Baby Girl name inspiration - Mia/Freya/Niamh

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I’m finding it impossible (with 5 weeks to go..) to think of girls names I really like. Not keen on anything too classic but equally nothing too out there…

names I do quite like:

Mia
Freya
Niamh
Lily

Please let me know what you think or any other suggestions ☺️

Don't be daft.

The only person I know who pronounces Niamh Nee-uv is from Cork. It's mainly pronounced Nee-ve in my part of Ireland.

Niamh or Freya are lovely.

No to Keira. The correct spelling is Ciara. It's a beautiful name but only if spelled correctly.

All great names. Also:
Anya
Bella
Katie
Martha
Etta

Unless you are in Ireland the name Niamh is very likely to be pronounced incorrectly.

In Ireland, many people don’t say the last syllable properly. I say again, don’t be daft.

Freya
Macey
Alice
Laila
Rosie
Gracie

My fave girls names. Two of them are my 2 daughters' names.

We're in the UK and my daughter has a friend called Niamh, and they're not Irish.

I think it's more different dialects, rather than not pronouncing it properly.

I worked with a Niamh who always corrected anyone calling her Nee-euhv, which is the correct way in my dialect, to Nee-uhv, which is basically saying it with a Cork accent.

My daughter is Mia and although overused I still love it 15 years later!
all lovely names, see how they all sound with your surname to help choose

what about Fiadh? Sort of the same vibe as Mia and Niamh

The only person I know who pronounces Niamh Nee-uv is from Cork. It's mainly pronounced Nee-ve in my part of Ireland.

Niamh has two syllables (the first being emphasised) in lots of places in Ireland, not just Cork.
https://forvo.com/word/niamh/

Neeve is an anglicised pronunciation that is widely used, especially in some parts of Ireland - but in the Irish language Niamh has two syllables.

Freya is actually spelt Freyja ( silent J) She was the viking Goddess of Fertility .. my daughter is nearly 40 and her name is Freyja ( long before it became popular and changed to a more British spelling.

I am so happy you have spelt it the correct viking way.

Sorry, not sure if my link above worked? I'll try again.

https://forvo.com/word/niamh/

I know someone who spells it Neve to save mispronunciation.

Ooh I like Naimh and no you don't have to be in Ireland for it. The others are a bit more cheesy- there are loads of Bulimias ;) and some Freyas.

Yes, it has two syllables in my accent too. The second syllable is less emphatically a u sound. It is more a hybrid between an e and a u and is much shorter than the Cork uv.

I'm not very good at the phonetic spelling. It's probably more a nee-euv or something. Anyway, the second syllable is short, but the Cork one is long and more emphatically u.

Neeve or Neve work well. I am a teacher and have seen ALL the spellings for EVERY name. Don't over complicate it!

As a Niamh, if you love the name save your child the trouble and spell it Neeve. Irish parents, born and raised in england and have spent my entire life correcting and spelling it out, so many comments etc which is why I went for simple English names for my own children.

Mia is a timeless classic and is lovely.

We had Lydia and autumn on our list, but we had a boy. I also like Lana

Ebony
Evelyn
Clara
Katrina
Amber
Alice
Gertie/ Gertrude
Augusta
Olive
Violet
Penny / Penelope
Henrietta
Harriet
Phylis

Maeve or Maeva
Margot
Martha
Effie
Lorelei
Cadence

Just name her what you like best regardless of perceived popularity. Niamh is absolutely fine anywhere in the UK (worked in lots of schools and nurseries in Scotland, met a few little Niamh's, lovely name). Keira is also a lovely name :) (we nearly used Keira for our little girl).

According to who?

My absolute favourite names for girls just now are Mila, Sadie, Ellis, Avery or Evie