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Irish or Cornish baby names suggestions.

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Squishypenguins · 28/04/2026 19:42

Suggest some Irish or Cornish baby names please. With Irish please add how to pronounce them

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Giraffehaver · Yesterday 22:25

I like Kieran Jago for a boy and Merryn Roisin for a girl

NamingNoNames · Yesterday 22:33

SpringAndSunshineIsHere · Yesterday 22:24

It’s Jay-go round here

I'm sure it is - I've only heard it as jaygo- but I'm trying to figure out why.

I want a word that has an A followed by a G (or D or N) and another syllable to see if the A is 'ay'.

It's possible IMO that the Jago is to match the pattern in Jacob, not the Cornish.
Iago and Jacob are popular in Wales but Jacob can be Jake-ub or Jack-ob.

NamingNoNames · Yesterday 22:50

How to pronounce?:
Cadan
Pascoe
Cadwur
Madern

1dayatatime · Yesterday 23:32

NamingNoNames · Yesterday 22:50

How to pronounce?:
Cadan
Pascoe
Cadwur
Madern

Edited

Pascoe - would be "pah-z- co" when in England. Or "paaaaah -z-ku" when in Cornwall 😀

NamingNoNames · Yesterday 23:38

Oh yes. Like in a paaaarsty.Grin

Squishypenguins · Today 06:54

NamingNoNames · Yesterday 22:05

Some words are quite similar. The first sentence was easy, the 2nd wasn't and there's the odd word that looks a bit more English than Welsh and I've used context. I think the kowses is conscience and the yth yns is each one.

According to a site Kitto is Christopher. Can't remember which one.

The similarities are fascinating - for example, Upjohn means the same Jones - not that similar, but Jones is 'son of John'. ap (as in Rhun ap Iorwerth) is 'son of'. Jenkin is similar to Siencyn (pronounced Shenkin) etc. Well it's fascinating to me anyway.

Cornish is basically a mix of Welsh and Breton with a bit of Irish mixed in.

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Squishypenguins · Today 06:56

Giraffehaver · Yesterday 22:25

I like Kieran Jago for a boy and Merryn Roisin for a girl

Merryn is out. Way too close a relative with that one.

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Squishypenguins · Today 06:58

Blorengia · Yesterday 22:22

For Cornish ideas you could just browse an O.S. map of Cornwall and come up with something quite unsusual...
Joppa, Treave, Mayon, Raftra, Hella, Hendra, Morvah, Colenso...

"Meet baby Bosvargus..."

I think I will stick to the traditional. Although my own name is a saint that is also a village.

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MoreCraicPlease · Today 07:03

If picking an Irish name but living in the UK (bar some Scottish isles!), I’d pick an Irish “lite” name or one that is so popular as to be mainstream.

Girls: Maeve (rhymes with Wave), Alana, Emer, Niamh, Sinead
Boys: Cillian, Liam, Dara, Oran, Finn/Fionn, Conor

NamingNoNames · Today 10:27

Squishypenguins · Today 06:54

Cornish is basically a mix of Welsh and Breton with a bit of Irish mixed in.

Irish is a cousin but Welsh and Breton are siblings.
I'm sure there'll be a bit of English and Latin in there too. Smile

NamingNoNames · Today 10:39

@MoreCraicPlease , I think OP wants an Irish middle name and one that's not 'Irish lite'.

If it was a first name, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but with a middle name not. I think there's scope to choose something that might be misspelt and mispronounced because it won't be used much.

Something like Elowen Maeve looks like 'we just liked the name and it flowed' whereas Elowen Meadhbh looks a bit more intentional.

CelticSilver · Today 14:44

Blorengia · Yesterday 22:22

For Cornish ideas you could just browse an O.S. map of Cornwall and come up with something quite unsusual...
Joppa, Treave, Mayon, Raftra, Hella, Hendra, Morvah, Colenso...

"Meet baby Bosvargus..."

Or Ding Dong ...

NamingNoNames · Today 15:23

Talskiddy Spunkane

Blorengia · Today 16:17

CelticSilver · Today 14:44

Or Ding Dong ...

😆
Exactly! Ding for short.
There's something to be said for creating a unique supposedly Cornish name for a baby...
"Oh, you haven't heard of Rinsey before? It's quite well known in Cornwall"
I'm 100% Cornish. Our grandson is Jago, pronouced Jay-go, as that's the only way I've heard it pronounced in Cornwall. Jago as a surname or as a first name.

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