Thoughts on Fiadh

[Poppy101010]

So I'm 5 weeks pregnant with my first (early days I know !) . I had a miscarriage in August so fingers crossed all is well this time.

Anyway ... what's your thoughts on the name Fiadh for a girl? It's pronounced fee-ah.

Do you prefer the traditional Irish spelling . It would you go for Fia to avoid any confusion lol.

This was a name I liked during my first pregnancy but unsure how others feel about it.

I prefer the Fiadh spelling but the name just seems feeble and insubstantial to me.

In Ireland i would spell it Fiadh but in the UK Fia is probably easier all round. Have you considered Fianna?

Ooooh, Fianna! 😵 i wouldn't.

Also, that sounds like the plural of Fiadh which kind of confuses in a name for one person!

Fianna! No, too political.

@Deadringer

In Ireland i would spell it Fiadh but in the UK Fia is probably easier all round. Have you considered Fianna?

Fianna has some political/historical connotations which people outside of Ireland might not be aware of.

The side-eye I'd be giving the parents of child called Fianna

I have a friend called Fianna, never raised any eyebrows in Dublin, i think its a lovely name.

@Deadringer

I have a friend called Fianna, never raised any eyebrows in Dublin, i think its a lovely name.

If I met someone called Fianna I’d assume there was a good chance their parents were either a) big fans of the Glasnevin GAA team of the same name or b) very in-your-face-nationalists.

I know a Fianna and certainly it’s a case of b.

Yeh i think there'd be a trail of raised eyebrows tbh.

@Deadringer

I have a friend called Fianna, never raised any eyebrows in Dublin, i think its a lovely name.

Really? I’d have said raised eyebrows would be the least of her problems.

I like Fiadh, OP, but it is absolutely omnipresent here these days.

I say go for it.

In the UK so many people pronounce Th as F
. Dd went to speck therapy recently and they said it's such a common local dialogue now they don't correct it (and im in Scotland where actually it isn't). It's a nice name but people presuming I'm badly pronouncing Thea would put me off

That's *speech therapy - bloody auto correct

It's beautiful and was on my list for DD2. It means wild, which I love... I'm still sad we didn't use it but are in Ireland and it is super popular at the moment so not quiet the unusual traditional name is was going for!

I like it, spelled Fiadh, Fia looks insubstantial and really hate when people misspell Irish names due to worries about pronounciation as they then lose their appeal IMO.
I'm Scottish and it does not sound like Fiadh. Also if you are in Scotland people will be familiar with names like Eilidh, Ruaridh so will know not to pronounce the 'dh'.

Sorry meant doesn't sound like fear!

@celestebellman

I like it, spelled Fiadh, Fia looks insubstantial and really hate when people misspell Irish names due to worries about pronounciation as they then lose their appeal IMO. I'm Scottish and it does not sound like Fiadh. Also if you are in Scotland people will be familiar with names like Eilidh, Ruaridh so will know not to pronounce the 'dh'.

Fia isn't a misspelling though. It's the modern Irish spelling, while Fiadh is an older spelling. They sound the same. Similarly, it's usually Ruairí here in Ireland.

Many people do choose to use the older spellings for a name...it's why we have Órla and Órlaith (and even Órfhlaith), or Dónal and Domhnall, for example. Both the old and modern spellings of the names are pronounced the same (these days at least).

Love Fiadh ❤

Sorry, sorry, just realised the OP is also in Scotland. Fiadh may be standard there if so - I don't think a spelling reform happened there as in Ireland?

Love it. Was on my shortlist if Ds had been Dd.

@PoppyMonth

Not keen, but I guess it's OK if you're in Ireland. Otherwise, the child will have a lifetime of people not knowing how to spell/pronounce it.

Also - sounds like fear?

It’s ok if you’re in any country @Poppy101010

Fiadh for sure over Fia. I don’t really like it though as I just hear Thea said by someone who can’t say “th”. I’m Irish and it’s everywhere at home. I love Mairi if you’re Scottish.

It's a name that will have a popularity spike.
Blends in with the Mia and Thea trend

Name trends in Ireland don't tend to change all that quickly. Certainly much slower than the UK. For example Aoife is as popular now as it was in the 70s. So it may be that Fiadh settles in for the long haul. But any Irish child starting primary school in the next 3 or 4 years will likely have multiple Fiadhs in her class though.

@WhatHoMarjorie

Fionnuala is Fiadh's mother.

Her granny even