Irish girls names- easy to spell

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I love Celtic names, particularly Irish names, but they're so hard to spell. Living in England I don't want to give her a lifetime of people not being able to pronounce/spell her name. Any ideas for beautiful Celtic names which are simple?! Thanks!

Orla
Ciara
Aoife
Caitlin
Roisin

Those are the only ones I would know how to spell off the top of my head. And I'm sure I will learn Saoirse and Aisling as they become more popular in England.

@mathanxiety good list, except Finola is Finnoula, Alvy is spelled Ailbhe and pronounced Alva for a girl and Dervla/Derval is Dearbhla/ Dearbhal/Dearbhaile.

Eily is Scottish and spelled Eilidh.

Can't say I've ever heard of Devnet, sounds like a web development company

I also really love Aoife or Ffion or Fia

I'm with CherryBlossom. Leave Irish names alone if you are worried about them being misspelt or mispronounced. There are plenty of beautiful names to choose from.

Ffion is Welsh, not Irish.
Fionn is Irish and is a boy's name. I think it's pronounced Finn.

Yes, anglicised spellings of Irish names are awful. It's like spelling 'Jorja' for Georgia.

Fionn is pronounced like F-yunn, but very quickly.

Is Devnet not the bastardisation of Damhnait?

Mairead, Clara or Tara?

I thought Fionn was just pronounced 'Finn'? The one I know is, although he constantly gets called 'fee-on' (we are in England).

@Hangingaroundtheportal sounds like they’ve gone for the Irish spelling but used the English pronounciation- like someone called Diarmuid answering to “Dermot”

Cara
Nora
Noreen

Erin?

Sorry if they’ve already been suggested but;

Sorcha (sur-ka)
Ailish (ale-ish)
Caitlin (catch-leen)

Caitlin will be called Kate-lyn in the UK.

Is Devnet not the bastardisation of Damhnait?
Indeed it is. Damhnait gets pronounced 'Damn it' in my experience.

Finola is Finnoula, Alvy is spelled Ailbhe and pronounced Alva for a girl and Dervla/Derval is Dearbhla/ Dearbhal/Dearbhaile.
Eily is Scottish and spelled Eilidh.

Yes I know all that (but Eily is a NN for a few Eileens I know, not Eilidh misspelled).

I know two Alvys (one who is probably well into her 90s now or maybe deceased who took the name of her husband when she married and became A l v y A l v y).

Finola is a perfectly valid name based on Fionnuala, and Dervla/Derval are two Anglicised versions of the correct Irish Dearbhla/Dearbhail. These names are used by many Irish people in Ireland. I went to school with Alvys (not Alvas), Finolas and Dervlas.

I also knew through school an Ailbe (male) pronounced in his case Ail-bee.

Yes. It must be spelled and pronounced properly otherwise it just becomes ridiculous.
Imelda
Nessa
Fidelma
Ciara
Grainne (Graw-nya)
Shona ( Show-na)

The Shona I knew was Scottish.

No one can pronounce or spell Grainne in the UK and the same will be true for many of the names suggested here. However, OP, I’d say don’t worry about it. It’s really not a big deal to have to explain and spell your name, even as a small child, and it’s often a useful ice breaker.

Loved the video. With Christmas cards at school I found there were three groups of people: those who could spell it; those who had most of the right letters but not in the right order; and then those who had remembered it was a weird spelling so would write a G followed by what appeared to be an almost entirely random selection of letters. I quite enjoyed the variety.

How about not going for a celtic name if you aren't actually celtic?

You've told us what names DH does not like. Which ones does he like?

Celtic doesn't mean Irish surely? Scots, Welsh, Cornish and Breton are Celtic, aren't they?

Celtic doesn't really mean anything. It's more a hippy-dippy thing than a descriptor of any actual culture or language, current or past.

Celtic doesn't really mean anything. It's more a hippy-dippy thing than a descriptor of any actual culture or language, current or past.

A hippy-dippy thing? What shite. I take it history wasn’t one of your strong subjects at school Math

The Celtic living languages are: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish (considered dead 1777 but partially revived), Manx (same, 1974).

Dead Celtic languages include Gaulish and other fun things.

I know what @mathanxiety means though. When the British Museum did an exhibition on the Celts, there was a whole section of it on whether "Celtic" was really a thing...

It is maybe a bit odd to say you like "Celtic" names rather than "Welsh" or "Irish" or "Cornish" names. They're pretty different. Could come up with some Gaulish names if required though.

@AtticaRose I said in my opening sentence I like Celtic names, particularly Irish names

@RabbitsAreTasty I am Irish but living in England. Although I don't think the use of names is restricted to where you live/are from. Plenty of people choose all manner of names. How small minded to think if you're English you could only choose an English name.