Oisin / Donnacha / Naoise

[Bewildened]

Which do you prefer?

Irish parents, baby will grow up in London.

Any of those names means they will have to spell them out and tell people how to pronounce them for their whole lives. If you are happy with that I can't help you because I don't know how to pronounce any of them, and I doubt if many English people do.

No one was looking for you to help them. You’re not important.

This comes up every time someone asks about names - honestly there’s a small minority of people who are so afraid of anything slightly different. London is so multicultural, there will be beautiful names from lots of places and in my experience, the vast majority of people will learn how to pronounce and spell names. The Nigel Farage loving crew who won’t will also have issues with Welsh and Scottish names so ignore. FWIW Donnacha is my favourite!

Isn’t Osian the Welsh version? I know a Welsh version also in London. His parents’ worry was he might get called Ocean!!

@MiddleParking
No one was looking for you to help them. You’re not important.

But the OP was asking which one I preferred. I gave my answer and my reasons. Thanks for your kind words though

Apologies! I have only ever heard it as a girl’s name. I know three women called Naoise and had no clue it was traditionally a male name. Good to know!

Osian is the Welsh version.

Personally I think it's a bit nuts to choose names based on where you are living - I had Nigerian neighbours when I lived in London... would you expect them to call their kids Rosie and Jim? Spoiler alert: they didn't! Names are a really good way to get insight into another culture - those who talk about bullying (and bear in mind I grew up in a place where no one could pronounce my very easy Welsh name) should maybe think about the other side of the coin.

Oisín
and please keep the fada.
comhghairdeas!

Even if we accept the premise that the thread was aimed at you personally (that isn’t how the internet works btw), you still didn’t answer that question. You decided to show yourself up as ignorant and unpleasant instead.

I love them all. My favourite is Oisín. If I had a boy,that would be his name.

@MiddleParking Even if we accept the premise that the thread was aimed at you personally (that isn’t how the internet works btw), you still didn’t answer that question. You decided to show yourself up as ignorant and unpleasant instead.

No, I didn't. The thread wasn't aimed at you personally either. My answer wasn't aimed at you personally. But here you are, spreading joy and love with your sunny personality.

DS (born in London) was almost Naoise. It’s gorgeous.

@IkaBaar , Oisín and Niamh are Osian (OSH-ann) and Nia (NEE-ah) in Welsh.

On here, it's perfectly OK to use any name you like and say it an way you like, as long as you don't insist on the original pronunciation.

I have a foreign name which no one ever gets right. I have to spell it out and often people confuse part of it with my surname. I've always loved it though as no one else has it and am perfectly used to spelling out and explaining my name every single time. My brother however was very relieved that he was given a name that people in the UK have no trouble with, but he's a boy and he's less tolerant.

Is Niamh the same as Naoise? @JimNast ?

Oisin is such a lovely name.

The world doesn’t need anymore Noahs and Olivers

Oisín for me. Have known too many arsehole Donnachas and although Naoise is used by both boys and girls I only know girl Naoises so wouldn't calm a boy that.

Oisín has a nice legend - where he is taken to the Land of Youth by Niamh the fairy queen.

Donnacha - couple of rugby players have the name.
Naoise - English people have decided it is a girls name so it might die out among boys? Like Beverly, Tara , etc. Though in fairness Tara is a place name so it is unisex I suppose.

No. Niamh is a girl name. Naoise was a warrior / lover in the old legend Deirdre of the Sorrows.

How do you mean, the same? I can’t speak for Wales, but no, they’re completely different names, with completely different pronunciations. Niamh is a girls name. Naoise is used for both, but all the Naoises I know are male. Niam is, roughly ‘NEE-uv’. Naoise is roughly ‘NEE-shuh. Second syllable is a schwa in both.

My 20 year old likes that part of her Irish name.

I assumed they were all girls names.

I mean the same.
Because that was what @JimNast said, (at 14.18) and I didn't know that, so that's why I asked for clarification.

@BeatrizBoniface , Is Niamh the same as Naoise? No. Both are names from Irish mythology, but a bit like asking 'Is Othello the same as Olivia?'

No, it's not.
Nor did I suggest that.
I can see that I was somewhat confused by your post at 14.18.
I'm not surely why people are being so unpleasant on here, I have not been rude or unpleasant in any post.
No need. So I'm off.
Good luck with the naming, OP. They all seem like nice names.