Niamh

[Thetimehascometo]

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

Just after any thoughts?

I have a Niamh, she's 16 now and I've never regretted it for a second, even though I was advised against it for pronunciation reasons.
People get used to it and in the meantime the Christmas cards are hilarious, the best we had was adressed to 'Knife'

LincsK Go for Roisin if you love it, my friend has one and she's great, it's a lovely name.
People get used to it and learn how to spell it.

I wouldn't know how to pronounce it if I saw it written down. Is it Welsh?

@Shutupanddance1 can I be cheeky and ask what you went with please!

i have a niamh rose,it still sounds really pretty and girly to me

Lovely name

Neve is an abomination! It doesn’t even help with the pronounciation as it looks like it would be said like Never but without the R.

It’s a nice name- it was particularly popular in Ireland in the early 2000s which I think has helped it travel well.

Should it be spelled phonetically as Neev?

I'm Irish and a Gaelic speaker and I pronounce it Nee-uv

Beautiful name (it’s my 1st choice if we have a girl) and definitely stick with the correct spelling

@Thetimehascometo I went with Méabh. - my poor Lebanese doctor, he didn’t have a hope pronouncing it when he seen it first.

I’m going for another full on Gaelic name for my second as well due in 6 weeks

Ahh amazing @Shutupanddance1 love a good Gaelic name but we aren’t feeling that brave. DH has Eastern European heritage so we are throwing in and Eastern European middle name 🙊 so want to give the kid a chance with a more well known Gaelic name. Hilariously it looks like if we have a boy we are going for a very strong British name 🙈

I want to love it as I usually love all things Irish but just don't like the sound (too much like 'reave' or even 'sneeze' for me) or the spelling (looks unfinished at the end).

Love it. I have a Bridget and a Neave- spelt for convenience.

Neave I would know how to pronounce!

Yep, lovely!