Irish names?

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Suggestions for Irish names (including pronunciation) for boys and girls?? ☘️

@SenCallec

Wincing at "no k in Irish". The spelling is just an indication of the spoken word. Keira, Kelly, Keenan are Irish names. There aren't "right" and "wrong" spellings.

Yeah, no mate. The Irish language doesn't contain the letter k. No ifs or buts about it, simply isn't there. Any K names claiming to be Irish are at best Anglicised from the original spellings.

[quote Oatbaroatbar]@SenCallec aren’t those the anglicised versions?
Eg Keira is definitely the English version of Ciara, same with Kathleen /Caitlin?[/quote]
I don't know that it's English so much. K isn't much used in English is it? Whatever happened those are familiar and much loved spellings, and in a polyglot society quite practical.

@SenCallec what do you mean? K is a pretty widely used letter in English.
I’m confused by your “ Wincing at "no k in Irish” but then saying K isn’t used much in English

K isn't much used in English is it?

more than it is in Irish

@LizzieAnt yeah swap a C fit a K and then sprinkle in some more letters for the hell of it 🙄 I'm one of 3 with my name ever on the English birth, deaths and marriages

@olderthanyouthink
Well, older Irish names did have more letters. For example, Órfhlaith developed into Órlaith and then Órla. People still use the older Irish forms of names as well as the more modern ones - it's just a matter of personal preference.
However, the letter k wouldn't be used....so I'm not sure how your name came to be - it's probably an anglicised version, I suppose. It's lovely your nan chose it for you though. Hope you like it.

I love giving my English friend some old Irish names (the ones with loads of letters) and watching his face as he tries to work out what they are much amusement.

@Oatbaroatbar the sound /k/ occurs frequently in spoken Irish, written with letter c. The Irish devised the Anglo-Saxon spelling system, using letter c for sound /k/. I think letter k may have come from Norse.
Others may disagree. I m'óige do bhiodar cinnte. Le gach eolas tigeann abhras.

I have a Clodagh (Cl oh da)

Always get comments on how pretty it is

Oat is still correct though - the letter k isn't used in the Irish alphabet. The sound /k/ is used but that isn't the letter now is it?

My name is an Anglicised version of an Irish name, it starts with a K and has been mentioned on here.My grandmother who had Irish ancestry chose it.