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We are expecting! It's super early days so we don't know the gender, but we're jumping headlong into the name portion.
Our last name is McNamara, we are American mid-westerners of Irish ancestry. We absolutely love traditional Irish names, but are worried about setting up a lifetime of spelling/pronunciation problems. All we have now is a middle name "David" for a boy.
Help!
Our last name is McNamara, we are American mid-westerners of Irish ancestry. We absolutely love traditional Irish names, but are worried about setting up a lifetime of spelling/pronunciation problems. All we have now is a middle name "David" for a boy.
Help!
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If you are wanting to use the traditional spelling, perhaps you could make it the middle name! Otherwise, you could use anglicized versions for the first name.
My favorite Irish names are Aoife and Saoirse, but you might want to use those for middle names:
Josephine Aoife
Gabrielle Aoife
Cleo Saoirse
Caitlin Saoirse
These Irish girl names should not have pronunciation problems in America:
Brigid Mariana
Darina Lorelei
Erin Colette
Kiera Joanne
Maeve Daniella
Orla Michelle
Shay Francine
My favorite Irish names are Aoife and Saoirse, but you might want to use those for middle names:
Josephine Aoife
Gabrielle Aoife
Cleo Saoirse
Caitlin Saoirse
These Irish girl names should not have pronunciation problems in America:
Brigid Mariana
Darina Lorelei
Erin Colette
Kiera Joanne
Maeve Daniella
Orla Michelle
Shay Francine
This message was edited 3/12/2024, 8:08 PM
Male Irish names that would work with David and not have pronunciation problems:
Alastar David
Cillian David
Coleman David
Finnian David
Kieran David
Alastar David
Cillian David
Coleman David
Finnian David
Kieran David
Hi HoneyWine,
Congrats! As we don’t know what type of name you like I’ll go with a mix of modern and traditional.
Desmond David
Brecan David
Colm David
Kieran David
Danno David
Ian David
Kiernan David McNamara
Pierce David
Ivor David
Lorcan David
Michael David “Mickey” McNamara
Patrick David “Paddy” McNamara
Ashlene McNamara
Bronagh McNamara
Fia McNamara
Cleo / Clio McNamara
Una McNamara
Mella McNamara
Moya McNamara
Rinn McNamara
Rynagh McNamara
Congrats! As we don’t know what type of name you like I’ll go with a mix of modern and traditional.
Desmond David
Brecan David
Colm David
Kieran David
Danno David
Ian David
Kiernan David McNamara
Pierce David
Ivor David
Lorcan David
Michael David “Mickey” McNamara
Patrick David “Paddy” McNamara
Ashlene McNamara
Bronagh McNamara
Fia McNamara
Cleo / Clio McNamara
Una McNamara
Mella McNamara
Moya McNamara
Rinn McNamara
Rynagh McNamara
The child will not have a gender until they're about 2 or 3 years old.
What are your top names?
What are your top names?
The reason I didn't word it properly was because of the site's content filter. The if you write the s word when you don't have an account, it blocks the whole post.
Just stop. She wasn’t asking to be preached to about semantics. This is a name group.
She was not but she does not know what gender means.
She was talking about the genitals of the fetus.
She was talking about the genitals of the fetus.
Her post was ignorant. I'm helping so she learns the definition. She wants to choose a name based on genitals.
THIS is what you're choosing to be mad about? Out of everything going on in the world?
The truth is most people choose a name based on the biological sex of their baby. And the vast majority of people identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. Those who don't are a small minority, and if the baby happens to be a part of that minority, they could change their name if they so choose. The choosing of a name for them at birth does not have to revolve around that possibility.
This person made a simple and common error. There's no need to be difficult or to call them ignorant. Names based on biological sex are the standard, this person is not ignorant for going along with a cultural standard.
Also, you really need to practice what you preach, because the person who made that post never stated that they used she/her pronouns, and yet that is how you refer to them? Maybe you should stop judging people and focus on yourself :)
The truth is most people choose a name based on the biological sex of their baby. And the vast majority of people identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. Those who don't are a small minority, and if the baby happens to be a part of that minority, they could change their name if they so choose. The choosing of a name for them at birth does not have to revolve around that possibility.
This person made a simple and common error. There's no need to be difficult or to call them ignorant. Names based on biological sex are the standard, this person is not ignorant for going along with a cultural standard.
Also, you really need to practice what you preach, because the person who made that post never stated that they used she/her pronouns, and yet that is how you refer to them? Maybe you should stop judging people and focus on yourself :)
I use "they/them" pronouns, but I'm not offended because I didn't clarify. I didn't think that would matter when looking at names for my baby.
I don't think most people would think to mention their pronouns when searching for baby names. That's cool, though, and if you're want an Irish name that people can pronounce, you could go for a spelling variant and an Anglicized version that's more easily read, like Finbar, Aidan, Kieran, Carbry, Angus, Killian Barry, Kian, Eileen, Ashling, Caitlin, Kathleen, Keira, Alastar, Bran, Brian, Brigit/Brigid
hope this helps!
hope this helps!
This message was edited 3/12/2024, 10:52 AM
She’s announcing the pregnancy of a child and you chose to be an imbecile and point out a mistake in semantics to her on gender and biological sex. You’re not helping. You’re being a jerk and insensitive. Go kick rocks.