Fiadh or Roisin?

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Hi all

I know this has probably been done to death but any help with Irish girls names gratefully received. I'm Irish and DH is English, we are living in the UK.

Baby is due this week... we don't know what it is actually but if it's a boy I think we are set on Fionn. DH seems to be able to pronounce it okay!

I'm a bit more stuck on girls names for some reason and again think it's now down to Fiadh or Roisin.

Fiadh (fee-a) means wild or little deer, depending on what you read
Roisin (ro-sheen) means little rose

I liked Caoimhe but DH can't cope with the spelling and said it's like Quavers....

I've also thought about Aoife and I like Éabha but not mad about the spelling for some reason - I don't know why but I don't think it looks pretty!

Any views on Fiadh or Roisin, which do you think you would choose?

Roisin is lovely. But I do think the ingrained English pronunciation of ‘Ruh-SHEEN’ might be hard to overcome. That may not bother you, and it didn’t seem to bother my lovely friend Roisin, but I am more pedantic and less tolerant and I think it would annoy me.

What about Clodagh?

I love Liadh (Leah)

Fódhla from your lost is an old name. She was one of the tripartite Tuatha Dé Danann goddess with Banba and Éiriú. I know one in her 40s. I like it.

Was it on this thread someone said they couldn’t pronounce Clodagh? How not?

@Goldfingers Riona... hmmm not sure. I've thought about Riain for a boy

@mathanxiety I have an aversion to S names, even if Sh.
Think Saoirse Smith, Sorcha Smith, Siofra Smith

I don't know why but double S I don't like...

@BoudicasBoudoir that could get annoying alright but it's still in my top 2 for now...

@PotteryWheel Clodagh I quite like actually. I think DH veto'd it, I might try again...

@AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet is Liadh real or made up? I like it actually. I suppose you could use Liath?! (As in grey)

@PotteryWheel how do you say Fodhla? Simply Fo-la?

In other news, Dylan isn't Irish is it? I think Welsh?
Features quite high up the boys list on the CSO website

Maireadh
Siobha!

Not sure those are spelled right purple

No “h” on the end of mairead. And there’s and “n” on the end of Siobhan.

I know a Mairead with a H!
But yes autocorrect decimated Siobhan!

The way some English people go on about Irish names is ridiculous.
Do they not believe us when we say it's a different language?

Anyways both are lovely. Fiadh is my favourite.

There's Maighread and even Mairghread, but I've never met one with a dh. Mairead would be pronounced with a soft D - maybe that's what the Maireadh was shooting for with the dh?

Fódhla is Foe-la. I would spell it with the fada, as otherwise it's 'Fulla' (too close to folamh).

I think Liadh is made up (fancier than Leah).
There is Liadan...

Dylan is Welsh.

I love Liadan. I wanted it for DD but DH vetoed .

I love Aoibheann- pronounced Ee-veen. I would've named my dc this but my friend got there first!

I would pronounce Aoibheann more like Eve-ann/an
Ev-een would be Aoibhinn

Aoibh (Eve) is nice too.

What about Cliodhna/Cliona, OP?

I wouldn't say that Liadha is made up. It's just the Irish version of Leah, imo.

Ee-veen, I meant

I've had a glass of wine

@AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet
Yeah it could be pronounced both ways. I've only heard it the way I've said. Same way as Blaithinn and Blaitheann (can't do fads's on my phone) can both be pronounced
Blaa-een.

l loved Fiadh but it didn't work with our surname and also considered Liadan.

I like Ita too, I only know one and it has a nice sound to it.

It’s Blaithin

That’s the only way to spell that name. Which is more Blawheen in pronunciation than blaa een.

Aoibheann is Eve-ann (like the English word “even”)

Sorry- Bláithín.

Or Íde (E-da)

Can you tell that I like Irish names?

What about Ciara? Or Edel - they're my favourite Irish names!

Well I've worked in Irish language schools and I can tell you that Blaitheann and Aoibheann have been and are pronunced with an -een sound. I've known at least 10 girls with either of these names. Perhaps it's a northern Irish thing?

I met a young Catriona recently and I thought that was almost old school. Refreshing and lovely.

-eann just can't make an "een" sound though. There are indeed plenty of girls who pronounce it that way, but sadly they (well, more their parents) are wrong. Lots of Ay-veens too, that's also wrong.

To make "een" you'd need an í.