Irish names (boy/girl/anything)

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Inspiration pls :)

And at the risk of attracting negative comments, thoughts on Kathleen (shortened to Katie?) ..after my auntie so if you don't like, pls just be kind tankyouplease xxx

Finola 💓💓💓💓

Or Ailbe for a boy.

thank you for all the lovely inspiration! And thank you for being supportive about using family names :) ...I'm a long way from home (although not as far away from home as my DH) and the thought of having a link to my fam just helps ease the homesickness (...shame same cannot be said for esing the -morning- all day/all night sickness lol)

I have 13 nieces and nephews, many of whom have proper Irish names (as opposed to Anglicised variants) and many of my cousins' chidren have too.

So it's a narrow selection from which i can choose!

I've relinquished Saidbh, unfortunately. My DP is a Londoner, so it needs to be something he can easily spell and pronounce.

Current front runner for a girl's name is Ciara. I also really like Niamh.

No male lead, but we both kind of like Ronan and Liam.

Kathleen must be due a revival. My gorgeous nana was Kathleen. Or Aunt Ka.

Unfortunately I don't think it will revive just yet.

"Cáitlín" (with the fadas) is the Irish spelling and pronounced "Cawtch-leen".

I like Kathleen, personally would go with Kitty as nickmame but also really like Katie. Bridget is kind of in the same vein isn't it, nn Bridie. I also like Honor which I guess isn't really Irish but was popular in previous generations.

Kathleen’s aplenty on both sides of my family. Lovely.

It was right up there on our list, along with Caoimhe.

l'm a Kathleen and l've always hated it. Shortened it to Kath when l was 18.
My youngest stepson is Ciaran, which l love, and if we'd had a boy we were going to call him Danaan. (OH's parents are lrish).

Honor was really popular, as was Honora, often shortened to Nora.

I don't like Kathleen tbh because here it's more of an old lady name like Janet or Marion, it's not a sort of one I'd like for a wee girl nowadays.

Names I like :

Girls
Ailish / Ailis / Eilis
Mairead (my absolute fave)
Saoirse
Niamh (vvvv popular here)

Boys
Darragh
Ciaran
Fergus
Fintan

I like Kathleen too.

Other names I like, including my own

Eithne
Mhairi
Aoibhin
Meabh
Nuala
Caoimhe

Daithí
Fiachra

Einin for a girl, Daegan for a boy

Clodagh
Maeve
Siun
Fraoch

Diarmuid
Daithi

I have a
Sean, a Padraig and a Bridget, (I came for the names too)

I like Kathleen but I don't know any

I Love Caoimhe!! But my cousin has stolen it.

I'm Irish and there's a lot of non-names on this thread

If you are thinking of an Irish name check and double check the spelling (yes, there may be several accepted spellings but it's not just a complete free-for-all), and check whether the name is in fact a surname or if it exists at all

I love Caoimhe so much! And also Aoife (my dad is Irish). Unfortunately DP used his power of veto!

I agree with you MayFayner. I'm Irish and am baffled at some of these names. Isn't Linus a Greek name?

Yes, several of those names I've never heard of or are spelled wrong. And Mhairi is Scottish, not Irish.

Yes indeed, MayFayner.

(Mairi is the nominative).

I'm Irish and there's a lot of non-names on this thread shock

seriously!

Fraoch????

How nasty are the pp who have just poo pooed other people’s names but not suggested any of their own?!

Mhairi is indeed Scottish, as are my MIL, SIL and best friend with that name. My autocorrect is a bastard, probably because I type that name daily. Do forgive me and please don't make me relinquish my passport or my Leaving Cert.

It's hardly nastiness.

Really

I don't know about there being "a lot" of non-Irish names on this thread - there are the three mentioned above - Linus is definitely Greek (it was my name of choice for DS1 but DH vetoed it), Mhairi is Scottish but has been explained as an auto-correct (easy done), and Fraoch is a Scots word - there's an island in the Hebrides called Fraoch Eilean, but there could easily be a similar word in Gaeilge as the two languages have many similarities.

I wouldn't class that as "a lot" of non-Irish names however. What are the others? Genuinely curious