Need Irish Girl Names!

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Need Irish Girl Names!
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Sun, 10-03-2004 - 2:25am
Any suggestions welcome. I have a few I like , Fiona (becoming too popular?) and Fionnoulla. Our Last name begins with an O'....so I worry about all the vowels as well.

 

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Sun, 10-03-2004 - 9:01am
Bailey, Brana, Bridget, Caitlin, Cassidy, Colleen, Dacey, Kathleen, Keara, Kelly, Kyla, Kylee, Maureen, Megan, Rylee, Sinead, Sierra, Tara


Just a few,

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Registered: 09-27-2004
Sun, 10-03-2004 - 10:36am
My fav. is Siobhan/Siohban (cant remember how to spell it) Its pretty and not to common. Its prnounced *Shi-von* (short i sound as in it)I know one girl with this name she is in her teens and another girl with this name as her middle name she is irish she is about 18
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Registered: 10-01-2004
Sun, 10-03-2004 - 11:56am
Hey, I also would like an Irish name for the baby and I know with girls it is especially hard because a lot of them became to popular or I worry that they are too hard to pronounce or spell! Boys to me are so much easier.

I know I didn't really help at all but just wanted to share

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 10-03-2004 - 12:43pm
A good friend of mine is Irish and her name is Ealish (AY-Lish) It is very pretty and I have never met another. There is the similar Ailis (which is more like Eye-lish).

I also think Laoise is very pretty.

Shauna is very nice too.

Brigid/Bridget is pretty.

Cara is Irish/Gaelic meaning friend.

Ciara

Moira

Nola

Shannon

Good luck!!!

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 10-03-2004 - 5:01pm
My all time favorite is Maeve, closely followed by Mairead. Here is a really cool web site:

http://www.babynamesofireland.com/

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Registered: 09-13-2003
Sun, 10-03-2004 - 10:11pm
I worked with a girl named Aoife pronounced like Eva but with an "f". I also think Claire is really pretty.

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Registered: 10-03-2004
Mon, 10-04-2004 - 9:05am
My daughter's name is a Hebrew name with a Gaelic spelling. Her name is Makayla. Her middle name is Gaelic but we spelled it differently. Her middle name is Shaye (changed from the original "Shea").
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Mon, 10-04-2004 - 10:12am
Hello

If you wanted something a bit different what about

Niamh - Neve

Roisin - Rosheen

Sorcha - Soraka

I think they're very pretty,

Jo

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Registered: 06-17-2003
Mon, 10-04-2004 - 12:50pm
This is one of my faves too! i'm pretty sure it's spelled Siobhan.
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Mon, 10-04-2004 - 10:11pm
We like to use Irish names for our children too. It is my husband's heritage and, quite frankly, many others just don't sound right with our very-Irish last name.

Our first daughter is Kaitlyn (I know, veeery popular, but we liked it anyway lol), and our second will be named Devanie (a more feminine form of the Irish name Devan, which means poet or dark-haired ... it is pronounced "dev-ah-nee," or like Devan with an "ee" sound on the end).

There's also:

Eavan (prounounced "ayv-in," meaning fair form or beautiful ... the more traditional spelling is Aoibhinn, or you can use Aibhlinn "ayv-linn")

Dailigh (day-lee)

Kerenza (means "little love")

Morrigan (means great queen or bright sea)

Delanie (I've found various meanings, including angel from heaven, from the river and descendant of the challenger)

Abaigeal (Irish form of Abigail, meaning father's joy)

Ashlyn (or Aislin/Aislinn ... the traditional forms are pronounced Ash-ling, but I would probably pronounce them as they are spelled - Ash-lin ... this means vision or dream)

Taryn

Tierney

Aingeal

Muirinn

Richael (pronounced like "reech-hill")

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