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Growing up (in the U.S.), my parents had friends name James and Mairead. They weren't family, but we called them Uncle James and Auntie Mairead anyway. I thought as a child I'd like to have a boy and a girl named James and Mairead. :-)

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I wish Mairead was more known outside Ireland. It has a warm, sweet honey-like quality to it. My favorite combo for it is Mairead Caroline or Mairead Cathleen.