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[Opinions] Your favorite Irish names
My friend's baby is named Eleanor Caitriona. Turns out they wanted an Irish name - were trying to find the right one, or use the mum's very Irish surname. They could have told me that! I could have given them so many ideas. Caitriona is nice though. I think it's a nice name overall.What are your favorite hard-to-spell Irish names? (Maybe as MN for Eleanor?) Saoirse is the one that popped into my head first for Eleanor.
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My favorite Irish Names are Siobhan, Saoirse, Eilish, Einin, Aisling, Aoife, Niamh, Aine, Nuala, Ciara, Cara, Catriona, Bridget etc.
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Eleanor Catriona is pretty nice!Um, I am not familiar with Irish names at all, they are exotic and strange to me, but I do recall liking Niamh. Eleanor Niamh seems all right.Others I enjoy (not all are hard to spell but I so rarely look at Irish names I'm just having a good time picking ones I like):Aoife
Bébinn
Bedelia
Biddy - I truly adore Biddy, I'd use it. I was just thinking about this name the other day
Brogan - for a girl only, because it's so ugly and it means little shoe
Clodagh
Damhnait
Dymphna
Fiadh
Fionnuala - I legit love this name. Eleanor Fionnuala would be amazing
GORMLAITH how could I ever forget Gormlaith. Eleanor Gormlaith!
Oona
Órfhlaith - this would be weird with Eleanor though. Eleanor Órfhlaith looks cool but sounds meh
Pádraigín - wow what a badass name, it makes me think of dragons
Siofra

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Caoimhe
Saoirse
Orfhlaith
Siobhan
Aine
Sine
Sinead
Niamh
Aoife
Two of my favourite Scottish Gaelic rather than Irish Gaelic namesEilidh
Mhairi

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I like Saoirse to, and Siobhan.
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Most Irish names are hard to spell so that doesn't narrow it down much hahaOonagh
Fiadh
Saoirse
Áine
Uainín
Sinéad
Laoise
Féthnaid
Siofra
DamhnaitDáithí
Naoise
Ailill

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Clíodhna when 'o' isn't silent.
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Saoirse, Niamh, Roisin, Fiadh, Orlaith, Briege, Sorcha, Aine, Doireann, Mairead, Oona, Maeve, NualaOisin, Colm, Darragh / Daire, Malachy, Torin, Seamus, Donnacha, Enda, Fiachra, Naoise, Senan, Tiarnan

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Siobhan Sinead Eilidh
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