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.

Jesus I regret commenting on the Protestant/catholic thing 😂 ok I’m wrong, you’re right. It really isn’t that deep. Conor is a nice name though!

I (genuinely) have a friend who is Muslim but went to a Catholic primary school and was often asked if that meant she was a Catholic Muslim 🤣!

The Irish Conor I know is not Coe-ner.

Definitely Conor

I'd spell it Conor, I'm also Irish. It's a good name.

Cathal, Conal, Connell (surprised it didn't take a little jump after Normal people)

Yeah, I implied I wasn't sure.

Conor

All the Irish Conors I know, spell it Conor.
The English ones spell it Connor - I have a 30 year old, and it was very popular, back then.

I just asked my 14 year old, and he doesn't know a single Conor, or Connor.
Maybe it's due a revival?

Conor is the traditional spelling - I much prefer it.

Conor

Conor

I have a Conor, I decided to go for the more traditional Irish spelling as my husband is of Irish heritage and we have an Irish surname.

Not sure if it bothers you but people do regularly misspell his name. Even family members who I really thought would learn to use a single "n" still spell it with two, and he's 6 years old already.

Either way it's a lovely name ☺️

Conor as Connor is a surname. It just looks like a misspelling to me when I see it used as a first name with two Ns.

Connner

Do you pronounce caol with a key sound rather than ay sound? Never heard of that. As pp says it would need an I, which you can't have as you say. It would be kway to me. Agree not one for ease in UK! Conor is the correct spelling as others have said, Connor is the surname.

Ignore my pp, I see this now!

caol = q whale

Definitely not a key sound.

I was taught in school that "caol le caol" is pronounced sort of a short kweel, although leaning more towards kwehl. My Irish teacher was a Gaeilgeoir from Connemara. As I said, I'm rubbish at figuring out how to do the phonetic spelling thing so really shouldn't try.

That's much closer to me pathetic efforts.

I have a Conor aged almost 8 and I still love the name and the spelling (husband is Irish) - often spelt with an extra n by others….

"In the UK" is quite broad

I'm in England, and the default way would be Connor. (Having worked in schools and Nurseries for nearly 40 years, that is statistically how it is spelt here).

If you are in one of the other Home Countries, that may well be different.
I would always name a child the most 'usual' way of spelling a well known name for the country they are going to be growing up in.

I see your NI Protestants using Irish names and raise you my Irish Catholic family with several Williams!

Conor. I have a Conor in my very rural, traditional Irish family. Also a Sean, Patrick and Padraig. Conall is lovely, so are Finn, Fintan, Ffion, Oisín and Braden.

I don’t think that’s too unusual @BaronessBomburst - I’m guessing they were more Liams than Billys?

Ime there aren’t as many “Protestant” names as catholics have always also used traditional and biblical names.

My brother is Conor. Spelled the proper way (one n).

We also have a Conal, a Fionn and a Niall.

I ended up with an Anglicised name because otherwise ALL THE VOWELS.

Connah is awful...