Cuilean

[MissMoodyMoo]

Not pregnant just thinking of some possible names for the future. Our baby girl already has a gaelic animal name so I quite fancy if we are blessed with another to carry on the theme!

Cuilean- gaelic for puppy/cub
Pronounced- kwi-lee-an

Why would you do that to a child?

I am a Gael and I really wouldn't choose that.

It sounds like a medical problem

Also that is not how it is pronounced. It is more like Cooolan 😀

You want your child, who will become an adult, to be called puppy?!

Just throwing ideas about! Can scratch that one off the future list 😂

Cuan (can’t remember how to do fada on iPhone) is another, someone in our family is called this and there are a few around. Means little wolf. Coo awn depending on accent

Intrigued by what your daughter is called

We already have a Fiadh which means deer in gaelic and pronounced Fee-ah. I love the idea of another gaelic animal name! Won't be needing one any time soon tho lol! My little deer is still a baby

I'd more pronounce it quill-inn. I know a little Cuilean and that's how he pronounces it. I think it's a lovely name!

Love Fíadh too op such a beautiful name

If you like animal names, how about Rónán for a boy? It means little seal.

OP go for it. Are you Irish/Scots? The only problem I can see is learning English if not learning Gaelic - trying to explain the mysteries of Gaelic spelling and pronunciation to fellow pupils, teachers and your own children.

Unless you actually live in a place that speaks Irish/Scots you are dooming your child to a world where no one can pronounce their name.
Please don’t do that.

Man alive, Puppy is a bad name to give a kid, no matter what language it's in.

And I wish more boys were called Cú Chulainn

I've never met one and I'd do a big inward eye roll if I did meet one. Delusions of grandeur, or wha!

I’ve never heard that pronouncistion for Cuilean. It’s like how Americans pronounce Irish names

If you like animal names, how about Rónán for a boy? It means little seal

Or the wonderfully named Smugairle Rón, the Irish for jellyfish. Translates as 'seal snot'. Ok, maybe not that one...

*pronounciation

I've heard of Cooleen for a girl
But that seems to be anglicised for Cúilín - which means a little goal. Wtaf

Cuileann is Irish for holly - as in the sprigs you put up at Christmas.

I love Fiadh.
Not helpful I know.