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[Opinions] What are your favorite Irish and Scottish Gaelic names?
and why do you like them? Looking for some inspiration :) Also it would be great (if you speak Irish or are from that area) if you could help me with some pronunciations: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5164252Thanks :)
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How do you pronounce Ailsa?I love Seamus! I like Grant, Craig, Scott, and would like Owen if not so popular.
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ALE-sa
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Ale sa
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AIL-sa
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Eilidh is my favorite :)
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I’m really liking Aoife and Saoirse at the moment. They sound so soft but strong. Saoirse also makes me think of seashells and that’s not a bad association really. I don’t think I could ever use them even though both my parents have irish in them, because people find them so difficult to pronounce. I also found a really interesting irish name today - Alastríona! It’s very long but very pretty IMO. Reading this back I realised I don’t like so many irish boy names (aside from Niall and the common Patrick which is a family name for me). Scottish names I like are Lauchlan, Naoirse and Douglas.
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Oh the seashell association is very nice!
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I like Saoirse, Maeve, Aoibheann (EE-van), Aoife, Niamh, Ailís (AY-lish), Siobhan, Moira, Aideen, Caoimhe (KEE-va), Eoin (Owen), Aidan, Angus, Brennan, Brendan, Padraic (Pod-rick), Cillian & Niall.
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I like all of the girls names, except for Siobhan, which is nice but feels old fashioned to me.
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