Any thoughts on these Irish names?

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Dh Irish and DD1 has an Irish name - so I may regret this but gives us your views....

Girls

Maebh (Maeve)
Aine (Onya)
Molly (+DH's contribution - to my mind not really Irish but quite pretty)

Boys

Fionn (Finn)
Aodhan/Aidan
Fearghal/Fergal

Thanks x

blowsy, why would Sadhbh not be a name? I know several Sadhbhs

I love Feargul and fergus.

Also loce Roisin, DS1 has on ein his class.

I like Maeve, but just spell it Maeve. Not only is the gaelic for Maeve very hard to spell, but I have seen Maedhbh and Maedbh.

Aine is nice too but I would pronounce it more like Awnya than Onya.

I also like Clodagh and Roisín. Roisin could be Rosie in UK if people really struggled.

All lovely names and people will get used to the spelling and pronunciation. My name is Sarah and you wouldn't believe the number of times it's spelled incorrectly (ironically by family in Ireland a lot of the time ) but it happens here too. I go by Sahra quite often...

I like Fergus and Fergal. But keep the spelling simple. Don't go for Fearghal. Why? I like Tadhg though and I know that's not really phonetic!

My daughter's ballet teacher is called Sadhbh. Her dd is Síofra. Too difficult to spell in the UK I think. Maeve is a better choice if you are living in the UK I think.

I adore Maeve. We almost had it for dd but decided in the end it didn't really go with our surname. Then Molly, then Aine.

Love the boys names too.

I love irish names (despite only being about an 8th irish - or it may even be a 16th....).

tadgh or darragh are my fav boys irish names but love fionn too

Chipmonkey, I genuinely have never heard the name Sadhbh!

Believe it or not, both my parents are Irish!

I thought about Clodagh when I was pg with my dc1 6/7 yrs ago. I thought it was very elegant but reflected by background, especially as gps from Tipp. But when I mentioned it to a few English friends, they said, "what like those Claddagh rings?". That killed the name for me. The thoughts of people thinking I'd chosen 'Claddagh' made me wince!

Oisin is lovely Turniphead (so is Aidan btw )

Roisin is lovely, as is Niamh and Maeve (however spelt), and Aoife too, so many pretty names!

maura & aoife for girls

Even in Ireland plenty of people spell it Orla. There is no need to spell it Orfhlaith whe you live in UK! (OR Ireland imo!).

Blowsy and Turniphead, you/your parents are clearly not from Dublin 4!

lol chipmonkey!

i love the name.

from the list I like Maeve and Finn...but the spelling...well, I would not have been able to replicate the correct one, lol

irish girls name I really do like is Niamh

Maeve and Aidan.

I like them all but would go for the Anglicised spellings.

I know Molly might not be typically Irish but think of Molly Malone (Dublin's fair city and all that); it can also be a diminuitive of Maureen (fairly Irish/Celtic?) so it's not that out of place. And it's pretty but quite popular at the mo.

What about Aisling? I think if you are going to go for an Irish name that has an anglicised spelling, then perhaps use the anglicised spelling for ease later; or pick an Irish name that doesn't have an easy anglicised version (like Roisin for e.g.) and stick with the Irish spelling. Just my opinion - feel free to ignore!

DH has a full-on Irish name, fore and aft, as his Dad was an Irish emigre to Australia - he was forever being called the wrong thing because people there couldn't cope with the spelling. (They can't in England either - it really throws people when I spell out my married surname, especially as it is the weirdest of the available spellings of the relatively common name)

I disagree with anglicising the spelling. I have to spell my name everywhere I go, even to Irish people but I wouldn't change it for the world. I think it detracts from the name if you anglicise it.

Moly Malone was a prostitute, apparently. Cockles and Mussels weren't actually what she was selling!

oh Podge! you've RUINED that song for me now... and to think we got taught it in junior school, gorblimey, if only they'd known