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Sunny-sounding middle names?

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RedLemonade · 13/02/2017 21:10

DD2's first name is Fiadh ("Fee-ah") and, as with DD1, we decided to wait and get to know her before choosing a second name.

Well, she was born in the summer, has golden hair and rosy cheeks, is a laughing, smiley, chatty little ray of sunshine, and spends a lot of her time being deafeningly cheerfully noisy for fear her 2 year old sister would steal too much of our attention. Hence the theme we're going with for her middle name.

We speak Irish at home and love Gaelic names in general. We chose a Welsh one for DD1 as its meaning fit so well.

Any suggestions welcome!

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MikeUniformMike · 13/02/2017 21:16

Heulwen (Sunshine in Welsh)
Haf (Summer in Welsh - sounds something between Have and Halve)
Ray
Sunbeam
Sunny

Gardencentregroupie · 13/02/2017 21:17

Luíseach/Laoise meaning 'radiant girl', apparently, Aoibhinn apparently means 'beautiful radiance', or Fionnuala meaning 'fair' are all nice names. Aoibhinn goes best with Fiadh I think

FourKidsNotCrazyYet · 13/02/2017 21:19

Bonnie? Just because she sounds it Smile

Saralyn · 13/02/2017 21:22

Solveig?

imsorryiasked · 13/02/2017 21:25

Aileen / Eilidh
Beattie

PotteringAlong · 13/02/2017 21:26

ghrèin

(Sunshine in Scottish Galic)

MissTakesOurMaid · 13/02/2017 21:26

Sunny
Summer
Hollie
Flora
Lila
Daisy

... are names I associate with the sun or being sunny and happy

Names with the meaning of golden, sun, light etc are...

Aurelia
Eliana (daughter of the sun)
Lucia
Elidi
Thea (Goddess of the sun)
Solana

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 13/02/2017 21:26

Morna - means merry
Sorcha - means smily

KoalaDownUnder · 13/02/2017 21:27

Joy?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 13/02/2017 21:37

Marisol - sun
Elena - sunray
Rainbow

Artandco · 13/02/2017 21:37

Eliana
Ellen
Helena
Solana
Aurora
Alba
Tesni

RedLemonade · 13/02/2017 21:43

Oh these are all so beautiful!

Will have to take some time and look through them all.

Garden- interestingly my best friend is called Aoibhinn so that might be an even more meaningful option!

And Fourkids I actually call her my bonny little bouncer quite a bitSmile

Heulwen is lovely too. Lots to consider now! Thanks all.

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wizzler · 13/02/2017 22:11

Joy.

Fiadh Joy sounds lovely

Jooni · 13/02/2017 22:33

I love Sóley. It's an Icelandic name which means "buttercup", but literally translates as "sun island". Pronounced SO-lay.

Fiadh is lovely btw. She sounds like a sweetie! Smile

Jooni · 13/02/2017 22:34

Also like Lumen, meaning "light".

RedLemonade · 13/02/2017 22:36

Thanks jooni. She's a sweetieGrin

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Elbi · 13/02/2017 22:37

Alba means sunrise in Spanish and Italian (I think) and the combo of Fiadh Alba makes me think of the name Fioralba which means something like flower of the morning.

Sophronia · 13/02/2017 23:52

Tesni (warmth from the sun in Welsh)
Sunshine
Soleil
Sunniva
Solveig
Marisol
Sunny
Sunday

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