Irish babynames 2021

[SeanChailleach]

www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibn/irishbabiesnames2021/

Croía, Indie, Ted and Tadgh (that spelling) storming up the charts, looks like.

Ooh, interesting.

Could you give the nearest approximate pronunciation for the gaeilge names please?

I love Irish names and some I've never heard of before. Could you tell me how paidi is pronounced?

Páidí is pronounced Paw-Dee or Paw-Jee, depending on the region.

Croía I would pronounce Cree-ah, but I'm open to correction on that!!

Tadhg is the correct spelling, but there are variations, it's pronounced like the first syllable of tiger, with a slight elongation of the vowel sound.

I got those right I think but the top 100 ones have many I'd almost certainly get wrong.

Rian, Oadhran, Daithí, Páidí, Fionn, Donnacha, Senan, Eoin (Owen not Ewan), Darragh

Laoise, Áine, Ailbhe, Méabh, Éabha, Caoimhe, Saoirse

Thanks for sharing. I loved Orla but hubby didn't sadly.

Sadhbh, Aoibhín,

added these because I think they might not be Rosheen, Neev and Awla:
Róisín, Niamh, Orla

I like Páidí

Niamh is Nee-uv for me (Cork, if that makes a difference)

Surprised to see Ted in there, dont know any little Teds or Teddys either, I only know one little Fiadh too

We called our dog Ted last year, don't think he's counted in the figures though

Love Páidí. Reminds me of an adonis of Irish college...

Tadgh spelt like this (instead of Tadhg) makes me a bit sad actually. Isn't it just a spelling mistake?

No idea but shouldn't it be pronounced Tad? I'm not irish

@KirstenBlest

No idea but shouldn't it be pronounced Tad? I'm not irish

No, as I posted previously, it's pronounced like tiger without the r, with a slight elongation of the i sound.

@KirstenBlest

Sadhbh, Aoibhín,

added these because I think they might not be Rosheen, Neev and Awla:
Róisín, Niamh, Orla

Sadhbh is sive (rhymes with five) Aoibhín is Eev-een or Ay-veen

Orla is not Awla. The R is very much pronounced in Irish names so it's Or-la.

But that is how Tadhg is said. Wouldn't Tadgh be sort of Tad with a mutated ch on the end?

@KirstenBlest

But that is how Tadhg is said. Wouldn't Tadgh be sort of Tad with a mutated ch on the end?

Oh, I get you. No, Tadgh is a misspelling of Tadhg. Anyone who spells it the wrong way still pronounces it the same!! I've seen it spelled Tadg also

I would pronounce it Thigh-og

or Thigh-g

@Joolsin, it's popular in mainland UK and they say it as Orla but non-rhotic so it sounds like Awla. I raised the pronunciation earlier as I find the using a name but with an anglicised pronunciation a bit weird.

I still struggle to not think of Orla Kiely as Awla Kylie because that was how I first heard it

I still struggle to not think of Orla Kiely as Awla Kylie because that was how I first heard it

Orla without the r sounds a bit funny all right. Kiely and Kylie are the same for me though.

[quote KirstenBlest]@Joolsin, it's popular in mainland UK and they say it as Orla but non-rhotic so it sounds like Awla. I raised the pronunciation earlier as I find the using a name but with an anglicised pronunciation a bit weird.

I still struggle to not think of Orla Kiely as Awla Kylie because that was how I first heard it[/quote]
yes, I do shout at the tv when I hear it said that way!!!

When I first saw Tadhg I thought it was Teague or Tigh. so I appreciate being told how to say them. If I saw Tadg I probably think it was short for Tadgell or something

@Joolsin

Páidí is pronounced Paw-Dee or Paw-Jee, depending on the region.

Croía I would pronounce Cree-ah, but I'm open to correction on that!!

Tadhg is the correct spelling, but there are variations, it's pronounced like the first syllable of tiger, with a slight elongation of the vowel sound.

Thank you! I love Paidi!

@KirstenBlest

No idea but shouldn't it be pronounced Tad? I'm not irish

I've been told that in Belfast the spelling Tadhg gets pronounced "Tad" there. Can anyone confirm, and does anyone know how the Tadgh spelling is being pronounced?

Interesting that if you look at the ‘most popular name by county’, lots of the girls names are Irish (admittedly, overwhelmingly Fiadh), but in the case of boys names, I think only one county has an Irish top name.