Anne with an Irish O surname

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Anne is just about the only girls name we can agree on but I don't think it goes with a surname that starts with a vowel. What do you think? If not Anne, what other names might I like?

Annie O' sounds better. Otherwise it sounds like "A no ..."

i think it sounds fine

I went to school with an Ann o'Something and it was fine.

Fine, unless it's O'Domini

I'm Irish and I know loads of Anne O's ....

As long as it's not Anne O'Flan... Something!

Nothing wrong with it at all. Lovely actually.

Anne O'Malley...?

Sorry, more helpfully, Anne with an e is lovely. I am of the Anne of Green Gables generation.

I know lots of Ann O's and a few Anne O's and lots of Annie Mc's

For some reason, the Annie's are only ever with Mc's :)

Yes I'm Irish too!!

For what it's worth, Anna is a softer alternative IMO.

I know lots of Anne O people and don't see any problem with the vowel issue. Other one-syllable O people I know are Ruth, Clare and Maeve, which I think are all lovely, simple, non-frilly names.

You hardly ever hear Anne anymore. It's very sweet, pure sort of name. I know one, she's about 2. I also know an Annie, which I love too. I think with an Irish surname, Annie would just be a bit much though.

I know a fair few Anne O's, never thought anything of it before. It has a 50 something Irish woman's vibe about it.

Meditrina that made me laugh! Thanks everyone. Maybe it's not to be ruled out then. I do like Ruth and Maeve Idreamof, we are considering Ruth actually. Will they be called Roof at school though? DH says "of course they will". DH doesn't like Maeve so that's out.

Had considered Anna but older dds both have 2 syllable names that end in A so though it might sound better to have a 1 syllable name for the 3rd.

Annie sounds better that Anne imo. Just flows a little better.

I'm a Ruth - never found the 'Roof' thing all that bothersome. I probably had more cause to than most as I am Ruth the roofers daughter