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Gaelic boys names

34 replies

Fieau · 10/03/2018 15:32

Our favourite boys names are Ruairidh and Aedan. Any other Gaelic influenced boy name suggestions? We prefer names which arent too "out there"

Any help appreciated GrinFlowers

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Pangur2 · 10/03/2018 15:36

Daithí is Irish for David. I think it's a lovely name. It's pronounced like D-th-aa hee. But the th bit is really subtle. I don't really know how to explain it!

Fieau · 10/03/2018 15:43

@pangur2 lovely name.... But unfortunately I have a slight speech impediment and I dont think I can get that one completely right Grin

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Carolwithane · 10/03/2018 15:48

What about Darragh? Pronounced the same as Dara Smile

user1498549192 · 10/03/2018 15:52

Callan
Oisin
Cormac
Struan
Keir

Northernexile · 10/03/2018 15:56

Senan
Tiarnan

Fieau · 10/03/2018 15:56

Darragh and Callan are both going on the list.

I love Struan but it's the name of one of my oldest friends and not sure about whether it would be weird to use that.

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squoosh · 10/03/2018 16:20

Innes
Lorne
Torin

mintich · 10/03/2018 16:28

I love Darragh!

3girlsmama · 10/03/2018 21:20

Cuán
Faolán
Sé
Might be too specifically Irish though.

ValentineFizz · 10/03/2018 21:22

Aonghus?

AfterSchoolWorry · 10/03/2018 21:23

Tadgh

Sophronia · 10/03/2018 23:06

Colm

mintich · 11/03/2018 07:06

When you say Gaelic were you looking for names from any particular country?

FairfaxAikman · 11/03/2018 07:26

By Gaelic I assume you mean Scottish, rather than Irish?

Alasdair
Dougal
Blair
Niall
Kirk
Iain

Emma198 · 11/03/2018 07:30

Cailean

BroTim · 11/03/2018 09:36

Oisín
Séadhna
Ruairí
Dánann
Fionn
Lorcán

Fieau · 11/03/2018 10:41

My family is Scottish, my husband's Irish. So I tend to prefer Scottish names but he doesn't agree!

Some great suggestions here thanks everyone Flowers

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Snowysky20009 · 11/03/2018 16:01

Ruaidhri (Pronounced Rory)

Lilsquish · 11/03/2018 16:14

Where im from its pronounced Roori

Rory is a completely different name.....

mintich · 11/03/2018 16:30

Yep it's pronounced Roory in Scotland

mintich · 11/03/2018 16:31

....although I did know someone with that spelling pronounced Rory, he was Welsh

TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 11/03/2018 19:21

Fergus

Thistles24 · 11/03/2018 21:55

Alasdair
Seumas/Hamish
Lachlan
Calum
Ruaraidh
Cailean
Odhran/Oran
Raghnall

Hope you find one you like!

midsomermurderess · 12/03/2018 18:46

Padraig, the Irish for Patrick. Sorley, which is the anglicisation of Somhairle, from the Old Norse Somarliðr meaning ‘summer traveller’.

ghostbusters · 12/03/2018 21:13

I love Scottish gaelic names. Where I went to school, a lot of my classmates had gaelic as first language and gaelic names.

Eachann (Hector)
Ossian (though technically not Scottish gaelic)
Tasgall
Fergus
Blair

I love Struan, my husband disagreed and said no.

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