Opinions of Irish MNers needed...

[natwebb79]

I have posted this as a brief thought on here before but we're pretty much set now and I'm just checking for opinions in case we make a mistake, ha! My DH's mum is Irish and we called DS1 'Niall' as a.) we loved the name and b.) it's a nod to the Irish side of the family. It suits him down to the ground (and we didn't know about bloody One Direction when we named him ). So, we are now expecting DS2 and would like to stick to the 'Irish but not unpronouncable/unspellable in England' theme. We really like 'Oran' (noone over here would manage the Odhran spelling). I would just like to check that it doesn't have a hideous reputation in Ireland in case the poor boy gets it in the neck if he visits when he's older.Ta!

[scarletforya]

I really like Odhran and would use myself!

I also used to know an Odran (with the d pronounced) and it was shortened to Noddy.

[grocklebox]

Isnt it better to pander to idiots who need everyone to anglicise their names so they can be spelled in the Uk?

Er, no. Would you say thst to someone with an Indian name? Or an arabic one? I doubt it, so dont be twatty about irish names.

[mathanxiety]

Toffee, how do you pronounce the following:
Doughnut
Plough
Haughty
Naughty
Nigh
High
Weigh
Right
Night
Light
Fight
Tight
Fright
Sight
Eight
Bright
Bight
Thought
Thorough
Fraught
Drought
and last but not least,
Blighty

Turns out the Irish GH is pronounced exactly as the English GH is.

[britney92]

I live in England and my DS is called Oran. Never met another one either until recently.

[sparklingharbour]

Haven't heard it before, so no I don't think it has any hideous reputation. It's nice and easy to pronounce as you say.

[Reiltin]

A friend has a kid named Oran. She's from a really irish part of Donegal so I was surprised that she hadn't spelled it the other way! No had connotations. Relatively unusual. Lovely

[MicrochipsAndMemories]

Our 3 month old son is called Auron which is pronounced the same way. It's not a creative spelling of it, my wife likes the name from Final Fantasy

We have had a few people ask if we mean Aaron but not many.