Irish names - Second girls name!

[Natasha162017]

So my first wee one is called Róise and I like the name Naoise but think it looks very similar even if it doesn’t sound similar. Any thought or other options please x

@mathanxiety

Neala is pronounced Nyalla, not Neela.

Nialla would be far closer to the Neela pronunciation you want to end up with.

I didn't know Neala was pronounced like that. That's interesting. I've never come across it, and thought it could an anglicised spelling of Niall (which is pronounced Neal in Irish), with an 'a' added for girls. The OP gives the meaning as champion, which is often given as the meaning behind the name Niall too. You're pronouncing it as an Irish word though, with the first syllable rhyming with the Irish words geal and ceal...is that right? Does it have a different etymology so, do you know?

If you have Róise go for an Irish spelling. I'd suggest Néala "nayla" which I totally made up but means "the swan". Or Néille "nellya", which I made up but is a reasonable feminine form of Niall.

Actually "eala" meaning swan or beauty doesn't have a long e. But someone has put it into a popular names site so no doubt there are dozens of girls named Éala out there anyway.

That's right, LizzieAnt - geal, eala, both have the short A sound.

Niall is pronounced just as it looks in Irish. The IA combo is always sounded, and pronounced ee-ah.

Thanks mathanxiety.

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