Please tell me your favourite Irish boys name.

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For DS3 due next week.

We have a traditional Irish surname, and would like a traditional Irish first name too.

Please tell me your favourite Irish boys name.

Thank you!

Diarmuid

Tadhg is not like teig, it's like t eye g

like the first syllable of tiger.

I love Malachy/malachi - although unusual not impossible for others to spell - also love Oisin which is a bit trickier for non-Irish people to get to grips with!

Tadgh - Say the word tie, then add a little soft 'ge' sound at the end
Aodh (Irish for Hugh) - pronounce Aogh say 'EH' with a soft 'ge'sound at the end.

My son is Cillian.

I also like
Ciaran,
Cian,
Emmet.

what are you calling a soft g? that is like in George? Greg has two hard g.

So tadhg is a........... hard g. Tig(er)

Yeah! and I know a little tadhg aged about 3 who is called Tiger. It grew out of Tadhg. I like it, so cute. Normally I'd raise my eyes at Tiger, but when it's a logical nn then it's lovely. I don't feel the same about tiger lily though. That's bad. (im0)

Sorry you are right, it's definitely not a soft g like george, it sounds like tiger but tie-gh, sorry I'm finding it very hard to describe, would have to say it out loud. The gh sound soft to me.

Gerard is my favourite. Also like Niall and Cian

Not mentioned yet...
Hurley

It's in my baby name book with 10000 other names !

thank you for all the descriptions of how to say those names.

i am liking Tagh, not so sure on Aodgh, but with an irish accent I am sure it is nicer than how I think it sounds in my head.

Tiger is a good way to remember it! It's what I was trying to describe and failing miserably !

Aodh is not a name I remember from my childhood. I think people are trawling through the legends and folklore looking for new Irish names.

Hurley is a sur name over here. I'd hate that as a first name tbh. Sorry.

Tearle is a great Irish name.

I love Seamus

Also love Donnchadh, Padraic (I prefer it pronounced paw-dric rather than paw-ric but it can go either way depending on the region) and Eoin.

Love Amby, short for Ambrose. Quite popular in my neck of West Ireland for the dad's generation when we were nippers. Our lil man is Connor (which we chose over Conor although for the life of me I don't know why). Other names: Finbarr and Cathal.

I like Odhran, Diarmuid, Colm and Cahir.

Aodh is Irish for Hugh, pronounced like a long A with a hint of a consonant sound half way between a hard g and a CH of Scottish 'loch'. The A part is all you really hear.

Thady is a nice Irish nickname, short for Thaddeus.

Ruadhán
Caoilte
Cathal
Fiacra
Ferdia
Fintan
Ailbhe
Éamon
Ronán
Macdara
Féilim
Eunan
Iarlaith/Iarla
Senan/ Seanán
Colmán/Coleman
Conn
Daithi
Fergus
Moling
Fionnán
Luan