Breagha - thoughts please!

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It's Scottish Gaelic for beautiful but I'm not sure if it's pronounced Bree-ah or Brae-ah. Any feedback is most welcome!

truthfully if you aren't sure how will teachers et al know?

Would you really want to live with a name that everyone stumbles over?

I know someone with a child called Sabhdh

It's pronounced 'Sive'

But WHY do people give their offspring weird names? It's the child that's got to live with it.

I bet you're called Sharon and wanted something that wasn't 'common'

I would pronounce it Bree-ah, it is a lovely name!

If you like it, go for it. We chose a gaelic inspired spelling for dd1's name, as long as dc's know how to pronounce their name, then that is all that matters.

Steady on fortyplus. Gaelic isn't 'weird' its just not that well known. My daughter's name is Irish and hard to spell. But its part of her heritage. Can't stand anglicised spelling of names from other places.

I would probably never call a dd Peggy, but Pegeidh to me is different, maybe that is just me!

its actually a mis spelling, there shouldnt be an A on the end. Breagh is pronounced bree-ah, Breagha would be prenounced bree-ah-ah. its irish. there should also be a fada on the A ie; Breágh.

I wouldn't know how to pronounce it - but having read the comments, it sounds lovely. Why are you interested in a name you don't even know how to pronounce though? ???

Gaelic names are only weird if you have no connection with that community - we are in Glasgow but have huge connections with the hebrides and our kids are in the Gaelic school there - loads of "weird" names (though my lot are pretty normal!)

I think Breagha is more Irish than Scots Gaelic however - haven't come across it myself though one child is friends with a Bridie (think thats what was on the party invitation!!!!)

As long as you know what you are saying it is OK. Our children are always going to have to spell out very unusula surname, so we gave them "normal" first names. But dh has unusual for both, and it doesn't bother him, nor ever has!

If it was Irish it would be as booyhoo says, with a fada and no a on the end. There are a lot of similarities between irish and scots though, and it looks to be correct in scots, apparently pronounced Bree-ar.

Thank you and feasgar math!
I had names all picked but I'm having a last minute panic. We are Scottish with a Mac surname so I'm not trying to be pretentious; I'm looking for a pretty Scottish girls name that hasn't already been used in our large family!
Bree-ah is correct but I just prefer Brae-ah since there's already a Freya and we've ruled out any names already used.
I hope if we went for it that it wouldn't be stumbled over too much since we're in Scotland and hopefully other people have a grasp of Gaelic than I do.
WeegieMum - we're hoping to send ours to the gelic school too - I've heard fabulous things about it.

Fortyplus, you sound a bit defensive. I bet you're very dull and live in middle England where all children have the same names!

I don't mean to stir the porridge too much but all the Breaghas I know are sheepdogs. I am in the Gaidhlig part of Scotland....

Ha ha! I've gone off it bit. It probably is a silly idea to consider a name I can't pronounce - let alone one that's popular for dogs!

So if Bree-ah is correct but you prefer Brae-ah what you're thinking of doing is choosing a name that is difficult for anyone without a Gaelic background, then pronouncing it in a way that makes it difficult for people who come from a Gaelic background too?

If you are interested in Gaelic names what about Eilidh(Helen), Marsaili(Marjory) nicer in Gaelic, Sìleas (Julia-pron Sheelas), Sìne-(pron Sheena, Jean)...Ailis (Aylish - alice)...Could go on...loads of beautiful Gaelic names for girls....

Thanks Macmam, I really like Eilidh.
Seeker, I'm not considering pronouncing it incorrectly, I just wasn't sure and hoped Brae-ah was correct since I think it sounds really pretty! I would hate my child to have a name that had to be spelled/corrected at every oppurtunity.
Let's hope DC is a boy since their names seem to be easier for me to choose!

I think it's lovely.

English people thought Siobhan and Sinead were 'weird' when I was a young 'un. Now, only the most ignorant person would say 'Sy-oh-ban', wouldn't they? Gaelic names aren't weird, they're...urrr... Gaelic.

Not that I'm defensive because I've got a hard-to-pronounce Gaelic name, or anything....

Oh, and you know, when you're a child it's vaguely annoying having a tricky name, but as an adult, it's fine, in fact, I love being me among a sea of Emma/Sarah/Louise/Michelles...

Me too Mrs Mattie!

I know quite a few Breagh's but they are all labradors- sorry!

I love Sabhdh. I live in Cork and my boss's neice is Sabhdh. I wouldn't worry about the dog names...my Max has friends called Ben, Penny, Unity, Ursula, Millie, Lucy and Roy, not a Rover amongst them!

Also love Sadbh (that's the spelling we go with in my family ). One of my favourite girls names (but not one I could use as I've a niece called it already).

And there's nothing wrong with having to spell an unusual name (especially if you have a cultural heritage that makes you love your name even more). It's nice to stand out from the crowd!

Agree with Stleger about the dogs' names

Yessir - feel free to CAT me about the Sgoil Ghaidlig Ghlaschu - we love it!! Got some very nice reports home today about our kids!

Nursery there (Sgoil Araich) also amazing!

Well worth a look, and you get transport too! Its a great school, and am happy to answer any questions about it!

Names from other languages and cultures aren't "weird."

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