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

I think Ailbhe is really pretty. Though I've heard some pronounce it 'Alva', the one I know is said more like 'Ale-ver'

Roisin
Siun
Iseult
Ceola
Orla
Orna
Reiltin

ther should be fadas on most of the i's but don't know how to do it

If I ever have another girl she will be Fionuala.

I like Étain (Éadaoin)

I have an Ailís and DN is Saoirse.

I know a few Aoife's and loads of Ciara's.

My youngest is Eilidh

I'm 40s live in Ireland, these names could be a roll call for my mates!!!

What about Eireann?

I have a Méabh. DS is Rónán, but would have been Saoirse if female. If I was having another - a girl would be Ríona (I am in love with this name after a friend used it) or Sé - (ra-EE-na and shay)

Siobhan is my favourite Irish name. Not so unusual that she'd need to spell it all the time but rare enough

my all time favourite Irish girl name is Aifric - easy to spell and pronounce.

Others I like that are relatively easy to spell are Realtín, Alibhe, Liadán, Eimear, Cáit, Aoife and Sinead.

I love Irish names, mainly because I have one! I'm Ceilidh!

I've always loved Irish names, especially the name Caoimhe (Keeva), however DH has said no to all Irish names on the basis we are not Irish.

The Irish girls I know who live in England are:
Ciara
Rosin
Niamh
Orla
Erin

By and large people can manage the pronunciation of their names. Niamh is "normalised" now.

a girl would be Ríona (I am in love with this name after a friend used it) or Sé - (ra-EE-na and shay)

And girl called Sé would be unusual.

Can I suggest the lovely and shockingly underused Saorla? It's a pretty easy one to say.

Sorry mrsdusty forgot to put Sé would be for a boy. Oops!

Some great suggestions here. I'd forgotten about Riona. Love Saorla but already vetoed!!

Thoughts on Aveen ? I know the spelling isn't traditional and as a general rule I prefer the true spelling but it seems to be widely accepted as a modern version even used at home. Aoibheann will tip husband over the edge and I'll end up with a totally non Irish name!!

I know can be Eveen but fear she'd get Evie all the time. Eavan is already out!

Riona does tend to transform into Reeeeena though, be warned!

What about Eireann

Only used by Americans who want to show off how Irish they are!

I love Clodagh, i met one on holidays when I was a teenager and have loved it since.

Saoirse is the favourite on my girls list

Aoibh (Eve)
Sionagh (Show-na/Shaw-na)
Dearbhla (Dervla)
Eimear (Ee-mer)
Silé (Sheila)
Roisin (Rosh-een/ Ro-sheen depending on where you come from!)
Caoimhe (Kee-va)
Meabh/Meave
Aine (On-ya, Ann-ya)

My mum is called Mairead

We have a Caoimhe (quweeva is the pronunciation in the area I'm from but I know if differs across the island). We are in England now and it took people a minute to get it but no one seems to care - there is a Rainbow in her class, so her name doesn't seem too wild.

Also like
Roisin
Finnoula
Orla/Orlaith
Aine
Étaín
Roise
Nuala
Oonagh
Máire
Caoilfhionn
Alannah

All fairly easy to English people to pick up after the first explanation.

To be fair, I'm Irish but work as a teacher in Lancashire. There have been quite a few kids with Irish names, even with old Irish spellings, and there haven't really been any issues with people pronouncing them.
When you think of all the children in UK schools with names from different cultures, some are much trickier to pronounce than Irish names....but that's what's lovely about a multi cultural society.
Eastern European names, African names, Indian names...the list is endless.
I have DS a very ordinary name (Thomas) because I like the name...but I love Irish names, they just didn't work well with DH's very English (slightly hard sounding) surname.

I have a DD with an Irish name in London, it's constantly mispronounced (southerners can't quite wrap their tongues around r sounds!). But DH and I are Irish so we can manage it fine!

Siún is nice, easy to pronounce and spell. I also like Aifric, Clodagh and Ríona. Róisín is lovely but tends to be Rosh-een here. Éabha is also quite easy to pronounce and has only a few letters so easy to spell too!