Keeva for a girl

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Whats people's opinions on Keeva? I love Irish names and like that Keeva looks like it sounds unlike other Irish names. Whats peoples opinions?

Keeva and Kevin are Irish names from the same root. What's your point re. Veronica?

@Classica

But no one says that about Kevin, that it's not an Irish name, do they? Be honest.

If someone claimed it was, of course you would. You'd say the exact same thing as for Keeva....its an english version of an Irish name.

Why are you pressing such a silly point?

Because it's interesting to me and I don't find it silly.

Even though you are plainly wrong?

God almighty... If you really love Irish names it wouldn't enter your head to think Keeva is actually one of them 🙄
Spell it properly. (and pronounce it Qweeva!)

@claralara42

Even though you are plainly wrong?

but I'm not wrong.

I'm English and live in Ireland. I have never seen the English spelling. The Irish spelling is popular here but it is pronounced more like kweeva. I didn't recognise the name from your original post.

Keeva spelt like that is too much like "skeevy" to me - sorry!

@Classica

Keeva and Kevin are Irish names from the same root. What's your point re. Veronica?

LMAO Kevin isnt an Irish name

There is no K or V in the Irish language

Caoimhín = Kevin

Why do these threads always end up in a bunfight?

I've never seen the name before - English version or Irish version. I've never heard the word. I would have absolutely no idea how to pronounce the Irish version. - I've lived in England all my life and it's just not a name I have ever come across. So if you do use the Irish version be mindful you will be spelling and explaining it ALOT.

Also - Kevin in an Irish name? Well blow me down. I put it in the category of Gary, Kevin, Keith, Darren.....i think of it being very 1970's... And as for their being a different Irish spelling of it, never seen that before. (I do live in a multicultural part of England and have moved around. But maybe I've never lived anywhere with a very large Irish community.....although I dated a Dundalk boy for many years in my teens and mixed with his family and friends.)

@PleasantBirthday

Keeva is not an Irish name. There's no K or V in the Irish alphabet. It is spelled Caoimhe.

This!

It sounds like an obscure sort of fruit.

@elizabethdraper, it having been anglicised doesn't mean it cannot be considered Irish. Most Irish people do not speak Irish fluently and can therefore be considered to have been anglicised in many ways. Doesn't mean we're not Irish.

Have a niece called Keeva and no has ever commented on the spelling irl, not even her Dad's Irish family but they don't claim that it's an Irish name so maybe that's why.

but I'm not wrong

But you are. As has been proved. You said But no one says that about Kevin, that it's not an Irish name, do they? Be honest

And I said yes, I do. Or would. Ergo, you were wrong.

@KirstenBlest

Why do these threads always end up in a bunfight?

Because people are obnoxious about Irish names, even failing to realise that there is an Irish language?

they don't claim that it's an Irish name so maybe that's why.
Well, yes, that will be exactly why

Taught one. 'Caoimhe, rhymes with beaver.'

@DoingItMyself

Taught one. 'Caoimhe, rhymes with beaver.'

Only with an English accent

@claralara42

but I'm not wrong

But you are. As has been proved. You said But no one says that about Kevin, that it's not an Irish name, do they? Be honest

And I said yes, I do. Or would. Ergo, you were wrong.

But I suspect you're just saying that out of defensiveness. No offence to you on this sunny day.

@GreyhoundG1rl
That's how she introduced herself.

@Classica
I think people differentiate between Irish and Irish language names - at least I do. So while Kevin, Kelly, Kennedy etc are all Irish names, they are anglicised. They are not considered Irish language names. That is not a judgement, it is merely a statement of fact. Though I love the Irish language and Irish language names, I would sometimes choose anglicised over Irish language. I personally prefer Kevin to Caoimhín for example. I'm in Ireland though, and I think maybe outside Ireland the desire to choose names to link with your heritage can be even stronger.

My reading of the OP was that Keeva was being considered, mistakenly, as an Irish language name. Its root is Irish, yes, and it's a nice name, but spelling and saying it like that is an anglicisation - it's totally up to the OP if she wants Irish language or not, of course.

[quote DoingItMyself]@GreyhoundG1rl
That's how she introduced herself.[/quote]
Does she pronounce beaver beehavh or Caoimhe queever?

@DoingItMyself

Taught one. 'Caoimhe, rhymes with beaver.'

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