would you name a boy Clancy or Cearul?

[nappyaddict]

my friend really likes these names but are they a bit feminine, especially if you are living in england and not ireland?

Ah. Thanks - I hate mispronouncing people's names and I reckon I'll be coming across a good few of them in the next few years!

just call them Ned, bookthief. that's a lovely name...

we shoudl meet up one day, btw. we could Become Friends and talk about MN behind everyone's backs like Hunker and VVV do.

how do you say emer, eimear and eimhir?

and einri and anrai?

oh no this is for me now. she left an irish book of names here and i was looking at it!

what about ciannait?

and cionaodh

Niall
Christy
Ciaran
Calum
Kerry
Padraig
Liam

there are loads of Irish boys' names that don't have ostentatiously Gaelic spelling

oh and how do you say eachann?

If she uses an Irish name that even the Irish have problems pronouncing then she is setting the child up for misery.

How about Oisin (pronounced Osheen)?

Patrick?

Darragh? pronounced Darra.

I do like Cillian.

Clancy is a surname.

I wouldn't dare name a boy either of those two names. They would have a miserable time at school (especially poor nancy Clancy

I agree there are lots of other lovely Irish names out there she could choose from.

Aitch. Can we be a Cleak?

oooh, yes. [in-crowd]