What can we call Orlaith's sister?

[ItsMyLastOne]

DP likes a few names and I have no idea, we're just going round in circles.

He likes Anya, but I'm not sure, I suggested Aine but I don't know whether it's right either.
His other names are Mia/Mya/Maya, Ava, Eva. I think that's it.

We both like quite short 'pretty' or unusual names, but are open to suggestions.

Please help!

Afric

Sorcha is pronounced Soh-ru-cuh, thats correct.

However the mangled spelling of Fionnuala is entirely made up.

Fionnuala, Aoife, Naiomh, Siobhan, Ciara, Maibh are my favourites, as are Sophie & Sarah

Ailbhe?

Fiona, Roisin, Aoibhe, Eithne, Grainne?

Hate Roisin & Grainne - bad memories of horrible girls at school!

have to agree with you there onedev

Ffionhuala is wrong.
Breagha/Breágh is one I have never seen before..

Finola
Aphra
Carys
Alice
Dinah
Ruth
Esther
Chloe
Cleo
Lena
Una
Tessa
Greta
Frida
Freya
Eden
Zoe
Lara
Clara
Carrie
Eve
Anna
Rosa

Evelyn?

Lyra
Moya (Ulster pronunciation of Máire spelled phonetically)

I quite like Roisin, but the only Roisin I know is always known as Rosie.

I do like Aoibhe, and we had considered Eva and Ava but I like the idea of an Irish version.

I also like Freya.

Cara / Caragh ( means friend in irish)
Caragh
Alana / Alannah/ Alanna ( darling in Irish)

Cara/ Caragh ( friend in Irish)
Alana / Alanah

All the names you mention OP are very popular (in England - not sure where you are)
I don't know many Irish names but there are some lovely suggestions.

Or What about

Leah
Callie
Claudia

Aoibheann isn't pronounced Ay-veen btw, it's Ee-vin (very like the english word even).

It is pronounced Ay-veen in at least one dialect. My cousin for one (of many) is pronounced that way.
Lots of names are pronounced differently depending on whether you are using say leinster irish or munster irish.

Aoibheann can be pronounced either as Ay-veen, Even or Eveen.

My name which is also up there ^ is one which is pronounced differently depending in where you're from. My family all pronounce it different as some are in Ulster and some are in Leinster.

So far DP is only liking Anya, Maya, Mia and Freya. I've given him loads of these suggestions but he doesn't like them.

Luckily we have another 3 months (all being well) to decide!

There are many girls out there called Aoibheann pronounced Ay-veen but I'm pretty sure they're all pronouncing their name wrong, whatever the dialect. Aoi is always pronounced "Ee" (see Aoife) and eann doesn't spell "Eeen" - that would be ín. So Ay-veen could be written, say, Éibhín.

And despite coming from Leinster, I've never heard of Leinster Irish - just Munster, Connacht and Ulster.

If there are lots of them, they aren't pronouncing their own names wrong (arrogant much ?) its a variation. And, ime, the most common pronounciation in fact.

But it's like calling your son John and pronouncing it Ben! The only part of their name that they are pronouncing correctly is the v sound in the middle and the n sound at the end.

No its not, its jsut been partly anglicised, its completely different.

There is a fairly common pronunciation of AOI that is more Ae than EE. A lot of my extended family lives close to Leinster's last gaeltacht (The Rower in Kilkenny) - two of my under 5 rellies there have names pronounced Kaelin and Aevan (spelled Caoilfhionn and Aoibheann)

How about
Elsa
Elisa
Emilia
India
Eithne pronounced Enya
Emma
Sonia
Iona
Sylvia
Lydia
Celia
Livia
Zinnia
Julia

Isn't there now a Gaeltacht in Meath