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Help[Opinions] Irish Highschool Yearbook Names
By way of explanation, my fiance is Irish, and so are his parents.
A few days ago, they were sent a copy of this year's yearbook from the highschool they both attended (I wish MY old school did that for me!)
Anyway, I was delighted because it gave me a great opportunity to see all the Irish names that were currently in use..
I must confess I didn't write them all down, but what do you think of these?
(NB I only wrote specifically Irish names/spellings down... obviously there were plenty of Jessicas and Rachels too! :)
Girls:
Ailbhe
Aislinn or Ashling
Aoife
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)
Catriona
Ciara
Éilish
Méabh
Niamh (pron Neeve)
Sinéad
Siobhán
Boys:
Ciarán
Conor (oddly, never Connor)
Éamonn or Éamon
Euan
Fionn
Iain
Niall
Padraic
Ronan
Seán
WDYT?
Dan (my fiance) and I both really want to give at least some of our kids Gaelic names.
So far these are the ones we agree on (in order of preference)
Boys: Ronan, Fionn (pron Finn), Eamonn, Euan,
Girls: Aislinn, Sinead, Ciara (becoming too popular)
Only problem as far as I can see is mispronunciation.. but then again, Australia is pretty multicultural... they'll get used to it!
A few days ago, they were sent a copy of this year's yearbook from the highschool they both attended (I wish MY old school did that for me!)
Anyway, I was delighted because it gave me a great opportunity to see all the Irish names that were currently in use..
I must confess I didn't write them all down, but what do you think of these?
(NB I only wrote specifically Irish names/spellings down... obviously there were plenty of Jessicas and Rachels too! :)
Girls:
Ailbhe
Aislinn or Ashling
Aoife
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)
Catriona
Ciara
Éilish
Méabh
Niamh (pron Neeve)
Sinéad
Siobhán
Boys:
Ciarán
Conor (oddly, never Connor)
Éamonn or Éamon
Euan
Fionn
Iain
Niall
Padraic
Ronan
Seán
WDYT?
Dan (my fiance) and I both really want to give at least some of our kids Gaelic names.
So far these are the ones we agree on (in order of preference)
Boys: Ronan, Fionn (pron Finn), Eamonn, Euan,
Girls: Aislinn, Sinead, Ciara (becoming too popular)
Only problem as far as I can see is mispronunciation.. but then again, Australia is pretty multicultural... they'll get used to it!
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I like:
Girls:
Aoife
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)
Catriona
Éilish
Méabh
Niamh (pron Neeve)
Boys:
Ciarán
Conor (oddly, never Connor)
Éamonn or Éamon
Euan
Fionn
Niall
Padraic
Ronan
I honestly think that names like these will be fine in Australia since their seems to be a really high percentage of irish and scottish names becoming popular (Angus, Hamish, Lachlan, Finn etc.)
Girls:
Aoife
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)
Catriona
Éilish
Méabh
Niamh (pron Neeve)
Boys:
Ciarán
Conor (oddly, never Connor)
Éamonn or Éamon
Euan
Fionn
Niall
Padraic
Ronan
I honestly think that names like these will be fine in Australia since their seems to be a really high percentage of irish and scottish names becoming popular (Angus, Hamish, Lachlan, Finn etc.)
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"I honestly think that names like these will be fine in Australia since their seems to be a really high percentage of irish and scottish names becoming popular (Angus, Hamish, Lachlan, Finn etc.)"
That's true, but my problem is names like Niamh, pronounced Neeve...
No-one is ever going to get that right!
Oh well, they'll deal with it... :)
That's true, but my problem is names like Niamh, pronounced Neeve...
No-one is ever going to get that right!
Oh well, they'll deal with it... :)
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Girls:
Ailbhe - nms
Aislinn or Ashling - like
Aoife - love
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)- nms
Catriona - love
Ciara - love
Éilish - like
Méabh - like
Niamh (pron Neeve) - dont like
Sinéad - nms
Siobhán - nms
Boys:
Ciarán - like
Conor (oddly, never Connor) - nice
Éamonn or Éamon - nice
Euan - nice
Fionn - love
Iain - love
Niall - nms
Padraic - nice
Ronan - ok
Seán - like
Ailbhe - nms
Aislinn or Ashling - like
Aoife - love
Caoimhe (pron kee-va)- nms
Catriona - love
Ciara - love
Éilish - like
Méabh - like
Niamh (pron Neeve) - dont like
Sinéad - nms
Siobhán - nms
Boys:
Ciarán - like
Conor (oddly, never Connor) - nice
Éamonn or Éamon - nice
Euan - nice
Fionn - love
Iain - love
Niall - nms
Padraic - nice
Ronan - ok
Seán - like
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I really like:
Aislinn, Aoife, Caoimhe, Catriona, Ciara, Siobhán
Ciarán, Éamo, Euan, Fionn, Ronan
These are some kids that I know who I think have beautiful Irish names: Saoirse (her sister is Daisy and her family isn't Irish); Aine, Eibhlinn, and Roisin (they have 2 other sisters Teresa and Sinead. Their parents are from Ireland).
Aislinn, Aoife, Caoimhe, Catriona, Ciara, Siobhán
Ciarán, Éamo, Euan, Fionn, Ronan
These are some kids that I know who I think have beautiful Irish names: Saoirse (her sister is Daisy and her family isn't Irish); Aine, Eibhlinn, and Roisin (they have 2 other sisters Teresa and Sinead. Their parents are from Ireland).
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