Irish Boys names

[Cloeycat]

I'm Irish and DP and his family are very English. We've agreed on a nice Irish girls name however I am struggling with a boys name that won't be butchered by the English side of the family.

My favorites at the moment are the following, but any suggestions would be welcome- especially ones that are not considered 'difficult' to people from the UK (obviously I don't find any of them difficult as I grew up with them so struggling with this!)

Fionn
Conor
Liam
Oisin
Sean
Donal

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I agree with sweeney too. I know three English-born girls called Aoife! It's hardly unheard of in England. One of them is 8, one is 4 and the other is 3. And anyway, Aoife sounded out phonetically in English isn't anything like Effy. It would be Ay-oy-f or something. Therefore, your MIL and SIL sound foolish and illiterate as well as being rude and small-minded .

Anyway, I love Ailish / Ailis. I would spell it Ailis just to wind up MIL and SIL, or go for something like Bláthnaid! I know an English-born toddler called Bláthnaid too and people do get the hang of it, (if they have anything about them).

It sounds like they would have an issue with any irish name and deliberately pronounce it incorrect. I would not look for an easier name, I would not rise to their ignorance. They could learn to pronounce any name with a bit of practice if they wanted to, they sound quite unpleasant

Oh gosh, no I feel bad now, they are lovely lovely people and in general I get on really well and have no problems whatsoever with them.

This problem with pronouncing names is the only thing I've ever come up against with them. I do hope they would just eventually get used to whatever name we decide on I would just like to pick something that makes it a bit easier for that to happen.

The main character in the film (and book) Brooklyn is called Ailish - maybe you could watch it with them - it's s good film! Ailish is played by Saoirse Ronan too so another possible one for the list!

My husband is called Kieran and when we visit Belfast they always comment that it's an Irish name

We've got Malachy at the top of our boy's list- our surname is Kelly, so the name works brilliantly Irishly, trouble is - I've never even been to Ireland!

How about:
Lorcan
Conleth
Eamon
Colman
Conall
Ferdia
Fiachra
Fiach
Murthagh
Fergus
Emmet
Anton

Would Eoin or Ailbe tip them over the edge?

(Sorry for lack of fadas - sticky number pad).