Naoice Irish spelling for girl's name Nike

[Seanchailleach]

Met a grown-up with this name. Interesting.

I don't think you can even get a hard k sound in the middle of a word in Irish, can you?

Corcra?

Just makes me think of naice ham!

Coimirce is one that springs to mind here.

@TheVanguardSix
Am I incorrect in thinking the original/Old Irish spelling of Deirdre is Deirdriu?

Derdriu is correct Old Irish spelling. It is 11th declension, same as Ériu, and forms the genitive as "Derdrenn".
The i before the r was added later.

I don't think Boand is from Bó Finn, think that was a mediaeval post hoc rationalisation. Might have been pre-Celtic or even pre-Indo European. It's a river. They tend to have names that mean "water". Sorry.

Bua sounds too much like buoy to me - the Irish and American pronunciation (not the English 'boy' pronunciation).

But aoi is ee in general bar the number isn't it, even in Munster? Aoife, Caoimhe, Naoise etc. OP this is madness to me an Irish spelling of a non Irish word, it's a but like carr for car though I suppose. But if I saw the name, I'd think yes Naoise and after that I wouldn't have a notion, it doesn't look like any Irish word I know.

I thought it was the name of the goddess we were taking about SeanChailleach? It's said the river is named after her, but I'm not sure of course. The Shannon has it's own goddess too, but I don't know too much about that either.

That's interesting JaneJeffer. I'm Irish too and pronounce buoy the English way I think (as boy) not the American way. Do you pronounce it differently?

Yes HeyGirlHeyBoy, aoi is usually like ee in Munster too. Naoi is an exception really. I wouldn't really know what to do with Naoice either

Lizzie yes I say boo-ee

@JaneJeffer

Lizzie yes I say boo-ee

That's mad! Never heard of this pronunciation, till now. Everyone I know (in Ireland) says 'boy'.

Yes booee in the States, and Erb and Toona Lizzieant, I think we've been on these Irish threads before

Always thought boo-ee was strictly American until now. Thanks Jane.

@LizzieAnt

Always thought boo-ee was strictly American until now. Thanks Jane.

I've never heard anyone in Ireland pronounce 'buoy' other than 'boy' but I guess there may be some.

It's definitely a rare pronunciation if so.

Jane is Irish I think.

@LizzieAnt

Jane is Irish I think.

I know - or rather, I assumed from the posts 🙂

I was just saying that the point made re pronunciation of 'buoy' in Ireland, as a rule, is incorrect. I've lived lots of places, know people from all over, no-one says 'bouy' that way.

Clearly Jane does, so it's not true for everyone but it's really not usual.

Yes it is the goddess we were talking about but I think probably both goddess of victory and Bó Finn are interpretations. But the victory but would be based an bua i think not bó?

It's all a bit of fun surely, just seems like topical name with the Olympics on.

Agree with earrings.

I've only ever heard boy for buoy here too, but I don't sail or fish or anything so definitely not an expert Interestingly, it's baoi in Irish so that's a bit closer to the American pronunciation if it makes any difference.

I don't know that much about the goddess tbh SeanCailleach, I'll have to look her up properly at some stage. The story of Bó Finn is old in Ireland, but again I'm not sure how old.

A Baby Bua sounds quite cute

I've never heard an Irish person pronounce buoy as boo-ee before.

Naoice seems very youneek to me

I think a Naoice would have a reiki business in in West Cork. Adjusting people's chakras for a mere €500 a session*

*10 session recommended to ensure proper chakra realignment.

@FadoFado

I think a Naoice would have a reiki business in in West Cork. Adjusting people's chakras for a mere €500 a session*

*10 session recommended to ensure proper chakra realignment.

😂😂😂

Wear lots of long scarves, only use goat placenta on her skin & live in a small holding.

She’s really called Sharon, from Manchester, the daughter of a maths teacher