how do you pronounce these baby names?

[lunavix]

kian/cian and niamh?

to the best of my knowledge it's kee-an
and neem?

Is this right?

lunavix,

Caoimhe is a girls name and is pronounced either Keeva or Quee-va.

I'm Irish and live in Ireland, and have noticed a big revival here recently with people giving their children really old Irish names.

Funnily enough I can't pronounce some of the names I read in the birth announcements section!

e.g Aiobheann (Eeveen? Aveen? Yvonne?) Caoilleann (don't know where to start!)

One of my favourite old Irish names is Sadbh (pronounced Sive, rhymes with hive).

I know a girl here called Sian (pronounced Shan - Welsh name) and growing up her friends couldnt handlt the correct pronunciation so they called her Sign! So I guess it works both ways...

I wanted to call BabyDragon Caoimhe but didn't think England could handle the pronunciation or spelling.

I used to work with an Aiobheann and she pronounced it Aveen.

Soupy - Caoimhe is lovely. I've always loved the name Aoife (am Irish but DH is English) but he always vetoed it because he said it sounded like you were saying 'ether' with a London accent!!!

So how is Aoife pronounced?

EEEE-fa. (and now say 'ether' like an EastEnder, and you can see DH's point, grrrrr)

So how is the name Mairead pronounced then? I would be inclined to say "mareed" but its probably wrong.

Caoimhe, Aoife, Eilidh - all gorgeous names. I have relatives in Ireland with old names (Grainne, Maive, Niamh) but dh vetoed Irish names on the grounds that if he couldn't pronounce them, no-one else in England would be able to

Hi, I liked mairead (mar-aid) when I was having my little girl but my dh said "it wasnt a name". Ended up with Caragh.

I liked Orla, but DH said it sounded like "Orca" and people would think it was a whale.
If DS2 was a girl he was going to be Eilidh.
I also liked Roisin, and Erin, but DH did 4 years in Belfast in the early 90's, and refused alot of the girls names i'd chosen.

So singyswife, how do you pronounce Caragh? is it Cara?

Am trying to avoid a lot of the names already in DH's family (Roisin, Orla, Krona, Colm, Ronan, Cormac) but that does limit things a bit! I like Ciara so much (pronounced Keira as in Knightley) but DH disagrees. He likes Connor, but doesn't go well with his surname (Conway), as my friends wasted no time in telling me! Does it sound that bad?!

Hi yes it is pronounced Cara. Most people spell it like that when they find out her name but adding the gh on the end just changed the meaning.

Neve, spelt this way is latin for snowey!! aka my dd2 and Neve Campbell the actress

Have always wondered how you pronounce 'Anais'as in meg matthews' dd. Have never heard it pronounced. Pretty sure it's french.

LOVE some of the names on here, particularly Caoimhe. Have always loved Roisin, Mairead and Eilish- Eye-lish/ Aye-lish (have heard it pronounced both ways)

It's AN-EYE-EES.....

I have a Roisin and an Eilidh. They are Scots, tho. Roisin was named for DH's maternal grandmother from Cork.

If we'd have a boy, he would have been a Ronan.

WICGUW, that's how I've always pronounced it in my head, thank you!

I love some of these names. DH's family is Welsh and we've toyed with the idea of a Welsh name for our baby when it comes along. However, we live in London and it would have to be a name that is easily spelt/pronounced. I'd hate for the child to grow up with everyone misspelling and mispronouncing his/her name, and being forced to spell it for the rest of his/her life.

DH's cousin is called 'Siwan' (Welsh) - pronounced 'Shoe-an'.

urrantbun is that a boys or girls name?

oops didnt realise this cthread was so old

kee-an
neeve

KE AN

NEVE

I love Aoife.

Is Eibhe pronounced Ava?

Hi, My DS is called Kian and i always tell everyone who asks it's Ian with a K!
I loved the name as soon as i heard it( one of my fave boybands-Westlife, has a Kian)