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RaisedByPuffins · 18/03/2019 13:22

Help needed for DS2 due in a couple of weeks!

Husband is Irish, I'm English and we live in London. We already have a 3 year old boy called Cuilean (pr. Quillan) and are totally stuck on boys names for this one. We want to give him a fairly unusual but not too hard to say Irish name. Particularly as we live in London so lots of lovely names won't work so well without the accent.

The spelling is less of a thing as I have a very dull/ordinary name that has 3 spellings so I always have to spell mine as do so many people I know Claire/Clare Sara/Sarah Rebekah/Rebecca etc.

We like but are not totally in love with:

Diarmuid
Ferdia
Lorcan
Donnacha
Tiernach

Middle name will be Thomas and we like but can't have:

Cillian
Colm
Ronan

Any suggestions gratefully received!

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Ricekrispie22 · 18/03/2019 16:25

Declan
Aiden
Reagan
Delaney
Fionn
Bearach
Odhran
Finnegan
Flynn

OwlDoll · 18/03/2019 16:34

Naoise
Ruaidhrí
Dualta
Tiarnán
Diarmuid

OwlDoll · 18/03/2019 16:35

Sorry, I repeated a few names you mentioned already

CherryBlossom23 · 18/03/2019 16:37

Delaney, Reagan, Flynn are not Irish names.

How about
Senan
Dara/Darragh
Liam
Cathal
Ciarán
Eoin/Eoghan
Fionn

OpiesOldLady · 18/03/2019 16:39

Ciaran is my absolute favorite Irish boys name ever.

Of your list I like Tiernach and LOVE Donnacha!

What about Padraig?

OpiesOldLady · 18/03/2019 16:41

@cherryblossom23 - how do you get the foda above the name please?

RedLemonade · 18/03/2019 16:43

Tiernan
Conall
Darrach
Rian
Cianán
Lughan

CherryBlossom23 · 18/03/2019 16:44

I'm on my mobile so just hold down the letter and accent options appear! On a desktop I think you can hold down the Alt Gr key and the letter to get one.

NorthEndGal · 18/03/2019 16:45

Our son is Daegan , Daeg for short
Haven't come across another yet, but tbf, we live in Canada so that might be why

OpiesOldLady · 18/03/2019 16:46

Thank you!

Ohh, I love Conall!

WoahThereMama · 18/03/2019 16:46

Cormac
Fiachra

Anotherdayanotherdollar · 18/03/2019 16:49

Oh daegan is lovely! How about cuan?

MelonVM · 18/03/2019 16:49

I love Tadgh! Beautiful name

Fr3d · 18/03/2019 16:59

Rian
Lorcan
Fiachra
Oisin
Cian
Tadhg
Enda
Dara
Conan
Dwane
Meacheal/Michael
Fergal
Daithi
Finn
Liam
Oran
Sean
Pol
Rourke
Senan
Ultan

Can't do fada's on phone so check spellings

lisamac28 · 18/03/2019 17:45

Connor
Eoin
Padraig
Dara/Daragh
Cathal
Oran
Diarmud
Cormac
Cian
Shay/Shea

lisamac28 · 18/03/2019 17:47

Oisin

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 18/03/2019 18:18

I like Ferdia as it doesn't present any pronunciation issues for a child growing up in England.

ooItsAoBeautifulDayNow · 18/03/2019 18:23

@MelonVM I love love love Tadhg too but always worry I they'd spend their life spelling it out! Beautiful name though and looks lovely written down too.

IWouldLikeToKnow · 18/03/2019 18:56

Odhran, Oisín, Cormac, Cathal, Ciarán, Tadhg, Darragh, Donal

Topofthehills · 19/03/2019 09:52

My favourites are:
Eoin
Dónal
Cormac
Rory

autumnkate · 19/03/2019 12:16

Niall

Shadow1234 · 20/03/2019 03:58

My favourite on your list is Lorcan. I would also have said Ronan, but you already mentioned you can't have that.

TuppenceFaithfully · 20/03/2019 04:58

Cormac is lovely

Tavannach · 20/03/2019 05:16

I like Cormac too.

From your list, Lorcan.

loveshinealight · 20/03/2019 08:06

I love Seamus and Fergus 💚

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