Niamh?

[Fiona341]

What do you think of Niamh? I have worried on and off about the spelling / pronunciation although love it as a beautiful name and would def want original spelling if did use it. We are not Irish, but are Scottish and live in Scotland so I think the Gaelic pronunciation will come easy enough as just the same as Mhairi etc but not sure...? Grateful for any opinions!

Lovely!!

Great.

I think it's lovely, and not so unusual that people wouldn't know how to pronounce it

Gorgeous. We have a Neve but I love the traditional spelling, DH preferred it spelt out way and I didn't really mind. Just love the name any way! She's the only one in her year, I don't think we have met another in 5 years.

Lovely and one that a lot of non Celtic folk know how to say proper!y.

I like it a lot. Simple and unfussy.

Yes it's lovely!
People get used to unusual names very quickly. I have an Eilidh and we live in NZ. Once we explain how to pronounce it nobody even bats an eyelid.

Go for it!

My daughter is Niamh. I have loved it since I was a teenager. My DH is of Irish parents but we all live in London. She started school this year and I've never had a problem there or at nursery with mis-pronunciation.

There is also a beautiful Irish folk tale called "Niamh and Oisin" which makes the name even prettier to me.

I forgot to say there are three other "Niamh's" in her school but she does go to a catholic school with a lot of kids with Irish parents.

Love it. Lovely name and never met one I didn't like. Niamh was on my shortlist but my husband vetoed. Go for it! Lovely to see it spelt properly as well.

Lovely, especially for a blonde girl (Niamh Cinn Óir was the legendary heroine).

I don;t like it and don't know how to pronounce it. I;ve seen this before though on MN, it's a popular name...

Lovely name. We considered it but it didn't go with the surname very well.

Not keen at all. How do you even pronounce it. One of those names I think.

I'm also Scottish and I have a Niamh. Only 1 person has not known how to pronounce it, most people do know

Beautiful name.

For those asking, it can be pronounced to rhyme with leave or, if you are from my part of Ireland, it's more like NEE-uv, with two syllables.

If you don't know how to pronounce it, how do you know you don't like it?

And what does 'one of those names mean'?

Niamh. I like it. Beautiful legend name.

Beautiful name. Go for it.

I like it, I have a friend with a daughter called Niamh and I think it's lovely!

Niamh is gorgeous. It's one of my niece's name, otherwise it would be a shortlisted one for me. DH doesn't like it, but he dislikes all 'eve' sounding names for some reason (I love them.)

One of the most beautiful names imo.

Love it but never hear British people pronounce it correctly.

Pretty. But definitely Neem to me.

Sorry, forgot to say that's because that is how a DC's mother pronounced it.