Opinions on an unusual name.

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My self and my oh are ttc at the moment.
During the week I was scrolling through a facebook group and seen a post from a woman with the name faela, I struck up a convo with her and asked the origin of her name. She claimed it was irish /Celtic , being irish myself I knew that it wasnt an irish spelling so I looked into it more.
I eventually came across the irish word faoladh, it was a mythical creature from ancient ossory, an old Provence in Ireland where kilkenny its now.
It turns out it was a type of werewolf that was a protector over the young and old.
My self and my oh have fallen in love with the name for a girl but are aware that it is really unusual. What are other peoples thoughts on here?

Well what's the name?

Poster said Faela

Nikey, Faela.

OP I know nothing about Irish names but it sounds lovely to me.

I’m not liking it

How is it pronounced? Fay-la?

How is it pronounced? I can't fathom it from the spelling

To sound like failer? Not for me..

It would be pronounced "Fay-lah". Sorry I should have included that 😅😅

This suggests you are right Aquamarine

Op your child will spend their whole life have to spell it for people, tell people how to pronounce it and, worst of all, will never find a pen with her name on in a gift shop. My nieces have unusual names/spellings. They get so upset on school trips not being able to buy things in the gift shop!

www.nameslook.com/faela/

I've one of the most common five letter names for girls in the 80s in Ireland as well as a common irish surname and I still have to spell them both for people 😅😅 so I'm not too worried about that.

Too much like fella.

I absolutely adore it. But my children also have unusual names. If I wasn’t so definitely done, I’d be naming my next daughter Faela! It’s so very pretty.

Failure

Nn for Falafel!!

I like it!

Awful

Awful. I hate that parents burden children with a band they'll have to always spell :

"No. It's K-a-m-r-o-n"

First thought was Favela - Brazilian slum which puts me right off
I know it's a different spelling but it's close enough to make me go eh?
I love Irish names but not this one

I like it

Feel her - endless jibes/taunts/teasing?
She will have to spell it forever and put up with people mispronouncing it.

Does sound like failure to my ears. What's the pronunciation of faoladh? Fay-lah too? If you are going to go for it I wouldn't go for the pseudo-Irish spelling. That kind of fakeness is just weird.

It's beautiful! And a lovely meaning too.

Its lively, not unusual in Ireland. Faiadh ( Fay da) also popular.

I think it's pretty, I live in NI and never come across it. FYI Feile, pronounced the same is a word meaning a festival