Are these Irish names too matchy/matchy?

[Namesarehard21]

I'm pregnant with number 2. We've not definitively found out sex of baby but strong suspicion it's another girl and I'm really struggling with girls names. I would really like an Irish name (we are all Irish) or a Scottish name as my mum's family are of Scottish descent.

I have an Aoife already (Ee-fa).

The only girls name I can warm to at all is Róise (Row-shuh).

DP thinks its a bit matchy/matchy. I think they are cute together. Would love some unbiased opinions please ❤

@OddsNSodsBitsNBobs It's beautiful but my BIL has a nearly identical sounding name, he'd never let me live it down 🤣

@SionnachRua It's exhausting 😴😅. I do like those names but very like Aoife.

I think I'm going to practice saying the names together for a while, see if it starts to click or grate! DP is not helpful for suggestions, he just vetoes mine!

Aoife and Saoirse would be lovely ☺️

I like them, my boys names are a bit matchy Reuben and Eben and I know someone with three girls and their names all end with an 'uh' sound. I don't think it matters.

@Namesarehard21

Erin is objectively pretty as a name but could be assumed here that you had certain political leanings, I think it would work a lot better outside Ireland.

A love of Soup! only joking.

What about Fraoch, love that one (heather) and nn for my own name (time for a name change again) Siún

How about Ríona?

I recently heard of a baby Ceola which i thought was lovely (but maybe made up?)

I agree with you OP, I think they sound cute and lovely together!

I know of a baby Ceol. Irish names have gone off-piste.

@Cherrycee

How about Ríona?

I do find them a bit too samey.

I was going to suggest Ríona too.
Also love Muirne.
Or Maeve is lovely with Aoife.

Was going to suggest Aideen, but that has the 'een' sound you're not keen on.

Some lovely suggestions, thanks all 😊. Seems a split on those who think they are fine together and those that agree with DP. I've a few months to think about it it and some nice new names to ponder over 😁

A bit too matchy, the names blur a bit, but not impossibly so.

How about:
Lasairfhiona (fada on last i)
Sullan (fada on the a)
Siun (fada on the u)
Ciara
Beibhinn
Sorcha
Sadhbh
Una (fada on the U)
Nora or Onora (fada on the o in Onora)

I keep on losing the thread when I use Alt codes for fadas, sorry.

I don't think the names are too matchy. Vowel sounds and the consonants are different.

Also
Orna
Dearbhla
Aine

They go fine i think, their sounds are different . Yes they both end in é but I would go with the name you like.

I think they are lovely together. Remember that Róise is pronounced RO-i-shuh (quick i sound) which also differentiates them; it's not a straight two-syllable name. I have a Dara (boy) but also love it for a girl.

@Serpenta

This new army of Fiadhs will take over Ireland 30 years from now.

Aw I love the name Fiadh. I'm Irish but based in UK. Have almost ruled it out because of spelling/pronunciation difficulties, I think it's fairly unheard of in UK. Didn't realise it was so so common in Ireland, that's put me off it more, shame as I love it! Also like Croia, but the Conor McGregor association puts me off it

I don't think they are match - one starts with a vowel, the other with a consonant, so the focus of the names are different. Love Roise too.

Bláthanna
Cliodhna
Clodagh
Aoibheann
Shannon
Sinead
Ailbhe
Bronagh
Muireann
Aibreann (if the baby is born in April)
Bealthaine (if the baby is born in May)
Meitheamh (if the baby is born in June)

Just a few suggestions

I don’t think they’re matchy at all. But half the people I know (including myself) have kids with the same last syllable. E.g. Emily and Lucy, Katie and Sophie, Archie and Nancy etc etc.

I don't think they're too matchy at all. Something like Niamh (which has been suggested) sounds much more similar to me.

Róise is really nice.

If you want something not ending in a vowel, maybe Mairéad or Éilis?

@40notout40, I think it's maybe the second most popular girls' name in Ireland at the mo, with only Grace or maybe Emily ahead of it. I think you're right that it's unheard of in the UK though so should go for it if you love it. It's just a funny phenomenon where the name has seemingly come from nowhere to suddenly be the trendy Irish name.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/the-irish-for-2-5024546-Mar2020/

Both lovely names I don't think they're matchy, but that might depend on accent.

I don't think they are mis-matchy in the slightest. I think it sounds like a lovely sib-set.

I have 2 year old fiadh here in Scotland absolutely no one had heard of the name! Love that its quite popular in Ireland! We have loads of orlas here just now!