how do you pronounce these baby names?

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kian/cian and niamh?

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

Is this right?

We had Roisin (Ro-sheen) on our list for this one but when I wrote it down on the list DH then later asked why I had the name of a sauce down for baby's name (Hoi-sin?!!)

Funny thing was it was his suggestion in the first place LOL Think he got it from Osin (O-sheen), the boys name and hadn't seen it written!

Also love the names Peyton/Paigton/Paige/Niamph/Bride (Bree-ge, soften the "ge" to the way the french might pronounce the letter "G" and you're close!!) but DH doesn't want the poor thing growing up constantly having people ask how to pronounce her name (although Niamph is getting more common we don't know where we'll be in five years time LOL)

Guess it's hard but most people are willing to learn, although saying that my little bro spent his five years being called "Sean", his name is Shane, how can you not pronounce that properly if you are a teacher?!!!
LOL

is niamph the same as niamh?

DS2 is called Eoin. That causes all sorts of problmes. We have to take him to the hospital later for an appointm,ent, and I bet they will call him Euan/Eeeon/Ian/Yan/Ee-oo-in.

(btw, it's pron Owen)

i think that's quite an obvious one tbh!! when i started reading i thought oh i thought it was just owen but it cant be

Anyone have any opinions about Sadhbh (means sweet or wise in Irish, as far as i know)? Is it cruel to name a child something that she will always have to spell or explain the pronunciation of?

cian = keen , as in are u keen, i have 2 living near me.

There was a Mairead at my school but it wasn't pronounced 'Mar-aid', it was 'My-red'. I think pronunciations get changed over time by people not knowing what they're meant to be anyway, there was some actress a few years back called Gillian something, pronounced with a hard 'G', like gills on a fish. Weird.

are we there yet how is it pronounced?

You can also spell it Sive. Cian is kee-un.

Of course it's not cruel to give a child a name they will have to pronounce and spell. I would much rather have an unusual name than something uninspiring and common. I love thefact that so far I've never met someone with my name. Shouldn't a name be unique?

Grainne is pron. Gron-yuh AFAIK, at least that's how the only person I've ever known with that name (who was Irish) said it.

we were going to call this baby Aoife if it was a girl but he is a boy, think I will have to have another baby now because i just love the name so much

Quite like Killian for a boy, Killy for short(BTW dh is irish) - any opinions?

yes Grainne is GRON-ya and Mairead is Muh- RAID

Is Killian spelled Cillian usually? There's an actor called it and I thought that must be how you pronounced it.
And I've been wondering how Grainne was pronounced for ages, ta very much!

lemonaid - indeed

a teacher at my primary school once wrote the word 'GHOTI' on the blackboard and asked us how to pronounce it

it is (of course) pronounced 'fish'

gh as in cough
o as in women
and ti as in caution

he did it to demonstrate how difficult it must be for other nationalities to learn english

lemonaid - indeed

a teacher at my primary school once wrote the word 'GHOTI' on the blackboard and asked us how to pronounce it

it is (of course) pronounced 'fish'

gh as in cough
o as in women
and ti as in caution

he did it to demonstrate how difficult it must be for other nationalities to learn english

i think the mh is v. my niece is called Mhairi, pron, vahri

Caoimhe is my first choice for a girl but DH thinks she'd spend her whole life saying my name is Caoimhe & you pronounce it Keeva which kind of defeats the purpose.
OTOH I think to spell it the way it sounds just to make it easier for others kind of defeats the purpose.
Still love it tho' & I'll use my wiliest of womenly wiles on him.
You never know where your children will end up living so you can't always pick a name that will 'suit' where they live.

Grainne is Graw nya and Caoimhe ought to be pronounced Cwee vah.
Emphasis on first syllables please!
Caomhin is nice for a boy
Cwee veen.
Next?

There are also differences in pronounciation between various parts of Ireland, which complicates things even further. Roisin is often pronounce 'Roh-sheen' in N.I, but 'Row-sheen' in southern Ireland.

I love Irish girls names - Siobhan, Aislinn, Caoimhe, Niamh, Saoirse, Maeve - lovely

Just out of interestest how is Maeve pronounced then?

Love the name Niamh (Neve) and most certainly prefer the irish way of spelling.

oops never noticed the outdated dates, lol

I'm Welsh and have a Welsh name....people generally pronouce it right but spell it wrong. Some of these names are really nice - except Aoife (ee-fa), I don't think that sounds nice at all.