Irish baby names - opinions?
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Irish baby names - opinions?
| Mon, 01-07-2008 - 6:47pm |
My DH and I know that we'd like an Irish first name for our second child (the middle name will be a family name). We're both Irish, and we just generally think Irish names are lovely sounding. Our last name ends with a long e sound so that eliminates any names that may rhyme with e.
Girls:
Saoirse Louise (pronounced searsha) - Although there are many of the same letters in both names, I think it flows nicely.
Evelyn Louise (pronounced eve-lin) - Will everyone assume it is pronounced ev-uh-lin?
Boys:
Declan Clark
Nolan Clark
Conlan James
Any other suggestions? Thanks!!

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Thank you, Elena (el
Aoife is my absolute favourite name. Its pronounced EE-FA.
Niamh and
EVERYONE will assume it's pronounced EV-uh-LIN, because that's the known pronunciation for that spelling, for many years
I think Saoirse is very pretty sounding, but so unfamiliar in this country, she will be constantly correcting people or flat out having them asked how you say it
so I really don't know what to recommend here. I'd still go for Saoirse over Evelyn any day (Evelyn is just OLD, very OLD)
i adore Ciaomhe, Aoife, Eilidh and Niamh for girls and for boys I'd go with Declan.
I just don't know if I want to choose a name that people won't be able to pronounce. My name is Kara, pronounced care-ah, but I am constantly correcting people who say it car-ah. It's not that big of a deal, although it always bothered me when teachers said it incorrectly. I adore the name Saoirse, but I am not sure I can commit to it.
The name Evelyn is pretty whether it is ev-uh-lin or eve-lin, but I prefer eve-lin (nn evie). And it is obviously much more unique pronounced eve-lin.
Caiomhe is also a beautiful name.
Thanks a million for the suggestions!
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