Fiachra - thoughts?

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I'm Irish and live in Ireland.

I found out I am having a boy 🤗I already have a Pádraig, we are looking for something else Irish, and preferably not super popular. I've posted before, I have a massive family so a lot of names have been used already

What are thoughts on Fiachra? Non Irish people, would you have any idea how to say it?

Me too!

@Darkherds TBF Pierce is a great name maybe I should go for it 😂I could maybe call them the other way around though Pierce and Pádraig. Or feck it go whole hog Pádraig Pearse

🤣😂🤣😂 Love it!

I'm Irish. It wouldn't be my favourite Irish name.i had never thought of the connection with Fiacla ( teeth) before but for some reason when I read your post, that's what I thought of, before I saw other comments

I love it. Irish here too.

It's a fabulous name! I love it. Go for it!

I'm not keen on Ferdia either. It doesn't sound Irish to me. I'm not familiar with it .

@Teawaster Ferdia is an Irish name! I am Irish.

The name Ferdia is a boy's name meaning "man of smoke; man of god". The meaning of this rare Irish name is not fully known. It may mean "man of god", or else derive from an element meaning "smoke". In Irish mythology, this was the name of a warrior who was killed by his friend Cúchulainn.

I'm English but have lived in Ireland for many years. I've only met a couple of Fiachras. I know how to pronounce it. It's a nice enough name, not my favourite but it's perfectly fine. It goes nicely with Pádraig. Anyone in Ireland will know how to say it, even though it's unusual.

I am aware that it's Irish and what it means. But only on googling myself.
Like somebody else mentioned, it doesn't sound particularly Irish and I had never heard of it. But I have lived in NI for many years and am a bit out of touch with a lot of the Irish names that are now popular but were unheard of when I was growing up.

Not a bad thing at all to see old names resurrected.

How rude !

I don't understand the Padraig Pierce thing?

I would rhyme it with viagra too until I was told differently

What about the one that sounds like tiger with no r? Sorry unsure on spellings but love the sound of that one.

I'm a big fan of Sean and Mickey too.

You might need to Google "Padraic Pearse".

Tiger without the r is usually spelt "Tadhg".

@Axx He was one one of the main leaders in the Easter Rising/ start of Irish Independance.

Tadhg is a lovely name but we have one in the family, and he's quite young so they'd be together a fair bit. Also have a Seán, not sure Mickey is an Irish name.

@Teawaster possibly myself that said it doesn't sound Irish, it sounds Portuguese to me, not that there is anything wrong with that just not what I am looking for.

Yep, it sounds/looks a bit too much like Viagra 😬

Do you say Ly - am for Liam . Or Ry - ta for Rita? I'm trying to understand, honest ! 😂

No. Irishwoman here and it’s always been FIA-cra, (with a hard c not a g like via-gra).

That said things change… somehow Caomihe ( Kee-va, lovely) is gradually becoming Quee-va, not so lovely, at all!

Ferdia was Cuchullain's best friend . But they fought each other to the death because of some curse? Its ages since I read the Táin. Fer = Man , Dia = God. I suppose these old heroes are like spirits or pagan gods.

Mickey 🤣
@Hopingtobe4 You are wasting your time on a mostly UK (non-Irish) site with this question. They are all fixated on viagra!

@Peachy2005 in fairness I got good advice when pregnant with DS 1 on here from Irish people. I am honestly so surprised by the Viagra thing I really didn't see that one!

Are there any Irish sites you'd use? I don't find boards very active

You could ask in Craicnet on this site OP ?

Er, different dialects exist. Caoimhe has always been Quee-va in many parts of Ireland. Kee-va is an Ulster thing.

Thank you, I get it now

My neighbour is an Irish Mickey, full name Michael. I love that name but I'm guessing it's still very popular over there.

Good luck choosing, you've a hard job as your eldest has a good name so you need another good one to match it.

I also know a Plunkett but that's a very bold choice to me.

Not quite Queeva though - that's a very harsh sound that isn't in the Irish language. I can't type the correct pronunciation - I'd need to do a voicenote!