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Ausra or Niamh?(m)
For a story... I am probably going to replace Ausra for a female black lab because right now Niamh is my favorite name even though the spelling is a nightmare. For those of you who don't know how to pronounce it yet, it is said like NEEV. It means bright. Probably will either do Ausra Niamh or Niamh Ausra as a combo.
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Niamh Ausra!Niamh is a gorgeous name, I love it
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Does a black lab really need a MN? I think just Ausra is lovely. Niamh also a great name, but it is very Irish. I can much more easily envision a black lab named Ausra.The combo Niamh Ausra would be great for other purposes, though. "Bright dawn" is a really cool meaning.
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Niamh! Niamh! It's one of my favourite names.
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Niamh! It's a gorgeous name
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Niamh is my favorite name for a girl too. If I magically had a dd tomorrow, she would be Niamh.But I don't like seeing the name used on animals, even in a story. I hate it when I suggest names like Rex and I get responses like, "That's a dog's name." Grrrrrrr.Are you sure you want to use your favorite name this way? A friend's sister named her dog Zoe and then realized too late that she couldn't name a dd that. (Lame, huh?) I know your dog is fictional, but still. I don't want to see anything get in the way of a real live little Niamh one day. :-)Mor means "great / grand / big" in Irish. It's listed as a girl's name in "Irish Names for Children," by Peg Coghlan. Ausra Brid ("breed") or Ausra Liadan would be nice as well.

This message was edited 7/16/2008, 9:21 AM

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Ausra Neve.I agree with you that the spelling Niamh is a nightmare. It may be the traditional spelling, but I would never know that was pronounced as "Neev" unless someone told me. That might be different outside of the U.S., though.
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Ausra Niamh
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Niamh Ausra
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I don't think the spelling of Niamh is at all a nightmare. And I think Ausra Niamh sounds much better than Niamh Ausra.
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