Irish girls names

[ladylucky]

We have a list of Irish boys names picked. However I'm struggling with girls names. We live in England and dh is English so needs to be reasonably easy to say and spell.

My favourite girls names are Cliona and Clodagh. Cliona is out as the accent where we live sounds like cleaner.

Girls name we've considered

Clodagh (I love husband likes)
Aoife
Emer (discounted )
Cora (husbands preference and although gorgeous failing on the Irish criteria)
Eavan (I like this and can live with the spelling but reminds dh of Evan! -out)

Hit me up with some suggestions. Thanks x

Caoimhe
Kiara
Maeve
Aine
Neasa

But I actually LOVE Cora! Especially when pronounced in an Irish accent!

I love Aoife, it's a beautiful name. Although I'm going to guess that the pronunciation will give quite a few people pause... depends if you think that will bother you (or your DD) or not

If I'd had a little girl, Aoife was definitely on my list (DH was less sure mind you, due to the pronunciation thing!).

Why does it have to be Irish? Could you have an Irish middle name if you both like Cora?

What about Cara? Orla?

My favourite Irish girl names are easy to say and spell I think:

Ailis / Ailish
Sorcha

Also quite like Alana, Aisling and Niamh.

I love Sorcha too but it's tricky to pronounce correctly if you aren't Irish.

Aisling is a good suggestion. Ciara doesn't work with our surname. Orla and caoimhe and meath are lovely but used by family and friends.

Sista it doesn't have to be Irish but I would really like it to be. Baby is going to grow up in England (which is grand as obviously I've chosen to be here very happily) but I would like it to be have its heritage represented.

Meabh....autocorrect fail

Cara is getting very popular in Ireland at the moment and is easy to spell and pronounce.

Rockaby I stand corrected!! Just tried googling Sorcha for a pronunciation guide and it's OK for DH. I think it's in my accent it makes it sounds like the vowels are more elongated.

I'm delighted as this might work!

Clodagh is lovely OP, as is Roisin.

Hooray lady! I love it. I'm Irish and my English DH always vetoes my Irish name suggestions , so I hope you can use it .

Maeve and Orlagh are my favourites. I'm all for Irish names,my ds is Patrick

Love Clodagh!

Cara (I've seen Caragh as a spelling too)
Aisling
Niamh
Orla
Roisin
Saoirse
Fiadh
Ciara
Sorcha
Eabha
Aine
Alannah

Roisin.
Mairead
Grainne
Siobhan
Sinead
Fionuala

Clodagh

Its a surname originally but i like Fallon.

Yes to Roisin, Orla
Eimar

How would you pronounce Sorcha? I haven't come across the name before but read it Sore-sha. My accent has a strong R and it sounds lovely.

Aileen
Bridget

We have a little Bridie at our SE London school which I love. Xx

I love Bridget with nn Bridie. Really sweet.

Both my name and middle name have appeared up thread which is nice. Sorcha can be sor-a-ka or more like sur a ka depending on regions in Ireland. However DH has no dealed it.

I like fiadh but sounds when DH says it like fear....not so attractive. Laoise is lovely but already used by family.

Clodagh might win out!I just want him to love it too!

Colleen

Oonagh - knew sisters called Maeve, Patricia and Oonagh growning up. DD's birthday is St Patrick's day and my Dad was miffed we didn't call her Patricia!

Cora & Maeve are my favourites.

You could go for Coragh and you've got an instant Irish version