Need help with names

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Need help with names
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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 9:20pm

Our last name is very Irish sounding (McD . . . ) and we chose a somewhat Irish first name for DS #1.


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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 10:41pm

I know what you mean about Irish names sounding best with your ln ... I'm a Mc- as well. ;)

As to the two you mentioned, I'd say if dh hates Colleen, it's out. Sorry! I'm not sure if you're going for see-ar-a (like the Spanish name Sierra) or keer-a (like the Irish name Ciara) with Cierra/Ciera. The double-R spelling makes me think it's Sierra, and I just don't like that as much with a very-Irish ln. I do like Ciara a lot though, if that's what you're going for (not my favorite spelling to achieve that pronunciation, however).

Other suggestions of Irishy names that aren't too hard to pronounce or spell ...

Girls:

Nora
Morrigan/Morgan
Branwen
Bridget
Lorna
Fiona/Fiora
Isla
Imogen
Fallon
Catriona
Dara
Deirdre
Paisley
Caitlin/Kaitlyn (but only if popularity isn't a concern)

Boys:

Rowan
Ronan
Nolan
Owen
Logan
Finnian
Griffin
Hagan
Tiernan
Connor
Craig
Declan
Donovan
Ian
Oran
Taggart
Fletcher
Henley/Hanley
Alister
Lawler
Garrity
Killian/Cilian
Ciaran/Kieran

HTH

~Kelli


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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 10:48pm

Thanks for your suggestions.


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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 11:14pm

Glad to hear you're trying to stay away from adding another B to the bunch. ;) I actually started erasing all the B suggestions once I remembered your son's name but I left a few just because a lot of people seem to like the matchiness (I do not LOL).

Thanks for clarifying the Cierra/Ciera pronunciation. When you mentioned liking an Irish name with your ln, I immediately thought Keer-a or Kee-ar-a, but I actually knew a girl named Cierra (same as Sierra), so figured I'd better ask.

If you like the Spanish pronunciation, I'd stick with either Sierra or Cierra. Ciera is too close to Ciara (and can be used as a variation of it), so I think you'll get the Irish pronunciation a lot with that spelling.

If you do like Keer-a or Kee-ar-a, I probably use either Ciara or a K spelling -- Keira, Kiera, Kira or Kyra, in no particular order. ;)

HTH, and good luck!

~Kelli


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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 11:22pm

A couple of other girls names I like are Alanna and Michaela (not very Irish, I know, but another form of my own name), and I do kinda like Kiera.


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Sat, 09-23-2006 - 11:29pm

Love, love, love Alanna! Great meaning, too ... the Gaelic meaning is literally child, or darling. Very sweet. I've had this on my list with two of my girls (but won't be using it as a fn for any future girls because our third is now Abigail, so no more A fns ). Nolanna, on the other hand, is still fair game. ;)

~Kelli


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Sun, 09-24-2006 - 10:16am
Ok, dh said he likes Alanna, but we are pronouncing it differently.


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Sun, 09-24-2006 - 11:54am

You're right ... it sounds like he's pronouncing it like Alaina (a totally different name). Alanna would be a-lah-na (I'm bad at typing out pronunciations, but this one's yours LOL) or a-lan-na (the ending sounding just like the name Anna). I like both a lot, but for the first I think Alannah conveys the short "a" pronunciation a bit better.

You'll just have to keep saying it the right way -- your way of course! -- until he starts to naturally do it too. ;)

~Kelli


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