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What can we call Orlaith's sister?

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ItsMyLastOne · 25/08/2012 11:18

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!

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PenisVanLesbian · 26/08/2012 21:46

yep. And there are more irish speakers in leinster than the west of ireland now.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 26/08/2012 22:18

I have an Orlaith and her sister will be an Aine ! Smile

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ItsMyLastOne · 26/08/2012 22:34

How weird KDDD! Grin

I just did the MN baby name finder and me of the 10 names it came up with was Anya! Shock

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ItsMyLastOne · 26/08/2012 22:35

*one not me

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mathanxiety · 27/08/2012 06:31

The Meath Geeltacht was created during the early years of the Irish state when Irish speakers were transplanted to Meath from Connemara and settled on estates of absentee landlords whose land was appropriated. The dialect there is Connemara Irish.

A similar transplantation occurred near my mother's family home a single family was moved from somewhere in Connemara to a little cottage in Carlow. The locals called the man The Irishman Hmm. His wife gave birth practically as soon as they arrived. Nothing much was done by the county council to help the family get used to different farming (on productive land as opposed to bog and rocks) and their farm wasn't a success; they moved to the UK after a few years. They had great difficulties communicating with the locals and the woman was miserable, cut off as she was from friends and relatives nobody understood what anyone was saying on either side (the local accented English is hard for English speakers to understand too).

Now that I think of it, in that part of the world nearly all EE sounds in English are pronounced as long A sounds.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 27/08/2012 08:10

I hadn't heard Aine before (DH is Irish not me) and then it was in a storybook he was reading to DD. Shamrock Sean or something....

WeeLors · 27/08/2012 11:20

A friend of mine has Orla and Esme, I think they go lovely together. Absolutely no idea if there's an Irish version of Esme though if thats what you would prefer

MrMiyagi · 27/08/2012 13:15

manicinsomniac its pronounced saw-ra-hah

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