Need some nice Irish names..

[mica23]

Dont know sex of the baby yet but would like to give it an Irish name.DP is Irish but no help!!Thank you..

Just a word of warning to all you Hoberno-warrior types... I am Irish and gave DD1 an irish name but it was/ is very difficult in the UK as a) no-one can pronounce it and b) no-one can spell it. This latter was a big deal when she started to write her name/ sound it out as the spelling bore no relation to the sound so if you are choosing an Irish name bear this in mind eg Owen is easier than Eoghan, Rory/ Malachy easier than Darragh, Ashling easier than Aislinn... Beibhinn (Bay-veen), Tadgh (Tige with a soft "t" and guttaral "g"), Aodh (A) and Mhaolmhuire (Mwail-mwurra) may be difficult in an English classroom!

Whoops... Hiberno-warrior (Ferdia, Fachtna, Naoise, Oisin... although Ferdia easy enough to say/ spell and is fab!

Ah, Seamus is such a great name. It does remind me of old uncles but I think it is well due a revival.

DD has Aoibh (Eve) as one of her names

Others we considered were

Brenna
Erin
Aoife
Aisling
Firinne

and my personal favourite, but ruled out on the difficult spelling...Caoilfhinn (pronounced Kaylinn)

Names we considered for DS were

Dalaigh
Brannagh
Eoghan
Riordan
Tiernan

Our top boy choices were Odhran and Oisin...in the end we opted for the Scottish Keir

Fab reference book for you for if you can get your hands on a copy is Celtic Names for Children...it's by Loreto Todd and has not just Irish Celtic names, but Celtic names from Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany

mica23 - My Polish sil says the same. She must be mine in any language!

girls
love siún (pronounced shoon)
saoirse
laoise (leesha)
aifric
dara is also a girl's name.
love bláithín
béibhinn
bláithnid

boys
tadhg
naoise (neesha)

Is Ferdia Irish, I nver knew that! I always wondered why that Portuguese name had 'flown' in Ireland.

Ferdia comes from Irish mythology - in the Cuchulainn stories he is Cuchulainn's best friend and ends up being killed by him.

boys
Oisin
Fionn
Donnchadh
Lorcan
Naoise
Ruairi
Séafra

girls
Clodagh
Derbail
Eibhleann
Eimear
Grainne
Ite
Medb
Saorla
Bláthnaid
Máda

I know a Liadan. SHe's just left my dcs' school. So, about 12.

ps just realised I came across another at younger dc's tot group. it's on the rise here I think.

I love Eejit.

I so wanted to call my ds1 Cillian but dh refused!!

Love Saoirse too.

Eejit? No that's too poncey.

Hmmm I think the correct pronounciation would be "Ayjit"

Liffey - would you pronounce it "Lee-ah-dun" or "Lee-ah-dan"?

Oh in Dublin 4 we say Eejit !

I would say Liadan a bit like Leah but with din at the end. But the emphasis very strongly on the LEE. LEE-adin.

I don't honestly!! That's the Dort/Ross O'Carroll Kelly accent. It didn't exist 40 yrs ago apparently. NObody knows where it came from!! I think it came from all those students coming back from their year in America

D4 is a 'purer' more neutral accent. I do not say ORE for R. I hate that!

I think most of the ones I know have been covered already. Some I don't think I've seen are:

Boys - Dualta, Art, Seoirse
Girls - éibhín, Sadhbh

Never thought Ailbhe (pronounced Alva) was unusual but may be because it's a family name for us.

Also, don't know anyone who wouldn't pronounce Oisín Usheen - maybe it's a Scottish/Ulster Irish thing to pronounce it Osheen?

My favourite for a boy is Lorcan and for a girl Clodagh or Béibhinn.

PS. Liffey, we all say ORE for R in my part of Galway and we are by no means posh and the rest of our accent isn't similar to the D4 one so I don't think it's an American thing