Irish girls names please for baby growing up in England

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I like Eabha and Saoirse but don't want a lifetime of mispronunciation and misspelling for my LO.

I quite like Roisin but not 100% sure. I'm also warming to Clodagh.

Any others please?

No ones said mine yet! Sinéad! I love Gráinne, Roisin, Saoirse and Caoimhe, and how about Liadan - quite phonetic, and she doesn't have to learn keyboard shortcuts for her name (Alt130 for é if anyone's interested!)? (I'm planning lots of DDs as I want to use all of these names myself - bar my own!)

You get used to spelling it out pretty quickly. Although I get called Sian and Siobhan about 50% of the time - even by people who've known me for years!

Sinead?

ah, you beat me to it London!!

london, on my keyboard a é is ALT GR and e at the same time, ALT130 didn't work for me.
Is is not Liadán? to make the "aw" sound? Gráinne is nice, but do English people pronounce teh "nyeh" sound at the end properly?

Another vote for Caoimhe! I also like Clodagh and Siobhan. Too many to choose from!

Bronagh

On my keyboard you can do fadas with ctrl + alt + the vowel :)

Gráinne gets all sorts of strange pronunciations, from Granny to Grainy.

And the delightful 'Groin'.

Nobody suggested Fionnuala? My NCT friend gave this name to her daughter and we all quickly learned how to spell it and never had any problems with pronouncing it, hopefully correctly.

A lovely name. Finola is nice too, a variant I believe.

Honora is a name that was used in 18th and 19th century Ireland, and frequently shortened to Nora.

Ríona is also nice.

I really dislike Gráinne. It sounds almost identical to the Irish word for ugly which is 'gránna'.

Líadan is gorgeous. Sinéad and Siobhán are a bit 80's.

There are some lovely Irish names.
I really like Caoimhe, Maeve, Niamh, Roisin, Saoirse.

If you're pronouncing Gráinne (narrow vowel sound on the double n) and gránna (broad vowel sound on the double n) almost identically, you're not saying them right.

All my family have this association (despite my gorgeous teenage cousin Gráinne) and I just don't hear it.

I pronounce Gráinne - grawn-ya. This is the only pronunciation I've ever heard.

DD is Sadhbh and we live in the UK - the spelling throws people at first and she does sometimes get called "scythe" but once they get the pronunciation and ask about the mythology behind it, everyone says what a pretty name it is and it's a name that can't get mangled by English accents. It is also very refreshing in the sea of Islas and Isabellas around here!

If this bump of mine turns out to be a girl, I'm liking Maebh this time.

I like Siun too.

Echoing MadameMessy - is the correct form Liadan or Liadán? I don't know anyone with the name, and have seen it written both ways.

Sinéad and Siobhán are more seventies than eighties, as I know to my cost! I won't say which I am, but I was born in the early 70s, and there were six Sinéáds and four Siobháns in my class all through primary school, which was more than a bit grim, to be honest.

Without the fada on that last A it would be pronounced Leah-dun. With the fada it is Leah-dawn. I think you could take our pick. It's a really old name. I have heard both pronunciations.

(the 'D' sound is the French D, not an English D sound)

There wouldn't be a fada on the I because IA always has a 'long ee-short ah' sound.

A few more names:
Deirbhile
Dechtire
Damhnait
Doireann
Muireann
Mella
Nessa
Aifric
Eilís
Eily (nn for Eileen)
Alsúin
Alannah
Brigid/Bridget/Bríd

Actually, both dp and I loved Deictire when I was pg with dd2. She is Sorcha as I named her very quickly post birth (dd1 didnt have a name dor nearly 2 weeks) and it was the first one that came to mind and you have just reminded me of it. Lovely

Dechtire is lovely, and Aifric. I notice there's an Aingeal writing for the Guardian these days, too.

My middle name is sinead my sisters is siobhan found out 18 mths ago both me n my sister were adopted our real dad was irish now thinking of depolling love sinead

MadamMessy - I plan on Leah-dun pronunciation do no fada. I live in SAAAF LaandAAHHHN so want to limit the 'w-n' sounds in my DC's names!

People pronounce names well enough once they've been spelt out vehemently enough, and I'll allow for a fair bit of regional pronunciation - I must DESTROY the names of the poor Nigerian kids I know so fair doos, iyswim. My friend Gráinne never had a problem with the "nyeh" sound really, and if someone reads or says it wrong, I just correct them! I didn't know Winead was 80's - I've only ever met 2 more in England (despite going to catholic schools), and one was an Irish teacher!

Alanna
Caitlin
Darcy
Iona
Mona
Niamh
Una
Sorcha