Middle name for Sadhbh?

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We've picked the name Sadhbh for our baby girl due in October, and I'm drawing a blank for middle names to "go" with it. It's pronounced Sive, rhymes with 5.

DH is extremely unimaginative with names, but certainly knows what he doesn't like .

She'll have a Ní surname, so I'd like to avoid another Irish name. The only name I loved was Sadhbh Martha Ní, but DH (incorrectly) thinks Martha is an old ladies name so has vetoed.

I'd like something solid and classic, especially between her first and surnames which won't be easy for a lot of people to spell and pronounce.

Sadhbh Martha is lovely.

I think any classic name with 2+ syllables would sound lovely as a middle name.

Sadhbh Emily
Sadhbh Juliet
Sadhbh Isobel
Sadhbh Elizabeth
Sadhbh Charlotte
Sadhbh Eloise
Sadhbh Olivia

My daughter is Sadhbh, you've got good taste

We chose Anne as her second name... after my own mother, but it's also very simple to sort-of counteract the complex spelling!

Oh, and congratulations!

Sadhbh Áine Ní
Sadhbh Alanna Ní
Sadhbh Orla Ní

I would also go for easy to spell and pronounce in the circumstances. But, with two properly Irish names either side, it might sound a little odd with something solid and traditional stuck in the middle. Maybe something well-known like Niamh, Sinead or Siobhan could be a middle ground?

I had Mara and Cora on my shortlist (I like the sea meaning) and I think they'd work.

Sadhbh Alexandra/ Sadhbh Alexandria

How do you pronounce Sadhbh? Love Celtic names but not familiar with this one?

I knew an Aoibhe Sadhbh, which I thought went well together. So I would say Sadhbh Aoibhe, but I know you didn't want another Irish name, so you could do Sadhbh Eva.

See, I loooove names like Alexandra and Elizabeth, but her surname will be equivalent to Ní Shúilleabháin so I'm conscious of character count

Does Sadhbh Jane sound ok?

Sadhbh Elizabeth.

I have a Sadhbh too! Congratulations on your excellent taste.

Ooh I was going to say Sadhbh Jane too!

Nice literary connection too.

Jane is gorgeous,

Also
Mary
Anne
Tara
Maureen
Agnes
Delores
Kathleen

(I'm just listing my relatives now.. I'll stop! )

Yes, Jane is a classic name, and goes very nicely.

Sadhbh Claire
Sadhbh Mary
Sadhbh Annie
Sadhbh Lois
Sadhbh Lily
Sadhbh Miriam

Sadhbh Emily
Sadhbh Anna
Sadhbh Alice
Sadhbh Clara
Sadhbh Frances
Sadhbh Hannah
Sadhbh Isobel
Sadhbh Lucy
Sadhbh Rosa
Sadhbh Mary
Sadhbh Ella
Sadhbh Kate

Gobnait lol.

I love Sadhbh, really love it. The spelling would've sent my English relatives into meltdown though, and I had boys anyway. I'd have used it as a middle name.

I agree that you need something short & neat as a middle name, especially with a Ní surname.

Sadhbh Jane is gorgeous or any of Sophronia's suggestions above.

I agree with your DH about Martha, btw

Sadhbh Alexandra

Oh yes second this.

What a lovely name OP. I have never heard it before. (Ignorant Englisher sorry!)
Martha goes beautifully with it. Shame he can't be persuaded!

Won't people just call her sad for short?
Sorrel
Ginette
Astrid
Kelan
Kay
Brianne
Zoe
Cynthia

No buttercup as the sound Sad appears nowhere in the name. Why would anyone need to shorten an already one syllable name?

Aaaah charlotte and Eloise are lovely middle names to go with that name!!

Jane is a lovely name but I think that it sounds oddly English between two Irish names. The first one I thought of was Sadhbh Orla Ní Shúilleabháin.

Sadbh Hannah
Sadbh Isabella
Sadbh Ruby
Sadbh Mabel
Sadbh Florence
Sadbh Penelope

It's a lovely unusual (to me!) name. I'm glad you wrote its transliteration because I'd have never pronounced it the way it should be correctly from its spelling.
On that note, how is Ni pronounced? There was a long Celtic surname written further up - would you forgive my ignorance and tell me how that's pronounced, too please?

Ni is just the first part of the surname, it could Ní Gháirbhith or Ní Dhiorbháin or anything. It means daughter of in the same way O' means son of and Mac means grandson of.