Irish girl's names

[Babygirlname123]

Considering an Irish girls name for our last baby.
We live in the UK, DH is Irish.
Thoughts on the below
Croia (kree-ah)
Clodagh (Cloh-da)
Fiadh (Fia)
Saoirse (Seersha)

Are they too difficult to live with over here in terms of spelling/pronunciation?
I don't really like any other Irish girls names. I kind of like Maeve, Niamh and Aoife but not enough to use them.

I love Siobhan. But the fact that you already provided pronunciations should be telling you something I’m afraid

Clodagh. The other 3 are this generations Aoife, Erin and Niamh

Difficult and the child will constantly have to repeat / spell the name when they are older . Bernadette , Bridget Kathleen are all names of my Irish friends at school ( in the 60s ) . There is another Irish name but not sure how to spell it , it's pronounced Neeve .

Also, i named my child a traditional Irish name living in Scotland and regret it. Noone can spell it, everyone pronounces it either badly enough it irritates me or so bad it embarrasses me thst I saddled him with it. He's went by a nickname since he was 6months old.

As someone who has had to correct the spelling of my name constantly throughout my life, I deliberately gave my kids names that are easy to spell and pronounce in England as they'll grow up here. If they choose to move somewhere else as an adult where their names aren't well known, that's their choice. Their middle names are Irish and most English people will struggle to spell or pronounce them hence why they're middle names and not first names.

If you're sticking with Irish names, Fiadh is lovely but very popular at the moment in Ireland. In case that matters to you.

There are loads of Irish named dc in England. Yes sometimes you need to correct a pronunciation but that’s true of many names.

Absolutely love Clodagh, was on my list but wasn’t great with our surname so couldn’t use it in the end

Bridie is a great Irish name.

Niamh

So what if she has to spell her name for someone OP. Irish people living abroad (like me) do - it's no biggie. Plenty of different names in the UK that aren't traditional English names.

What about Cara if you're concerned about spelling. (Means friend)

I like Saoirse best and I also like its meaning- freedom.

Fiadh means deer. It's very popular at the moment.

Clodagh is really nice. I've never come across Croia. Saoirse may be a bit too popular now.

Terrible telling someone not to use a name because of the reaction they might get.

Fiadh (Fia) or Saoirse (Seersha) are the best OP.

Love Clodagh too.
Some other suggestions:
Órla
Ciara (Kee-ra)
Éabha (usually pronounced Ava)
Laoise (Lee-sha),
Emer (Eem-er)
Ríona (Ree-oh-na)
Róisín (Row-sheen)

Tara

For goodness sake, once told surely people can remember these names?! They're not exactly tricky. All beautiful OP. Name your baby yours and DHs favourite

Aisling and Orla are lovely names.

Hardly,
The OP has specifically started a thread to ask opinions about exactly this.

I'm not worried about the popularity of Fiadh, if anything it makes me like it more as it will become more recognised over here.
Thanks for the opinions so far.

Fiadh would be butchered in London (where I am) - just sounds like a cockney saying Thea 🤪

I like Saoirse.

Sorcha
Aine
Roisin

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You'd think. But actually there's never ending occassions eg chemist, supply staff, doctors, soft play, vaccinations, library etc etc where people are having a one off interaction with him which starts by them reading his name before we have the chance to say it.

The only one i like is Fiadh - but I really, really like Fiadh.
Caoimhe is nice too.

I love Croía. It's my favourite.

Bridie is the equivalent of Gladys or Edna.

Clodagh out of your list, OP. Croía is awful and make-uppy, and Fia is ridiculously overused, plus there are a lot of Saoirses.

People can be trained to pronounce Irish names. I have an unusual Irish name and an Irish-language surname, and London-born DS has both, without it being an issue.