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.

I have a Declan, was surprised not to see it mentioned.... is it not common in Ireland these days? We're in Australia and don't know any others yet, but I've a feeling it might take off.

It's big in parts of the US too.

I suspect Orla will follow thanks to the ease of spelling and pronunciation.

@mathanxiety

Yes, it's newly coined. It makes no sense at all as an Irish word.

I think Croía is a modernised spelling of the word "croidheach", which Dineen says means "hearty, stout, brave".

I think the mis-spelling/ adding of random fada's is because many Irish people (including myself) have a terrible understand of the Irish language and how it works. My vague excuse it I only did it for primary before moving out of Ireland for secondary. But my DH is worse at Irish than me and he did it for the LC.

Afraid to say I have a few of the above listed misspelling in my family. I also think some ppl think throwing in an extra fada makes it more Irish or even worse to make it younique

The misuse of fadas and sort-of-silent letters is even worse over the border. I know a Déarbhíle.

They're mad for fadas and extraneous letters in NI.

Hmmmm.... I think "Tadgh" may be a legitimate spelling, but it's pronounced something like "Thady". People think Thady is an alternate name. But what if it is literally how Irish people sometimes pronounced the Irish name Tadg since way back? We're at risk of erasing our own history with rigid thinking.

I don't think so SeanChailleach. Tadhg was anglicised as Thaddaeus (Thady) or Timothy. I think that's where the Thady link comes from.

@SeanChailleach

The extraneous fada is an inevitable result of "our fada", and "in the name of the fada".

Yay!

@LizzieAnt

I don't think so SeanChailleach. Tadhg was anglicised as Thaddaeus (Thady) or Timothy. I think that's where the Thady link comes from.

Yeah absolutely. As said above, it'll be the Aoibheann as Ay-veen, Sorcha as Sorsha crowd. Irish is very poorly taught and most Irish people have a terrible undestanding of the language at the end of 14 years of studying it - and then never speak a word again.

Aoibheann should sound more like Even, right?

Irish names are beautiful, but only in Ireland. I have an Irish name, live abroad, have travelled a lot and I’m forever correcting it or explaining it.
It drives me nuts. My DC will have names with easy spelling, just to avoid any such explanations. It’s a shame, but it does annoy me.

@ChuckBerrysBoots

Aoibheann should sound more like Even, right?

Yes, pretty much.

@CantStartaFireWithoutaSpark, I have an unusual Irish name and surname and have spent most of my adult life outside of Ireland, without it being a problem. DS has both his parents’ Irish surnames and an unusual Irish first name!

My great grandad was Thady, I’m pleased to see it in as I’ve been trying to convince DH that it’s ready for a comeback.

Laoise has been on my list for years. Always loved it.

These lists also show me that I’m not original at all been crushing on the name Noelle the last couple of years!

There’s a politician in Lisburn (NI) who is Sorcha, but pronounces it Sore-sha.

DH referred to her as Surrka the other day and when I “corrected” him, the eyes almost popped out of his wee gaelgeoir head.

Sorcha = "bright" or "brightness".
Soirche = "brightness".
There's no soundfile yet for "soirche" on teanglann but "toircheas" (pregnancy) has the same consonant cluster:

www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/toircheas

I just saw this article, and thought of this thread. The author shared my observation about Conor McGregor naming his daughter Croia, but I did not know that he also has a son called Rían (with the fada)

www.thejournal.ie/readme/irish-baby-names-2021-5698411-Mar2022/

Great article. Lol at "fada-less names."
He's missed Finn and Fionn from his recount of boys' names - together they are number two.
It's a point worth noting that between all the Sofias, Sophias, Sophies, and Fia/Fiadhs that'll be a lot of Fifi's.