Niamh

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I think we may have finally agreed on a girls name. We are thinking Niamh.

Just after any thoughts?

I like it, very pretty name

Lovely name

Lovely name. I know many Niamh’s

Depending on where you live though you may have to deal with people constantly misspelling or mispronounceing it....

Oh, most people know how to spell Niamh these days!

Lovely name!

Do you know the legends of Niamh by the way?

Ancient tales... she was a fairy woman, a lady of the lake. She fell in love with Oisin, son of the giant Finn mac Cumhai (Finn McCool) and transported him away to the land of Tir Na Nog, and there's more, and loads of different tellings of it but I'll let you look it up if you're interested!

I love a good story behind a name :)

We had a real love of Irish names

We shortlisted

Emer
Niamh
Aife
Erinna
Alane

I hope you love your Celtic name

Like it.

pros/cons partly depend on where you live!

we considered it for DD (now 17) but were living in the south of England at the time and decided that it was likely to be mis-spelt/mis-pronounced. by the time she started school we were in the west of Scotland and there were three Niamh's in her class of 25 kids...

There's 4 in my dd'sclass including her! I had no idea it was so popular. I think if you're within the Irish diaspora in any way it's a name of choice. Certainly we've never encountered any problems with misspelling or mispronouncing!

Lovely, though do slightly prefer Maeve, which I consider to be similar.

It's one of the more international Irish names. That is, that people outside of the the ROI and NI will be able to pronounce it more often than they would be able to pronounce Caoimhe or Aoife. It has been more widely used. I know Niamhs in Australia.

Please don't assume we all know how to pronounce it

I don’t know how to pronounce jt

It's said Neeve.

Wow, interesting pronunciation! Thanks

Thanks 😊 I have Irish grandparents so we figured it was a nice nod in their direction as baby will have it’s surname from DH’s side 😊

We are team yellow though, so now to decide on a boys name!!

It’s a lovely name and on our shortlist but wary for the same spelling issue. We also really liked Roisin but were unsure if people would pronounce it right. Top of our list is Erin at the moment.

I think boys names are harder though - good luck!!

I love it!

But I prefer it spelt Neve.

Lovely name. I'm a teacher in Wales and there are quite a few in the school. Nobody seems to have a problem with pronouncing it correctly.

@cockmagic... with Irish heritage I think I’d be shot if I went with that spelling!

Ah I didn't realise you were Irish 😂

Lovely

It's a very pretty name and I think it's pronouciation is becoming more widely known.

Don't call her Neve as PP suggested!

Definitely don't butcher it into Neve. Nice name as it is!

Boy's name? Oisín from the same legend as Niamh. Gorgeous name. Sorted!

Niamh was my 2nd choice name for my DD1.. we went with a similar Irish name and we live abroad.
Please for the love of god don’t spell it Neve!!

Never any idea problems with people pronouncing DD name - mainly as I live somewhere very multicultural so everyone has to learn how to pronounce everyone’s name.