Pearse or Tiarnán

[lovebeingmuma]

What Irish name do you prefer?

Tiarnan. Pearse reads like purse. Or peas. Or pease pudding, whatever that is.

Tiarnán. Love that name!

Tiarnán.

Tiernan in preference to Tiernán

Not the Pearse spellinng. He'll get Pearse

Neither. Don't like either one.. 😬 (Sorry!)

perhaps if you have nothing nice to say then maybe hold your opinions to yourself

I’ve never heard of either name. Is Tiernan said “tear-nan”? I quite like it.
Is Pearse said like Pierce? If so I like that too.

Tiarnán

I’ve never seen Tiernán with the fada, only Tiernan. I prefer this to Pearse.

Tiarnán is the nicer of the two. Pearse is too obviously a surname.

I haven’t seen Pearse used as a first name, just Pierce, which I quite like.

Tiernán is okay too. Depending on where you live, people might have some trouble with the pronunciation and spelling, so you and your child would need to be okay with that. I’d say it as Teer-nawn personally, emphasis on the nawn bit, but it varies a bit within Ireland.

Both fine.
Pearse, I would assume, is a family surname.

How do you pronounce them? As they are written. I’ve not heard of either.

Perhaps if you are that thin skinned you don’t post on MN?

you asked which people prefer and people (me included) don’t like either.

which also will give you an idea how people would react IRL.

Pearse sounds like a Scouser saying “purse”.

Tiarnan sounds like an Irish dive bar in a crap town.

Pearse is pee-urs
Purse in scouse is pairce

Oh waow so many lovely comments about potential baby names. Thanks so much guys for your input 🥰 I especially can’t wait to call my son after a purse or a dive bar. At least it’ll have some meaning 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Tiarnán. Meaning 'lord' or similar in English , from the root Tír / Land.

Pearse , Pierce , Piers are ok too. Basically variants of Peter. Not specifically Irish though.

Ps I have a nephew Tiarnan. They are in England and don't use the fada. You see it written Tiernan too of course. That can't happen in the Irish language as broad or slender vowels have to flank the consonant, can't be one of either. But it doesn't matter really.

PPS. There's kids from about 12 different nations in our local primary. I doubt an accent over a vowel is going to be a major issue in that setting!

Thanks, I agree!!

Unless you live in Ireland, be prepared for people getting Tiarnan wrong. I have no idea how to pronounce it.

Tiernán is lovely. Are you living in Ireland @lovebeingmuma ?

Tiarnan. I know a young Tiarnan and am in England

Pearse is a bit like Piers. Not keen

Ooops Tiarnán. 🙈