Tadhg

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Having a boy in October. Choosing a name is proving very difficult! Husband seems to want till he's born to discuss/choose!
Love the name Tadhg (I'm Irish) but we live in England so feel like I might be subjecting him to a lifetime or explaining spelling and pronunciation 😬 any thoughts welcome x

Seriously unlikely he will get picked on just for his name, myself and the rest of our school just thought all nine of the flaherty's were called their names. Kids understand pretty easily and I don't think his name would be hard for the kids at school at all. We'd had Tadhg and Aoife with us since nursery, and within weeks we knew that was there names. Anyone who got it wrong was corrected by a chorus of thirty children. (Normally our German supply teacher Mrs Harper who seemed to forget everytime and who had to be met with it's Eeeeefuhh and tyyyyggg said in that very long and drawn out way that happens a lot in primary schools)
Call your dc whatever you like. I think it's lovely!

Wasn't the Sean Bean character in The Field called Tadhg? That might be where you get that impression from, suoosh.

Maybe that's it Under! There was certainly a lot of standing in fields whilst muttering and fist shaking in that.

Had forgotten Sean Bean was in it though! Must give it a re-watch.

Went to Uni with one, love the name but as I grew up in the States had never heard it before!

I will never understand why people think it is burdensome to name a child born in England an Irish name. If the child was Polish, Spanish, African, and had a name that was such, no-one would question it or for a minute encourage them to abandon the name in favour of Oscar.

I had a massive crush on him in it when I was a teenager, which is why I remember.

I'd like to re-watch it myself again now. But it's a bit late. So I might just go outside for a bit and snarl 'arrr...the land' and shake my fist Instead.

Tadhg is pretty retro-chic these days. I can think of a few hipster types with baby and toddler Tadhgs. I like it. My English-born son has a far more unusual Irish name and surname, with no problems.

What I don't like on these threads is the suggestion that Irish people living in England should not use Irish names for their children -- as far as I can see, this is because, unlike Poles or Nigerians, we are considered 'nearly English' because we're native-English-speaking, therefore we shouldn't 'selfishly' insist on naming from our culture because it makes other people's lives difficult...

Me too Under, I had mad lust for Sean in his Sharpe days. Sadly he looks a bit like a Shar Pei these days. And he always seems to be getting married so I'm not sure he's a steady sort.

Tadhg is a nice name. Go for it.

Agree with you Triskel, it's really annoying. I think some people think we've been a bit pretentious, or maybe even unfair to my DH's 'Britishness' by giving our DD an Irish name. She has my DH'a surname and we live in the UK so it was important to me for her to have an Irish first name.

Anyway - Tadhg is a lovely name, no idea why it would result in bullying.

The only reason not to use an Irish name in England is if the name is Gobnait. But that's more because of the awfulness of the name than because of the sensibilities of the English.

(apologies to any Gobnaits and mothers of Gobnaits)

@TriskelArts yes! This is how I feel too, I was going to say that about people having Polish/African names etc. @MollyCule that's my thoughts behind wanting a traditional Irish first name, we live in the uk and he will have my husbands surname (as do I so I suppose our surname) but it's important to me to have a connection to my home.

I love the name Tadgh. I have only met one on a night out backpacking about 20 years ago, and he was a deeply attractive and all round lovely bloke and I still have a little inward sigh every time I hear the name. So maybe I am biased.

My child has a very non-English name that's not really used in England and which honours my non-English grandparent, and it has barely caused any consternation. Sometimes people ask about my heritage which I am happy to explain.

There is a Tadgh in my dd class at school. He's a lovely child, so I only have good feelings about it.
Really nice name man and boy.
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