Caoimhe, Roisin, Maeve and Saorise for a girl. Also Sorcha, Grainne, Orlaith.

Oisin, Dara and Cormac are fabulous for a boy.

How about Mairaed? (mar-ade) Of Aoife? (ee-fa), Niamh? (neve) Sinead? Ciara? I've always liked Mary-Kate.

How about Connor? Dillon? Sean? Patrick? There are loads!!

I like Grainne (Grawn-ya) and Ciaran

Waves back at Minione

Oooh Setanta.......

No one has mentioned Fergal or Fearghal. We would have had Fionnuala if we'd had a DD.

thesecondcoming - adore Kate. If this ones a girl shes a definate Kate.

Maryz.

Don't ever be tempted to call your baby Gobnait, IrishQueen.

I love Tadgh for a boy but spelling is tricky which is why we went for Malachy instead (live in England) but I still hanker after Tadgh (pronounced like Tiger without the -r)

Siobhan, Niamh
(neeve)

Didn't Amanda Brunker call her son Setanta? I think she did. If it wasn't her it mgiht have been Lorraine Keane.

Most people will just thing, huh sports channel, so I wouldn't really.

Gobnait! lol. Bold girls used to have their name translated into Irish as Gobnait as a punishment for being cheeky!

Tadhg ! not gh.

Val - I knew a Gobnait (real name) growing up. Lovely girl, but wow, the name....

And yes, 'Tadhg' - tis indeed a tricky one.

I knew a family with a Concepta and a Dymphna (the school wags called her Hnimphna, pronounced through the nose) among other beauties. All my age or thereabouts..

I know a Concepta around my age, if not a bit younger (I'm 31). Her mother is Assumpta.

I had never heard of it before!

I love Sadhbh, really pretty. I love the name Thady, if DD had been a boy she would have had that name.

I know a couple of Dymphnas, it makes me think of fairies for some reason.

Daphne makes me think fairies too. How strange is that?