Using an Irish baby name

[Peony123]

DH & I have chosen Aiofe for DC1 (if it turns out to be a girl).

I foolishly told my mother who is Irish. She really objects as the baby will only be 1/4 Irish and she thinks that having a name which can't be easily pronounced/spelt is a burden (this is her experience of having an Irish name).

DH's name is a mainstream Irish name and he likes it - he isn't at all Irish.

One of my friends is Irish and has a difficult to spell name but says go for it.

My experience of non-Irish people having Irish names has been as a teacher and they were disproportionately poorly behaved and I am not sure if there is a stereotype of them being chavvy (I am really not trying to offend anyone with this).

Obviously there are plenty of other nice names out there which we could pick from... Any thoughts?

I would love to use Assumpta, what a great name.

I thought Clodagh Rodgers was pretty famous a longish time ago, and actually made it into Monty Python as a recurring motif....

DD's middle name is Aoife, good to have a warrior woman's name for your DD! Chose the name as I had a lovely student called Aoife and I liked the sound and origin of the name. Everyone I have told it to so far has been able to pronounce it. Given that there are so many children of different backgrounds in the UK today, I am sure most people will be used to non-English names and try their best to pronounce them correctly.