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Help[Opinions] WDYTO these Irish names?
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Aidan - This is all boy to me, and becoming too trendy in the U.S. for me to ever use now. :(
Lile - With this spelling, it looks like Lyle. I prefer Lily.
Ashling - ok
Caitria - I think this is very pretty
Sabia - It looks like it rhymes with labia (not a good thing to rhyme with), but I'm sure there's a "v" sound in there though I'm not sure how to pronounce it. Depending on how it's pronounced, a more Anglicized spelling would probably be wise.
Lile - With this spelling, it looks like Lyle. I prefer Lily.
Ashling - ok
Caitria - I think this is very pretty
Sabia - It looks like it rhymes with labia (not a good thing to rhyme with), but I'm sure there's a "v" sound in there though I'm not sure how to pronounce it. Depending on how it's pronounced, a more Anglicized spelling would probably be wise.
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I love Aidan (even on a girl, though I should warn you that in Ireland itself, you'd never find it used on a female). I also adore Líle and Aisling in those spellings, and Caitria (assuming the KAT-ree-a pron.)
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Aidan I like as a male name. On a female it should be Aidenn (like Coleridge's reference to heaven in Kubla Khan), to me - Aidan looks quite manly.
Lile: I think the pronunciation is too Irish for English speakers to read it easily; I'd like it if I was living in or near Ireland. I do like Leela.
Ashling: okay. It's nms but it's nice. I'd rather it was Ashlin or Ashlinn, because the ing ending is, well, ing.
Caitria: again, the prn problem. I'd really hesitate to address someone with this name because I couldn't say it correctly. It sure looks gorgeous, though!
Sabia: hmm .. somehow it's unattractive to me on paper, but I could get used to it on a person and like it.
Lile: I think the pronunciation is too Irish for English speakers to read it easily; I'd like it if I was living in or near Ireland. I do like Leela.
Ashling: okay. It's nms but it's nice. I'd rather it was Ashlin or Ashlinn, because the ing ending is, well, ing.
Caitria: again, the prn problem. I'd really hesitate to address someone with this name because I couldn't say it correctly. It sure looks gorgeous, though!
Sabia: hmm .. somehow it's unattractive to me on paper, but I could get used to it on a person and like it.
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Aidan is 100% male to me; the root name, Aodh, was actually the name of several kings of Ireland. So I dislike Aidan a lot for a girl.
Líle (pr. LEE-la) is lovely. So is Ashling, but I prefer the orginal spelling, Aisling (pr. ASH-ling).
Caitria and Sabia I'm indifferent too right now.
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"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
Líle (pr. LEE-la) is lovely. So is Ashling, but I prefer the orginal spelling, Aisling (pr. ASH-ling).
Caitria and Sabia I'm indifferent too right now.
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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I like Caitria and Sabia. Lile is frustrating to me as an English speaker, as it reminds me of Lily but looks like it ought to be pronounced like Lilles. Ashling is nmsaa; it seems young to me and also rather faux-Irish (although I know it's not exactly). I prefer Aisling, or, even better, Aislin (pronounced properly of course, not like ACE-lin).
Aidan is a male name, no matter how often it's used on little girls these days. It's gorgeous for a boy, though unfortunately overused these days and also associated with the "aden" craze: Hayden, Braden, Kaden, Jaydon, etc.
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
Aidan is a male name, no matter how often it's used on little girls these days. It's gorgeous for a boy, though unfortunately overused these days and also associated with the "aden" craze: Hayden, Braden, Kaden, Jaydon, etc.
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
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