Please rate my boys names-Irish mn's opinions appreciated too!

[vinobaroness]

Hi, I am currently in week 11 with my first babs, mothers intuition is telling me its a boy(obviously could be completely wrong!)

My favourite boys name is Oscar but I feel it is getting v popular in Ireland... Other names are

-Charles(Charlie)
-Harry
-Elliot
-Dexter(what is the lowdown on Dexter, is it too trendy & set to date badly)
-Setanta
-Mylo
-Blaise
-Rocco(like Dexter too trendy???)
-Fiachra(old Irish name)

Any help would be appreciated as its driving me insane at the moment! Also on a different note how many of you predicted the sex of your baby in first trimester & were correct? Only 11 weeks but instinct is saying boy!

I think Oscar is really nice and not faddy in Ireland. It's been around for a long time, as Squoosh says - I remember some characters from Irish children's books (maybe by Patricia Lynch?) with this name.

I love Ferdia too..

Blaise is pronounced 'blaze'. An old martyr/saint's name -- he is the patron of throat afflictions and there is a traditional blessing of throats using crossed candles placed at the throat in many churches on St Blaise's day.

Ha! Portmarnock is pretty well off to be fair, you're hardly as far away from D4 as you can get!
Oscar is very popular where I am, as is Harry, and Charlie.

Irish names are lovely, Setanta is good, have you thought about Senan? I like Fiachra too, though prefer Fiach.

I think the others are too out there for me, sorry.

Some unusual Irish boys' names:
Nessan /Neasán
Luan
Connla
Cairbre
Ruadhán
Coillte

math , Coillte as in the Irish word for forest? sorry but Setanta does remind me of the sports channel and i dont even watch sports, I'm D4 adjacent and Harry and Oscar are very common now. I hadnt heard many Senans but in the last year three , though one tried to change it a bit with Zenan
How about Naoise or Ruairi - cant do fadas

Sorry, I misspelled it - Caoilte is the name, coillte is 'forest or woods'

Caoilte is lovely. :)

I like Setanta (but it would be brave), Milo (but possibly a bit past-it), Fiachra

Love Fiachra. Please d

I like Setanta (but it would be brave), Milo (but possibly a bit past-it), Fiachra

Love Fiachra. Please don't spell (or pronounce) it without the h.

Ah ferdia is lovely too. Do you like Donnacha.

Charlie (Haughey) No No No
Harry - loads of them in South Dublin
Dexter naff
Fiachra -grand
Setanta- that Cork GAA player
Blaise-patron saint of sore throats -honestly!

Breifne???
Tarlach???
Rourke??
Tiarnan ( can't do fada on 2nd a)

Malahide is not D4

I have a Cormac.

No Malahide is not actually in the post code of D4, but I don't think anyone is actually referring to D4 in a literal manner. Malahide is totally D4.

and you can do a fada with your Alt Gr, > á

But Joan isn't Malahide northside ?

P.S. Am a Northsider !

Malahide is north but not 'the northside'.

North county Dublin.

As you were.

Love Setanta, always think of the ridey O'hAilpin boys.

I don't think anyone would call Malahide northside, even though it certainly is to the North!

I love Charlie, Harry is nice also.
Setanta is a sky tv channel?

Love Fiachra also love Oisin and Tadgh and Breffni, sorry I know they're not on your list.

Dh wouldn't let me have Irish names for the first 2 although I snuck aisling through as a middle name and baby dd has an Irish name, we live in the UK I'm sorry I didn't put my foot down as ds has a Seamus in his class and it's super cute.

If seamus's mum is reading this I'm sure I've outer myself.

Had a teacher whose nickname was Bad Breff...

We had Razzle Dazzle Basil.
Not a very Irish name though!