Irish girls names - really stumped!

[Annarose2014]

DS has an Irish name so this next bean that's coming along probably should vaguely match.

Boys names are fine -Irish boys names are cool!

Irish girls names on the other hand are proving impossible!

They are either names I went to school with & so have all 1980s schoolfriend associations (Emer, Ciara, Neasa, Orla etc)

Or are names that are chock full of dh, bh, mh etc. Not for me, tbh.

Are there any that are cool and modern and sleek sounding?

At the moment the only one I'm really liking is Cara, but I'm not madly in love with it or anything and I'd like more options!

(By the way at this stage am also thinking "vaguely celtic-y" will do too, as I'm really stumped)

Bláthín - little flower - blaw heen
Or
Bláthnaid - blaw nid
I still prefer Iseult
Sinéad is lovely too - shin aid.

My favourite cousin (I have loads) is called Brogan - it's lovely, she's gorgeous, vote for Brogan!

What about Blaithnaid (pronounced Blah-nad)? Or maybe Cliodhna (which can also be spelled Cliona) but is pronounced Klee-o-nah...

Iona, Cliona and Calla are lovely.

Tara is lovely.

Sinead

Sibohan

Ailish/aylish

Shonagh

Shelagh

Sheena

Cerys

Kelly/kellie

Sine

Sian

Bridget

Bronwyn

Oonagh

Siún (shoon). Nice and simple and not a boring old Orla or Aoife.

Personally I'd avoid Iona, I'd worry someone might think I was a big fat bigot. And even worse, a fan of Breda O'Brien!

Ah Sgoinneal you pipped me to the post!

Kathleen

How about Sadhbh? It's my niece name :)

We've got Niamh, Aoife, Maebh and Béibhinn on our list.

In total agreement on Breda Sgoinneal!

I have a Sadhbh. She's awesome

Iseult is a good one. Sounds quite posh, lol. Shame we have such a common as muck surname but it might class it up a bit!

Never heard of Calla in my life but I must look it up as it's great.

Iseult is lovely. Would go well with a common surname like Murphy or O'Brien (hi again Breda!).

Yay - first time anyone has paid any attention to my suggestions.
Iseult is lovely as is Isolde.
That little bit different.
Sibéal another 'different' Irish name -
Shi bale - the i as in lip.

Iona is nice.

How about Quinn? I'm not sure how Irish it is but comes up as Gaelic in the baby name finder. A friend called her any this, I think it's pretty.

You cant really use Quinn as a baby name here, as its such a common surname. Its like calling a kid "Jones" or something.

DH likes Iseult too, yay! Though he slightly prefers Isolde but that sounds German to me so I'm vetoing that one. Whereas you do occasionally come across an Iseult here. Also you can have Izzie as a nickname! Its definately my front runner tonight.

Thanks all!

Dara

You could use Quinn (although I think it would work better for a boy). Ryan Tubridy is named after the surname of one of his uncles, and I think Ryan is the most common surname in Ireland (although I could be wrong about that).

Q is not in the Irish alphabet, so Quinn can't be Irish. Maybe it's Irish (or surname) based.

Neither are K or W but Kelly and Walsh are still Irish surnames (if Anglicised a bit).

Best of luck AnnaRose- what a lovely name.
Hope your soon to be dd Iseult will have a happy, healthy life.

Those are Anglicised. Walsh is Breathnach in Irish. There's no similarity to the English name.

Quinn isn't Irish in the Irish language sense. It's an Anglicised name probably based off an Irish surname, but it's not along the lines of Sorcha, Aoife etc.

Er, I know they're anglicised. That's why I said 'if Anglicised a bit'.

But Kelly and Walsh Irish surnames nonetheless.