Irish/Celtic girls name for dd

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Poor child is a week old and still nameless! Her brothers are Aidan and Oisín.

Shortlist before she was born was -

Niamh
Muireann
Cara
Fódhla/Fóla
Nainsí
Sorcha

But now we can't agree. Dh's mum was Nancy so we might use that or Anne for a middle name (obv not if we use Nainsí as first name).

Any and all suggestions welcome - I like Fóla and Muireann best I think but DH being infuriatingly non- commital, grrr.

Should say also we can't use Maeve, Aoife, Saoirse, Caoimhe as they are already taken by friends/family.

I love Fionnuala (nn. Nuala), Aibhlinn, Aisling, Siobhan (very biased here) and Orlagh (again very biased), Eimear and Maebh.

Just realised you probably wanted a preference from your list rather than a new list sorry! I like Muireann Nancy best.

I love Cara and Niamh.

Niamh Anne might be a nice nod to Dh's mum?

Niamh is nicest I think. Have you ever seen that TV show where the Irish girl gets knocked up by the American. Very funny. But their daughter is Muireann. Very funny scenes about the name.

I actually think 'Nainsi Anne' flows really nicely! E

Thanks guys - I'm going to have to corner DH today and try to decide. Think I'm going towards Muireann Anne or Muireann Nancy although I like Niamh Anne too.

DH has now said he doesn't like Fóla or Cara (it's like getting blood out of a stone to get his opinion).

I like Aisling but DH wasn't keen as he went to school with a girl of that name who was (quote) 'a melter'.

polly yes have seen those clips from the tv show I have a friend called Muireann and she's well used to saying ' a bit like Helen Mirren' after she introduces herself to the uninitiated!

DH liked Nainsí Rose/Nancy Rose but we wondered if it sounded a bit like a ships name?

I just can't get excited about Niamh. It's rather dated and I went to school with about 40 of them.

Muireann is much better.

(I really like Fóla though and know a lovely Finvola who is sometimes called Fóla).

Love your boys names!

Love Muireann, gorgeous name.

My favourite is probably Cara but Muireann and Nainsí are nice too. What about Ciara?

My favourite is probably Cara but Muireann and Nainsí are nice too. What about Ciara?

I like Ciara but I know LOADS of them, big and small. Cant get excited about Niamh really, I like it as a name and everything but there are a lot of them around.

We are no closer to deciding - everyone I see or talk to asks me her name . Must decide tonight! Thanks everyone

What about Caoimhe or Cliodhna?

I am not a fan of Muireann Ann, I just think it's a lot of ann sounds together iyswim. Muireann Aine? Same meaning but a different sound.
Niamh Anne is lovely. I prefer Muireann to Niamh though.
What about Fiadh, Siofra, Liadain, Aoibheann, Aifric?

what about Eilidh?

Clodagh?
Think Ciara and Siobhan are nice from other names mentioned...

What about Welsh names?

Ffion
Aneira (pronounced an-eye-rah)
Nia
Gwen
Rhian

I like

Clodagh
Saoirse
Aoibhe
Eabha
Aine
Cait
Aisling
Aoife
Roisin
Orla
Cliona
Roise
Maeve (various spellings)
Aoibheann
Aoibh
Aoibhin

Hope you understand those without the fada, iPad playing up.

Thanks all - I really like Liadan but DH not keen, he's also vetoed Clodagh, Eilish and Cliona (all of which I like). I really like Roise but can't use it as I already have an Oisín.

Agree Muireann Anne is prob too many 'ann' sounds on reflection DS1 has just suggested 'oats' and 'peso' at this point it nearly sounds sensible

Cara from your list or how about Aine? Nancy is a variation of Anne, by the way.

Eilidh

I know Nancy is a variation of Anne, it was my mil's name. That's why we were considering either as an option (probably middle name). I wouldn't use the two together of course

Not keen on Aine really...

Really don't want to sound totally ignorant, but would love the English phonetic spellings of the names, just so I know what they sound like IYSWIM.