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.

The comments about the name reminding them of something are frequently an insane reach and often result in others coming on and stating they know people with x name and nobody has every had a issue with people thinking it sounds like whatever it is.

I've no idea what the issue is with Rowan Knightly. Obviously Knightly (which is not an Irish name) sounds like nightly and Rowan sounds like rowing (a boat) but that's hardly an issue.

I would suggest you are being disingenuous.

Your "point" is getting even more ridiculous. I would suggest you put the shovel down.

wow, i never knew that. I'm in Dublin, I'm church of Ireland so I guess some would say that's protestant, not sure if I identify with Protestant.
I clicked to say I prefer Conor as Connor is a sur name. I@m sure tha'ts been said a hundred times now.

I agree with others saying that Conor is like Jack or Ben or Sam. Just one of those popular names that doesn't tell you anything about the boys' parents

Absolutely Conor is completely classless in Ireland.

I think in England Aidan (a beautiful and ancient Irish name) has unfortunately been lumped in with Brayden/Kayden/Jaiden which are often names I’ve seen referred to as “naughty boy” names (not something I would ever say myself).

In the 1990s in France, Germany and the U.K. Kevin became really popular (I think thanks to Home Alone?!) and again got negative associations in the way that very “trendy” names sometimes do.

Ive never heard anything negative about Conor though, in England or Ireland.

@OchonAgusOchonOh , @LongIslander, the name I was thinking of is an anglicised name. It has a bit of a cool vibe, and might appeal to a parent who want to use a cool-sounding name.

The name might appeal to anyone IME. It's a nice name.

The child I'm thinking of and his sibling have nice, cool names. The children are little shits. The parents just shrug their shoulders and gaze adoringly saying 'oh, they're little devils'.

Ok. So you're now extrapolating from a single case of parents of unruly children who chose an anglicised version of an Irish name for one of their unruly children to parents of unruly children are more likely to choose Irish names.

As I suggested previously, put down the shovel.

@OchonAgusOchonOh , I didn't say the name was Irish.

The name itself isn't particularly relevant. The children could be called any 'hip' names (e.g. Luca and Chiara or Thor and Astrid) and they'd still be little shits.
The parents are the type who'd pick 'cool' names and they are 'cool' parents.

Ok. So you're now extrapolating from a single case of parents of unruly children who did not use an Irish name to claim that parents of unruly children are more likely to choose an Irish name and that explains why people claim boys with Irish names are unruly.

Seriously, put down the shovel.

I agree that Conor in Ireland is a regular name.

@OchonAgusOchonOh , Gowan Knightly would have the piss taken out of him. Move the space and add another one.

I didn't say that the name wasn't Irish or that it was Irish. It's the 'cool' name that's the point. Put your own shovel down.

I replied to your post before you edited it. It originally said Rowan, hence my confusion.

And nope, your original point was in response to the the statement that people claim boys with Irish names are unruly. Your attempts to justify it are ridiculous, regardless of whether you're generalising to all "cool" names, particularly as you appear to be basing it on a single instance of use of "cool" names.

My shovel is safely packed away.

@OchonAgusOchonOh , yes it originally said Rowan. Nice name but maybe not with a K surname.

The 'cool' names often are Irish. Someone in Ireland would use a name like Conor because they like it, but someone not connected to Ireland might use it because it seemed fresh and new or 'cool'. That was basically my point - the name sort of gets marred over here by overuse.

That might just be my opinion but I find that a fairly unusual name is nice until it is everywhere, but the 'boring' names can be everywhere without me really noticing.
Often it only takes one or two badly-behaved child to put me off a name.

Conner.

Coner could rhyme with boner and loner.

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Oh, and they're spelt Conor and Connor

It's Connor and Conor, no E. As has been said, one is traditionally a surname and the other a forename but they sound the same.

Neither rhymes with loner, because they're not English words.

Connor is a misspelling.

Unless it's in a surname. O'connor for example.

I've also seen someone spell it Conour (as in Honour).

That seems a bizarre spelling!

Ah here!! 😆

NI here, have never seen Connor as a first name, only surname. Always Conor IME

We are talking about a first name.