Irish names English people can say

[Annie29]

Any Irish mums or mums-to-be out there with English OHs???
I really want my baby to have an Irish name, so that, despite my fading accent (the shame ), we can still maintain a bit of heritage (it's all getting lost with the World Cup coming up!).
DH and his family are from Up North, so they have trouble pronouncing any of my sisters kids names, all beautiful Irish names like Saoirse (they say Sushi), Ciaran (Key-ron), Blaithin (Blah-hoon!!) .
We've been told it's a girl, so any suggestions would be welcome! I have a DS, but couldn't come up with an Irish name for him, so this one HAS to have an Irish name!!!

watch out Orla means foreskin in hebrew

(allegedly)

I'm quite bad with irish names (had no idea how most of the ones on this thread were pronounced ) but I would echo MI's sentiment. I had a completely unpronouncable Norweigan surname (with gj next to each other which seemed to fox everyone!) and it really doesn't matter a bit.

If you really like the name then just go with it!

or even unpronounceable

lucky old Orla Guerrin. being the middle east correspondent and all that.

I realise I don't like a lot of Irish names seeing so many here. My own name is Irish and one that most people find challenging and I don't think I like it much. My DS has an Irish name (picked by his London Dad) and when we got to the Doc it's a nightmare. I have to spell my name then his name and then his surname as DP has unusual surname AAAAGGGGHHHHH. DD was give much more straight forward name.

Lol at Orla=foreskin!!! Must tell my friend... Good ole Orla Guerin!

Drosophila, I'm not too keen on my name either, English or Irish version. There are some horrors out there though... Gobnait! (Sorry all Gobnaits)

MI, I'm not too worried about other people, it's just DH's family really. They'll just have to learn it. Must find some patience to make sure they get it right.

If DS had turned out to be a DD we were going for Caitlin or Ciara. However found out after that ciarog with a fada over the o means cockroach so have totally gone off it!

Grainne means little love and is beautiful but is too close to granna which means ugly.

Aoife is a lovely name but since I cried after reading the Children of Lir I couldn't call my daughter that!

Annie29 - to really get them fretting why not mention that you love the name Derbhforgailla??? :o
Am having 2nd baby in december and already we're thinking of names. Have snaffled a few from here to run past DP.

Right so, that's decided it!
Derbhforgailla it is!!

Just ran my shortlist past DH,

he doesn't like Laoise, Shauna, Shona, Riona or Erin...

I thought Grainne was Irish for Grace. I was thinking about Irish names and was thinking of my Grandparents and elderly aunts and uncles. My Gran was Alice and my great Aunt was Greta (where did that come from?). All my aunts who are in their 70's have real English names - Elsie And Rita and the like. It would seem that Irish names must have been unpopular for a time and are now back en vogue.

My sister is a teacher so I'll ask her for some good Irish names. She gave her own children an Italian and a Welsh name.

what about Concepta?

Morning!

MIL has just told me she likes Erin, without me ever mentioning it, but she pronounces it eh-rin, instead of how I say it, Ay-rin. Can't have that now, as she'll think she thought of it...

Drosophila you may be right about Grainne meaning Grace, but I only know it from the folklore stories.

LOL at Robert!! It's as close as some of them will get, honestly.

Concepta, had a nun called that too!!