Caoimhe - can England handle it?

[pixiestix]

Caoimhe (pron. Kwee-va)
Ok, I love love love this name, and DH is Irish so have an excuse to use it
but..
I wonder if it is child cruelty to give future DD a name that no one in England is going to know how to say.
And also wondered about teasing potential? The worst I can think of is "Quaver" maybe, but I know MNers have a brilliant capacity to spot a really awful rhyme/association a mile off so wanted to throw it to the lions.
Be brutal!

PS - I know it is pronounced Kee-va in some parts of Ireland but I would want the Kwee-va version.

Is Oonagh pronounced Oo - nar?

Thanks guys, definite food for thought there. I had never thought of the queef association, I have to say!!!!
And the lion king thing too...
I realise that England is very multi-cultural now and so used to weird unusual spellings. My worry is that DH and I are imminently moving from the big city (where no one would bat an eye lid!) to a tiny country village where everyone is called Chloe or Rebecca. Am expecting a lot of faces if we eventually go with Caoimhe!!
Still love the name tho!

Nappyaddict Oonagh (or Una) is pronoucned "Oo-na". The "ar" for an "a" ending is very English to me (Emma as "Em-mar") and is why, although I love the name Cliona I can't bear the way it ends up "Clee-nar" (just like cleaner!) in England.

Pixie sorry for bringing up the queef thing - I think my DH is a bit paranoid about it personally! You love the name so I'd say go for it! Your girl would be a cool kid for having an unusual name!

Maggie Siofra sounds lovely (if I can get over my childhood fear of fairy folk and piseogery!)

Muffin: That scouse comment brought back so many bad memories of scouse kids on session! But I definately agree, I can't help but agree as my mind now refuses to say it without a scouse accent

Must admit though, I do prefer Keeva pronounciation, I may have to use that name in my writing now, as I have no excuse to add it to my list of favourite names!

As an irish descendent I think it's lovely to carry on a family tradition. My husband is welsh and we have done Heulwen. As a teacher I know that once a name is heard and spelt it does not pose a problem to classmates or staff and in light of that #3 will be Cian or Aoife.
Go for it if you really like it!

Caoimhe is a lovely name and I would just go for it. Two of my children have similar how are you spelling that type Irish names, but once people have got it they have got it as Joycey says.

BTW - love all the English people on this thread saying it should be Keeva. Most Irish people do pronounce it Kweeva. I think Keeva is more Northern Ireland.

I love this name and prefer the pronunciation Kee-va (heard it in England only)but that is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name. The correct pronunciation (and only one I've ever heard in Ireland) is Kwee-va.

The boy's version - Caoimhin (Kwee-veen) is where the name Kevin comes from, though - be warned