Tadhg or Paxton

[MarjorieX]

I'm pregnant with a boy and I quite like these two names. Tadhg is a name we have previously considered for our other sons but we didn't go for it. Paxton would be after my grandad. I'm so indecisive and my baby is due in a month so I'm really not sure on what name to choose. What are your opinions on these names and do you have any middle name suggestions for them? Thank you

@LizzieAnt we might have 4 th sounds now...
A mhaithe, @mathanxiety an cainteoir dúchais thu?

@SeanCailleach
No, I think @mathanxiety has explained it better now thankfully. I was starting to tie myself in knots with 'th's' I will add that the pronunciation of the Irish slender 't' varies a lot between dialects...you don't really get that 'ch' sound in Munster as you do in Ulster. That's not relevant to Tadhg though.

@SeanCailleach
My Hiberno-English pronunciation of 'th' is much the same as the broad Irish language 't' (I think). That's why the start of the English word 'thigh' is same as the start of the Irish Tadgh for me.
I'll stop confusing people now!

I really like Tadhg.

FWIW I’m in London and I don’t have Irish in my personal background or anything, but it’s a name I’ve come across before and recognise. In general I think MN has way more ‘you can’t possibly use that name, have you thought about John?’ than real life! (I have an uncommon name but a combination of politely correcting people when I need to, and being gracious when someone gets it wrong in spite of trying, makes this a painless experience.)

Paxton works as a middle name IMO (and goes well with Tadhg). I wouldn’t personally use it as a first name, but I don’t think it’s bad if you do - I haven’t come across it before but it’s not unlike any of the other perfectly normal ‘surnamey’ names which are widely used.

Grma don chláru @LizzieAnt
Scribbling notes. This name is epic.

Wow, thank you everyone for the information and feedback on the names, it's very helpful and I really do appreciate it.

Tadhg is lovely and starting to become more well known. I teach lots of children with traditional names from different countries. If I come across a name I don't know how to pronounce, I check with the child or parent at the beginning of term and then it's fine. Children do the same with each other. It's not an issue.

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Both awful. Please dont!

No, it's a complete balls up of the names Tadhg and Thady.

Tadhgh would be pronounced Tye in Irish.

@SeanCailleach
O Dineen got a bit carried away sometimes.

Thaddeus and Timothy are not related to Tadhg but they were used as official names on documents where Irish language names were not acceptable, as approximations of the name. These approximations were mostly not translations or even etymologically related. They might have had a few letters or sounds in common.

For names in Irish that were clearly Irish versions of names from Latin, French, Greek, or English, it was far easier to find an English version - Margaret for Mairead, Bridget for Brighid, Mary for Mairin or Maire. Names like Eithne or Tadhg or Damhnait, which are old Irish names, or Nabla, an Irish version of the unusual Annabel/la, could end up with a variety of 'equivalents' depending on the mental name bank a particular clerk was drawing from.

I'm in Ireland & my oldest DS is a Tadhg! (He's 18 now)There are 2 in his class, and I know at least one more. I guess it's just not as popular in your area.

I obviously love the name OP X