Milo, Torin or Malachy

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Thoughts please? He will have two older brothers, half Irish heritage living in the UK.

Torin is very nice. Malachy is fine but not really my taste and has spelling issues. Milo is far too trendy/flash in the pan imo.

Milo 😊 I liked Taron at one point but prefer it to Torin I think

I love them all. Milo is no

Awe none of you read pro milone for Latin a level!! For me, Milo, Malachy, Torin in that order. All great names

Bah!

Milo is not flash in the pan, it's an old, Irish name. I almost called DC3 (10) Milo and adored Malachy for DS2 (15) but in the end went for Scottish names as I'm Scottish as is DH (my mam was Irish).

Don't listen to these folk talking Celtic names down: they'd disapprove of all 3 of my DS names too. It's all part of the English- centric MN hive mind.

I really couldn't chose. If I had to it'd be Malachi. All fab choices.

Is Milo really an old Irish name? I didn't realise that!

Yes, it's been in my family since 1900 at the very least.

How do you pronounce Torin?

I like Milo but it’s so popular right now it’ll probably date more easily

Milo is also old German

Is Milo really that popular? I know none at all here in Scotland, but perhaps it's very little ones who I'm not around.

Depending on your accent it’ll be taw-rin or toh-rin. Or somewhere in between.

also depends on whether the accent is rhotic.

Malachy. Was on my boys list. Love it.

The name Milo apparently came over with the Normans and predates Miles, it's about as traditional as you can get. I don't like Torin but I do really like Malachy.

I like all those names but in order I like Torin best, then Malachy then Milo

I love Torin and Milo, especially Torin.
Not a fan of Malachy.

Milo

Never heard this before. I'm dubious tbh.

I like Malachy.

We would love another Irish name but it's not a deal breaker, so Milo being Irish or at least having Irish history makes it more appealing. I know there is also debate over whether Torin is Irish but I love it.
I'd be pronoucing it Toh-rin, like the start of Porridge but with a T. 😁

I love Malachy.

I knew I'd find it. Mam not here anymore to remind me of the original Irish name that it's from. So Milo is the shortened form. My family are/ were Donegal, didn't speak Gaelic latterly but did going back a little. Milo has been used in my family for a long time.

Love Torin, it’s on our name for DS2.

Our “style” is very much Irish/Celtic. Other names we have used or considered:

Cormac
Tadhg
Oscar
Lachlan/Lochlan
Rohan
Cillian

I'd say Torin, but then I have one so am a bit biased! 😊

Milo O’Shea was a famous Irish actor.

Milo is also a name used in many countries worldwide over centuries - have a look at this list:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_(name)

I much prefer Milo

Malachy
Milo is nice, bit of a dated trend perhaps now, names ending in 'o' ??
Torin, yeh it's ok, although never met one. But quite like it I think.