How do you pronounce Gobnait?

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I'm fairly familiar with Irish name pronunciations but this one has stumped me. A quick Google suggests 'Gob-nit' but is it really that simple as it's fairly English phonetic.

I'm meeting a Gobnait tomorrow and don't want to make a twat of myself.

GUBnit. Definitively. Not a stylish moniker, is it?

Yes definitely Gubnit I know one.

Thanks, yes, not the most beautiful of Irish names.

Just relieved to find you're not considering naming a baby this!

An in-law of mine, who grew up in the Gaeltacht in rural Donegal, has informed me that Gobnait is Gaelic for Deborah (my name). It is pronounced Gobnitch to my Northern Irish ears, so I think not really a soft or lyrical name. However, his lovely mum who speaks Gaelic , thinks it IS an absolutely lovely, soft, lyrical name if you are a native Gaelic speaker. She is a very kind person though and knows me so may be very diplomatic....

I would have always known it as 'Gob-nit' - hideous name (apologies to any lovely Gobnaits out there) - up there with Concepta and Assumpta!!

Errrr gob-nate? That's a cracker.

I quite like it! A grand Wesht Cork name.

I like Assumpta! It sounds like a girl that would never get into trouble outside wedlock.

Concepta on the other hand, well thats just asking for it

I quite like it!

Thank goodness I'm done with babies x imagine the slaughter if I'd floated Gobnait here. Look at the pasting Duane got.

In Scottish Gaelic, the 'ait'/'aid' ending would be a very soft 'nidge' sound, amost 'nishdt'. So it's not harsh, really, though 'Gob'/'Gov/Gonn' is not perhaps the most pleasing. Gobnait= Gobvnisht/ Gonnishdt is not too bad.
I know a v nice young person named Seonaid = Shonn-idgsh/Janet, and her name looks very plain written down but sounds quite pretty if said correctly.

In Irish mythology, Gobnait was the wife of the blacksmith god, Gabhan (pronounced Gowan).

I'm Irish & have never heard this name before . I'm not keen on it but I do love Assumpta as well as Attracta & Blanaid.

what a horrendous name!!!

Gob nit. Know a few in West Cork. Awful name. Youngest I know would be 40.

I always wanted to be called Assumpta.
Somehow my Presbyterian parents didn't agree

The ones I've come across pronounce it GUBnet. The stress is on the first syllable, and the second syllable is very soft.

With apologies to any Gobnaits around, I think it's hideous.

Not very seasonal but always reminds of this song m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbejNNCTr7k

Some pronounciation clues in there too OP

I always wanted to be called Assumpta.
Somehow my Presbyterian parents didn't agree

Aww! I wanted to be called Vera. OR something with a hyphen... No, my parents didn't agree either. Although, Assumpta is pretty. And my Italian grandmother would be over the moon ;)... Although, I think I prefer Assunta.

Hideous indeed!

Gaabneyt

Thank goodness you weren't thinking of foisting it on a baby

I know one who left Ireland for Germany and reinvented herself as Ingrid 🙂

It just reminds me of gobshite 😋

I like it.

@cavabienmerci how does Deborah relate to Gobnait?

The name sounds better in native speaker Gaelic than learner Gaelic.
For complicated reasons the name would often be pronounced with either an "n" or a sound like a French rolled "r" instead of the initial "g". The final t will also change somewhat.
So vaguely like
Gawbnat
Nawbnut
Rawnitcha

Ha ha now you are none the wiser!