Irish granny chic names

[Fallingovercliffs]

Just wondering if any Irish posters reckon we will follow English example and start to revive the names our granny's generation had?
I just cannot imagine playgrounds being filled with little Nualas, Kathleens, Doloreses and Eithnes.

[Valsoldknickers]

How about Consumpta? Thinking nuns' names. Faustina keeps making me think of wine

[delaselva]

Eileen and Kathleen are definitely BACK already.

[AnythingNotEverything]

You've mentioned DD's name here. I won't say which as it would out me entirely, but I definitely feel like I've arrived now. We get nothing but positive comments about it.

Thanks so much

[Flowersinvase]

I feel too young to have a granny name....but I have one of the names the OP posted! But I reserve my pity for the Gobnaits of the world.

[beadybaby]

How about Rosarii pronounced Rose-Aar-ee- and the lady I know called this while in her sixties is definitely not a nun.

[moxon]

babyblab
Noodles is a super name for a teacher. :)

[duckwalk]

Bridin? Pronounced Brij-een.

[TooManyMochas]

My mother had a school friend back in the 60s called Eucharia (after the Eucharist). Has anyone mentioned Imelda yet?

What about Irish granddad names? Ignatius?

[HungerKunstler]

Oh yes - Imelda! That's a classic.

Also Bernadette. And Loretta.

[Sudename]

Perpetua
Pascal
Maura
Dymphna
Vera
Cora
Joan
Jean

[HungerKunstler]

Some Irish grandad names are coming back - Senan, Cormac, Joseph / Joe.

Not so sure about Aloysius or Ulick though...

[Fallingovercliffs]

I can't believe Carmel hasn't been mentioned yet.

Deirdre is pronounced Dear-dreh. It is spelt DeiRdre and not Deidre and bears no relation to that awful strangulated version of the name your woman on Coronation Street goes by.

[squoosh]

Chic isn't really what I associate with Irish Grannies. Being chic is what all the bold straps and strumpets in well known fleshpots like Athlone get up to.

[FrancisdeSales]

I know a Bridget who must be about 9 or 10 now. Her brother is Jack, they are American. Their American cousins were Clive and Fiona who sound like Jerry and Margo's best friends from "The Good Life". All these kids are under 10.

DH's eldest aunt is 80 and called Dolores. I have always loved her name.

[Beangarda]

I've met a scattering of young Corneliuses (known as Con) and a little Ignatius (Iggy). I think Irish grandad chic is a few years ahead of granny chic. But you'll know the tide has turned when little boys start getting Mary as a middle name again, as in Joseph Mary 'I See His Blood Upon the Rose' Plunkett. Or when Florence (pronounced Flurrence in my part of the world, and a grandad chic, rather than a granny chic name, usually shortened to Flor) becomes cool.

What about Reenee? Actually, I've no idea how people actually spell it, but I have two aunt Reenees, one who is actually Irene, the other Catriona. It definitely isn't French and Renee...

[FrancisdeSales]

I have a good friend called Carmel; actually Marie Carmel, all the girls in her family have Marie as their first name (all 5 of them) and are known by their second. She is in her early 50s so not a grandma yet.

[FrancisdeSales]

Irish boys I know under 12:
Ciaran
Dominic
Benedict
Francis

[squoosh]

My Granny had sisters called Anastasia and Madeleine.

I think their mother must have been viewed as having ideas above her station. Can't imagine there were loads of little Anastasias running around South West Ireland at the time. Their mother was a Protestant though so maybe that explains her fancy ways.

[steppeupunderthemisletoe]

I know nothing about Irish names, and have never heard of Nuala til now, but I love it! It is really pretty.

[Beangarda]

It explains it all right, Squoosh. They probably ran off to the notorious fleshpots of Athlone with fancy names like that.

[libertychick]

I know two Irish women in their 60's called Mercedes - both shortened to Cedes. I mentioned it to DH when DD was due and he nearly had a heart attack .

My name has been mentioned above and my DD's (she is 3) - we're big on Irish Granny chic obvs!

My DH is from NZ and the family names there for the over 60's are great - we have Hilda, Wilma and Glenda on our Christmas card list. I can't see them making a comeback anytime soon.

[treaclesoda]

is Clodagh a granny chic name? I love it and I'm pretty sure I first fell in love with it when I saw it in a Maeve Binchy novel which, strangely, I was very into aged 15

[anothernumberone]

Every family would need at least 4 Marys of course.