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Pretty sounding irish derived baby names?

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Bella321 · 11/10/2025 09:11

I'm so stuck for a name for my little girl.

We have been wanting to go with a name with Irish origin because my partner and his family are Irish. However, we live in England and I don't want her to have the life long annoyance of people misspelling or mis pronouncing her name.

Me working in childcare and him having a large family is limiting options too as names like Orla and Fia are already taken.

Please correct pronounciation if wrong.. but my maybe list so far is:

Éabha- Ava

Aoibhe- Eva

Maeve

Úna- oona

Éala- Ayla

Talullah

Íde- eeda

But none are quite feeling like the one. And also the Irish origin is questionable on some even though they have all come from "Irish baby names" lists online.

Help! Any more suggestions or ones to eliminate?

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Suednymph · 13/10/2025 16:52

I am Irish IN Ireland and the only thing I did was accidentally add the first a to the second name.

Emanwenym · 13/10/2025 17:27

PeonyPatch · 13/10/2025 13:51

Sloane is very nice too!

It's awful.

PeonyPatch · 13/10/2025 17:31

Emanwenym · 13/10/2025 17:27

It's awful.

In your opinion! I like it.

me24x · 13/10/2025 17:36

I love the name Fiadh pronounced Fia

Emanwenym · 13/10/2025 17:38

@PeonyPatch , Sloane Ranger - Wikipedia
Think Lady Di before her engagement or

Onefortheroad25 · 13/10/2025 17:55

Haven’t read all the replies but I love
Fiadh, Aine, Erin, Sibeal, Bebhinn, Caoimhe, Doireann, Laoise, Orlagh, Realtin, Roisin.
Some fadas probably needed on some of those.

Dearmalt · 13/10/2025 19:50

bigwhitedog · 13/10/2025 16:25

Saidhbhe and Craoiadh would be bonkers in Ireland too to be fair, as those spellings are completely wrong.

As for the poster who stated Eibhlín is pronounced Everleen... I actually despair.

I think Eibhlín can be said as Ev-uh-leen too, with the bh giving the v sound. The pp who wrote Everleen probably has a non-rhotic accent and didn’t intend that r to be pronounced.
https://forvo.com/word/eibhl%C3%ADn/

Eibhlín is a name of foreign origin originally.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eibhl%C3%ADn

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