Conor or Connor

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I love this name (I know others won't!) but am trying to decide on a spelling. I'm in the UK and want my baby to have the easiest spelling possible so he's not having to correct people all the time. I've grown up with a similar issue and found it very tedious. I think Connor would be the most well known spelling but just wondering what others think. How would you spell it?

If anyone has any other Irish boys' names that are easy for Brits to say and spell, I'm open to suggestions. Cillian and Cormac are both ruled out unfortunately.

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Conor definitely.

Connor is the surname (O’Connor).

Other nice options that are easy to spell and pronounce are Conall, Conn, Declan, Lorcan, Ronan, Enda, Sean (most English people familiar at least).

Conor

In Northern Ireland Connor with 2 n’s is the more Protestant version whereas Conor is seen as more catholic. Don’t know if this helps you decide! Both are nice though, you could try Cian/Caolan if you like Irish boys names, both are easy for Brits to pronounce.

Oh that's interesting. I hadn't heard of that before thanks.
I like Caolan but wasn't sure how familiar people would be with it over here.

Wow…things must have changed - what age are these Protestant Connors?!

When I was growing up in NI (1990s/2000s) I didn’t come across a single Protestant Con(n)or - it’s an Irish name so wouldn’t have been touched with a barge pole.

Ciaran is another good one.

I definitely prefer the spelling of Conor. I never thought of Connor as the surname but that makes sense. Thank you for your suggestions too

Conor for me but I'm Irish in Ireland.

Either is fine IMO. I also love Ciaran.

Connah, that's the spelling my godsons parents chose. I like it!
Not Connor, I don't like that spelling and Conor sounds like it would be spoken as Co-nor...

Omg how absolutely awful.

It’s also completely incorrect as Irish people pronounce the “R” at the end of the name.

Conor. I'm English with Irish heritage, living in England, and chose that spelling for my son. It gets misspelled as Connor ALL the time, even to the point I will write his name as Conor in an email and the reply will refer to "Connor".
My son's name suits him and I couldn't imagine him as anything else but if I was naming him again with this knowledge, I might not choose it.
Caolan is lovely, and might actually be easier spelling wise because it doesn't have a well known English alternative.

Connah is a name. It's a surname. Those of us from thereabouts will know of Connah's Quay.

Well to be fair the poster suggested it as an alternative spelling of Conor. If it’s a different name then it’s not relevant to the thread.

Connor is the more commonly used spelling in the Uk as a whole according to ons data, so if it was me I’d choose that spelling for an easier life! I guess it varies with where you live though.

Connor is how most people would spell it in the UK

Conor - Connor is the surname. (Irish.)

Definitely not Connah, OMFG. 😂

Other Irish names that work in English or are well known: Sean, Seamus, Liam, Lorcan (love this).

Conor.

Although the Connah thing does bring up an issue - if you live in England, most people won't pronounce the R, and he probably won't pronounce it himself depending on where you are. Will that bother you? It's not as bad as, say, Orla, but it's something to bear in mind.

Either spelling is fine. It's a lovely name OP - we chose it for DS too 😊 he is a Connor. We're in the UK, no Irish heritage. I don't think it occured to us to spell it as Conor, to be honest. I don't remember having a conversation with DH about the spelling and I've not had to correct anyone's spelling so far (apart from my Dad, who always thinks it's spelt Conner, but he's a twit 😂).

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Conor and Connor are both handsome and well known.

I have a Conor. I wasn’t fussed about how it was spelt but dh wanted it spelt the ‘proper’ way.

We do have to say ‘Conor with 1 n’ but it’s not a big issue, lots of names have variations - Marc/Mark, Steven/Stephen, Claire/Clare, Thom/Tom…..

Conor with one n, always spelt like this in Ireland, spelt Connor for some reason in the UK

That's not a name it's a place in Wales

@ParentsTrapped yep definitely still a mostly Irish name but there are Protestant Connor’s and it is spelled with 2 n’s