Irish baby names anyone?

[lovesicecream]

Can't decide! Dh is Irish so would like an Irish name, any ideas?

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For a boy I like Oisin and... well, Oisin actually.

For a girl: Cara, Caoimhe, Saoirse, Niamh, Roisin.

boys
oisin
cillian
cormac
cathal
dara
tadhg
seamus

girls
aoife
eithne
aisling
eimear
maeve
saoirse
caoimhe
orlaith
aine
aoibhinn

forgot to add clodagh

Eamonn
Colm
Ronan
Ciaran
Cian

Grainne
Siobhan
Niamh
Fionnuala

I had no idea there were so many unpronouncable names!
They all look lovely, but honestly, when I see a name written down that I have no idea how to pronounce, i find myslef avoiding the parents until I can find out!!!!

Love Oisin for a boy.

Orla
Niamh
Laoise
Aoife
Fionnula

Lol tw1nkle you can google pronunciations luckily! Thanks everyone, my oh likes darragh for a boy but I do worry people won't be able to pronounce it

People have anglicised alot of the Irish names so Niamh became Neave, Saiorse became Sorcha, Aine = Anya......So thats one option so baby doesnt always have to correct people! My personal fave is Eilis, pronounced ay-lish....think its beautiful but dont think my kids could pull it off!

I like Aoife - ee fa , and Eibhar - ay va there's loads of different spellings for this one! and Niamh, I suppose we could change the spellings so they are easier to pronounce I realy love Aine but can't use it for family reasons!

Eibhar is niccccccccccccccccccce!!!!! LOVE! However she would constantly get called EEBARR until you explain it, unless of course you live in ireland!

Eibhar isn't Eva, you can spell it either Eabha or Aoibhe but your spelling isn't a name.

Maread (I think that's how you spell it) I love that name and you don't here it very often, Orla has become popular around here.

Mairead.

Ah there you go, beautiful !

Not Eva , Ava

my DD is Máiréad (remember your fadas)

if I ever have a DS: Faichra

um, same thing depending on where you are from, and I gave you two. But EIBHAR is a type of piano, not a girls name, trust me. You can add an E in and its a boys name though.

I'm Irish but had my children in England. I really love Diarmuid Patrick for a boy and Clodagh Maeve for a girl.

I also like Lorcan, Tadhg, Fionn... I know and Irish girl living in london who called her son Fiachra. It reminds me too much of Fiacla!
I quite like Cathal too, and Cormac.

I like tadhg,do won't let me have any more c names, we already have two and another child with the middle name Patrick

Sorcha is not an anglicisation of the name Saoirse. It's an entirely different name with a different meaning and pronunciation. Saoirse = Seersha, Sorcha = Surka (in Irish it kind of has 3 syllables, as if it has a short "a" between Sur and Ka) I always thought Anya was an eastern European name. Aine is pronounced Awn-ya.

Conner (b) Grainne (g)

I have a connor

Girls:
Eadaoin
Roisin
Aisling
Siobhan
Sinead
Aine
Orla

Boys:
Oisin
Oscar
Finnain
Cian
Cilian
Liam

can only do fadas with difficulty on this PC so haven't bothered!

It's Finian.

Ferdia
Ruadhán (pr Roo-awn)
Caoilte (pr Keel-che)
Luan
Cormac
Macdara
Iarla
Declan
Ardal
Fergus
Féilim
Ciarán
Eoin/ Owen
Eoghan
Eunan
Cathal
Cillian / Killian
Colmán / Coleman
Donagh (pr Dunna)
Dónal
Eamon

Muireann (pr Mwir-inn)
Nuala
Finola/ Fionnuala
Dymphna
Beibhinn (pr Bevin)
Una
Nora
Doireann (pr Dir-inn)
Deirbhile (pr Dervla)
Ríona
Brónagh
Dabhnait (pr Duv-nat)
Eithne (pr Enya or Eth-na)
Aifric (pr Aff-rik)
Ailbhe (pr Alva)
Clíona or Clíodhna (pr CLEE-uh-na)