Ada or Fiadh ?

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So which do you think is the nicest of these 2 for a girl ? Ada or Fiadh ?

Also would really appreciate a boy's name to go with Freddie, really struggling with coming up with a boy's name (Won't be finding out what I am having until the birth so need to be prepared !)

Ada is lovely. I'm not sure how to pronounce fiadh.
For a boy... Laurence? Lewis? Lloyd?

If you have an Irish link, Fiadh is lovely. If not, I'd go with Ada.

Boy - Leo?

If you already have a Freddie I’d go with Ada, fewer postal issues in the future and both lovely names!

Ada, no. Fiadh is nice, but very popular right now in Ireland. Maybe like Isla, in England?

Freddie is nice.

Love the name Fiadh!!
For a boy Rory?

Sorry, you have a Freddie! I like Theo.

I'm not particularly keen on Ada, but that is just personal taste - there is nothing wrong with it.
Fiadh. Personally I do not know how to pronounce that. I'm also going to guess if I heard it spoken, I then wouldn't know how to write it down. I think it would be a pain to go through life with a name like that. I was delighted to change my surname when I got married as I used to have to spell it every time I game it, and my married name I can just give my name.

Ada is lovely but I'd prefer Fiadh (For the non Irish speakers, it's pronounced Fia).

I'm in Ireland and Irish so that's why I put Fiadh on my list...it's is pronounced Fia and can be spelt like that but I love the Irish spelling ...I love the name the name Theo and adore Teddy as a nn but Freddie and Teddy is too much 🙈

Ada is lovely, and I really like Theo!

I'm in Ireland. You can't go anywhere without bumping into a Fiadh or Fia these days. It's beautiful but ridiculously popular. For that reason I'd say Ada. I've never come across one in Ireland.

Fiadh is much nicer although I'd be worried about it sounding like fear. Ada is like a grumpy dinner lady's name.

I love Ada. And Ava.
For a boy, Oscar ? Jude ?

Fia is also an Irish spelling OP, just a more modern one. The Fiadh spelling is much more widely used as a name in Ireland though. It's risen from nowhere over the last 15 years or so to become extremely popular now, as DramaAlpaca said. It was ranked at number 2 in Ireland in 2020. It is lovely, but I like Ada too (which is also rising in popularity and was at no. 37 in 2020).

Ada.

Fiadh is a bit trendy Wendy for me.

I do try and steer away from names that are too popular and maybe I am living under a rock but I have not yet come across a Fiadh and my DH has never even heard of the name but loves it... maybe I need to rethink that one tho 🙈. Do you think Theo with the nn Teddy is too similar to my DS name Freddie ?

Any other lovely girl name suggestions ? 😊

I am not mad about either but Ada v popular in UK, although not up to Freddie levels, and Fiadh v pop in Ireland.

If you are Welsh I’d go for the much lovelier Ffion or Thea or Finnola
I think Adela, Aphra, Aster, Astra or Adeline are all much nicer and less overused than Ada which I think sounds hard.

I don’t think you can have Freddie and Teddy, but Freddie and Theo/dore, or Leo is nice. Both similarly popular though.. Ernest nn Ernie, Milo, Hugo, Arnold nn Arnie, Albert nn Bertie, Arlo, Ivo

Almost all the Fiadhs in Ireland are children, many of them very young, so maybe that's why you haven't come across it OP. It wasn't used as a name, just as a word, until fairly recently. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) baby name site gives details on recent name use in Ireland. There were fewer than 3 Fiadhs born in the year 2005 (the lowest number they record), 16 in 2010, 35 in 2015 and 366 in 2020 - so a huge rise in popularity recently.

Ada without a doubt

That said, there is much more of a variety in names these days. So even the most popular won't be as widely used as popular names were in previous generations.

Love Ada!

Theo is lovely too but not sure about having Freddie and Teddy.

It wasn't used as a name, just as a word, until fairly recently.
I should add to this that Fiadnat (Fiadhnait in modern spelling), which is derived from Fiadh, was used as a name in the past - there are a couple of saints with the name.

I would put Ada in the same bracket as Fiadh in terms of popularity - know a couple of each born in the last few years, and none before that.

I'm also in Ireland. I think I know of 3 Fiadh's. 1 is in the UK (Irish parent). I really don't know if it is crazy popular. As PP said the pool of names is very big now. But it def is a trendy name right now so if you don't like that I'd avoid it. This is a handy site:

www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/visualisationtools/babynamesofireland/

Ada, I don’t like the same initial for siblings. Also I like the Ada Lovelace connection.

William or James for a boy?