Help me pick an Irish name for ds!

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Hi all, we're looking for an Irish boys name for baby due in a few weeks. We live in Ireland and other dc's also have Irish names. Surname begins with H and has one syllable (if that makes any difference!)

OH likes Senan and Cian. (Think I prefer Cian out of those two)

I like Oisín... love the sound of it, I would pronounce it Oh-sheen and not Uh-sheen. Slightly concerned about giving him a name that could cause spelling/pronunciation problems outside of Ireland though?!

Other names I've vaguely considered are Liam and Rory.

Any thoughts?

Seán

Dara
Seán
Fionn
Finn
Pierce

I love Cian. It's simple, masculine and unusual but not strange.
Oisin is difficult to properly pronounce for many people out with Ireland and it would annoy me having to correct it all the time.
Really like Liam but it's fairly common x

We had the same criteria but living in England and went for Cian; Fionn and Valentine were the only others we agreed on.

I've got a Cian too. Also like Niall and Aidan

Thank you! Totally agree on how pronunciation issues would irritate me :) I'm really warming to Cian.

Forgot to mention, other names used by family members include Darragh, Conor, Tadhg, Finn and Ciarán.

I love Oisín. Also Fiona, Oran and Ultan

Fionn, not Fiona! Also Cormac.

We already have a Ciaran and if we'd had another boy he'd have been Danaan.

Always liked Ciaran.Think you can spell it with a K as well?

A timeless name.

Cillian
Fiachra
Damhán
Faélán
Fionn
Daithi
Niall
Ronan
Ruairi

You might have to correct people on pronunciation of Oisín even in Ireland with your preferred way of saying it, I've only ever met Oisíns who pronounce it Uh-sheen :)

If it’s Irish it’s spelled with a C...

I think Cian is very popular. Senan is awful!!

I like Fionn and Diarmuid. Quite like Domhall as well.And Rory/Ruairi(dh)

Aidan/Aodhan
Caolan
Conn
Donal
Liam
Niall
Odhran
Shea/ Shay
Tadhg

Thanks everyone. Some good suggestions. I actually don't know any small Cians, only teenage ones

I'm in Cork and most people here use the Oh-sheen pronuncitation, I think it's a regional thing.

Connor
Declan
Sean
Cian
Daniel
Brendan
Dara
Eoin
Liam
Ronan
All lovely boys names & not too hard to spell/pronounce

We've Irish names

I really don’t like Cian. Sorry. But i tend not to like C names anyway.

I do like Senan, Danaan, Aodhan, Dara, Ruaidhri, Naoise, and Patrick (not Padraig- sorry )

Ps I think Cian is a lovely name.
Oisin too (very similiar to girls' name Roisin) definitely harder to spell/pronounce but heyho, I'm pretty sure there'll be plenty of other children with unusuall spelt names and pronounciations in next generation.

💙 Oisin (Oh-sheen).

I love Oisin - it's very very popular in Ulster and is pronounced as you do. I don't think you would have any problems with spelling or pronunciation in Ireland. Others is like

Cahir
Cormac
Caolan
Ruairi

Never heard Oh-sheen before, I'd stick with Uh-sheen if I were you! (I'm Irish and an Irish speaker and lived in Cork for a long time.)

I really like Cian, and Liam is one of my favourites too!

I love Tadhg

Also like Enda, Fiachra, Feargal, Seán.

Oisín (Uh-sheen) means fawn, and out of curiosity I looked up what Óisín (Oh-sheen) means...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osculum

(Don't look if you have a sponge or hole phobia.)

Seàn - Shan rather than shaun pronunciation
Rory
Caolàn
Cillian
Ruairi
Aidan
Odhran
Mairtin