Irish girls names

[JedBartlet]

Orla
Tara
Clodagh
Alannah
Cara
Una

I want a nod to Irish heritage without having something difficult to spell or pronounce for people in the UK - voice of experience!

Thoughts on the above, or any other suggestions that fit the bill?

Do you know, I think that's actually what my issue is. I agree with you that there are probably thousands of Kevin Kelly's in Ireland and if I were to come across one I'd assume they were Irish. The Keileigh to me looks like what you are referring to.

I love Eimear/Emer, it was on my list for ds and a good friend subsequently called her dd that. Ashling, Orla, Clodagh too. Dara - except I prefer as a boys name. My friends dd is Fiona which I think is most likely or Scottish origin rather than Irish but certainly is still a name used a lot in Ireland over the years and has Gaelic origins. Ciara, Aoife, and Cliona (Cliodhna), Maeve I like too. Aideen. Sadhbh (you could use Sive). Etaoine (Etain).

Well I'm not so liberal with my spelling that I would approve of Keileigh! We all have our line in the sand 😉 I'm assuming it's pronounced Kay-lee but who knows......except Keileigh's parents who created the name I suppose!

Keileigh is about as Irish as Chelsea-Mae.

Not that there aren't people in Ireland calling their offspring Chelsea-Mae.

Well I had 3 guesses and none of them were right. It may be Celtic rather than Irish and make more sense phonetically in Scottish maybe. The Keil bit I would pronounce 'kel' to rhyme with the Irish word for football - peil. Throw in a fada on the e and I'd give you Kayl like Kayleigh. The Irish for keeley as a surname would be Cadhla. I'm sure for her it is a lovely name and I don't want to take from that, but Irish it ain't.

Sive (purposely avoiding the Irish spelling here)
Siobhan is lovely too

Siun (shoo-en)

Siún is just shoon, not shewen.

I really like Siún, despite the fact that the only one I know speaks in breathy cutesy baby-language in her late 30s.

I'm not a fan of Siun and it also doesn't work with our surname.

I wish Fiadh/Fia worked as I LOVE it but I just think it would sound crap in an English accent...would it?

I think it could gain an 'r' at the end of it.

dlpdep yep me too

Fiadh/Fia is gorgeous, but I can say as someone with an English accent that I struggle to say it properly. I've lived in Ireland for years, we have one in the family & I know how its supposed to be pronounced, but I have to really think about it before I say it or it comes out as Fear

Yep drama that is exactly my concern, I can imagine people doing it already, I'm going to have to rule it out. Bummer.

Ciara/Roise/Roisin are definitely right up there for me. And I still like Orla. I think DH is against Una and Clodagh so they're out.

Really do like Eimear/Emer too...however I think the middle name will start with E so don't know if that's a bit much.

I'll suggest my daughters names, Aoife, Aislinn and maybe an Emer arriving soon! She'll be either Emer or Orla but I'm leaning toward Emer.

Mind you, that's also an issue with any name beginning with 'Th' for certain English accents.

I know the mother of a little London-born Tadhg, who claims her ILs either call him Tige with a hard 'T' (ie like the first syllable of 'tiger') or Fadhg (Fige).

Gobnait is on the up OP, mark my words. Be an early re-adopter of this chic name and you'll find out you're a hipster trendsetter.

Gobnait, such a heavenly musical sound.

squoosh
liadain all gorgeous names - and congratulations!!

It's not really a TH though is it chavelita - I'd say Tige (like Tiger) is a closer representation than Thigh - g.

Fige is unforgiveable though

Irish ts are soft, though - - it's not the same hard 't' sound as in 'tap' or 'tinkle'. My (Irish) name ends in 'd', and it's not a hard 'd' like 'door' either, it's more like the 'th' sound at the beginning of 'thou', like Tadhg.

Thank you!!! @JedBartlet

chavelita yes I know...it's hard to do phonetically isn't it!

Ah Squoosh - Gobnait.
Noooooo!!!
But I really don't like Tadhg either.
I like Thady though

Conleth is a good Irish name for a boy. Easily pronounced.
As in Conleth Hill actor in Car Share ( Elsie) and Game of Thrones