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[Opinions] What are your favourite Irish names?
Happy St Pat's. Just thought this would be a good post!I'll tell you mine tomorrow
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My favourites areSean
Ciaran (this spelling on a boy)
Aislinn
Siobhan
Kieran (this on a girl)
Alastriona
Aoife
Bedelia
Cait
Keva
Cavan
Shannon (on a boy)
Dara (on a boy)
Eire
Eoin
Fionnlagh
Kelly (on a boy)
Lorcan
Ninian
Oisin
Oran
Patrick
Roisin
Torin
Devlin
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I'm not really into Irish namesSo this will be a fun challenge! Let's take a look-see over at the Irish section:Aifric - I remember seeing this name so often in my generic babyname books. I think it's kinda cool.
Ailill is neat
Alastriona is awesome
Bedelia is great
Biddy!!! Yeah! I just read George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara and I loved that the mean old mom's name was Britomart, nn Biddy. So awesome.
Cadogan is good
Clancy is cute
Clodagh is fun
Cliona is nice
Conri is neat!
Doyle is scrappy. Also "O'Doyle rules!"
Driscoll is GREAT
Eamonn is interesting
Eilis is pretty
Einri is adorable!
Enna is nice
Erskine is fantastic my god
Farquhar, I mean what's not to like there
Fergal is delicious to say
Finbarr is wonderful
Finnegan is a classic, go Mr. Dressup
Florry is hella fun!
Gobinet is actually really great in a guilty pleasure kind of way. Gob.
GORMLAITH WOW
Ide is cute as can be
Meallan is good
Nainsi is soo fun
Oona of course
Phelim hee I like it
Riordan is hot

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I'm with you on the non-intuitive spellings, that's one of the reasons I'm not really into Irish names either, with a few exceptions. The problem is that I'm tempted to pronounce them like they're written. I'm generally in favour of preserving a name's original spelling, but this is a case where the anglicized spellings make sense, even if they're less "authentic".
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That's actually what got me into Irish names when I was a kid. I found how the names could be spelled with way more letters than seemed entirely necessary (ex. Caoilfhionn, which was a first favorite) to be a whole lot of fun. And they're often spelled with such rounded letters... Os, Hs, Ns and long vowels... they're so gentle and warm to look at and pleasant to speak.
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lolO'Doyle, I've got a feeling your whole family's going down.
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Aidan, Aiden, Devin, Kieran, Brody, BradyNiamh, Aoife

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Oh geezTons of them. Getting into Irish names when I was 12-13 is when my obsessive loving of names really took off. So even ones I don't like I have a soft spot for!Most favorite (and I'm leaving off fadas for links):
Alastriona
Aoibhgreine
Bronagh
Fennore / Finora / Fionuir
Fiona
Fionnuala / Fenella
Grainne
Maeve
Mairead
Maura
Maureen
Muirne / Morna
Oona / Una
Orla
Roisin
Saoirse
SaraidAlastar
Ciaran
Colm
Connor
Daire
Diarmaid
Eamonn
Eanna
Eoghan
Feidhlim
Finlay
Finnegan
Fionn
Maeleachlainn / Malachy
Oisin
Padraic
Seamus

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this is a great list!!!!! agree on each and every!
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I'm glad someone here has the same enthusiasm for them that I do...-my eyes don't believe her, but my heart swears by her-

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My favourite:
Girls:
> Ailey (means 'light')
> Ceili
> Molly
> Bridget
> Corey
> Emer
> RileyBoys:
> Patrick
> Connor
> Dillon
> Carrick
> Oscar (in Gaelic means 'little deer')
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My favourite:
Girls:
> Ailey (means 'light')
> Ceili
> Molly
> Bridget
> Corey
> Emer
> RileyBoys:
> Patrick
> Connor
> Dillon
> Carrick
> Oscar (in Gaelic means 'little deer')
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Off the top of my head:
Fionnuala
Saoirse
Aine
Alastriona
Ailis
Eithne
Mairead
Maire
Catriona
Siobhan
RoisinAlastar
Ruaidhri
Seamus
Niall
Aonghus
Padraig
Eamonn
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Saoirse, Niamh Siobhan, Padraic. I used to strongly dislike the entire category, but I'm finding some I like actually.
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Bridget and Patrick; also Clare after the county.
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I just went through my favourite Irish names and then saw this post.
How awkward.
But I love Irish names.Boys:
Love:
Fionnan ♥ -Favourite name ever.
Finley
Tiernan
Naoise
Shea
Tierney
Brennan
Ryan (between my favourite family member Ryan and my favourite musician Ryan Ross, this one has REALLY grown on me.)
Kiernan / Ciarnan ♥
Damhnan
Carbrey / Cairbre
Kieran / Ciaran
Feidhlim
Like:
Cianan
Cillian
Flannan
Brendon (Brendon Urie made this one jump up on my list.)
Shane (Shane Valdez is to blame for this, I think.)
Cormac
Rory
Florry
Sorley
Seanan
Conri
Kennedy
Abban
Oran
Padraig
Patrick (Thank you, Patrick Stump.)
Cadogan
Conor / Connor (I think Conor Oberst has me leaning toward the first spelling)
Fintan
Somhairle (This one may even need to jump up to my love list.)

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Aoife
Eimear
Gráinne
Maeve-- I actually know a girl named Méadhbh! She said she has to spell it out even for fellow Irish people.
Sadhbh (though I don't like the spelling)Colm
Eamonn
Fionn
Naomhán
TadhgConchobhar is pretty cool too, even if it is practically impossible to use
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Erin-hands down.
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Aedan (though I pronounce it the Anglicized way)
Madailein
Mairead
Riona
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Is Riona pronounced like run-ah, reen-ah, or how?
Is it like Fiona but with any R?I think I may like some of those pronunciations. haha.
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Ailis (actually, I like Ailish better, but its not in the database)
Caoimhe
Grainne
Roisin
Saoirse
Eileen
Cathleen / Kathleen
HonoraI like the female names best, but a couple of male...Ronan
Rowan
Riordan
Liam
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Maeve
Callum
Tadhg
Saoirse
Aisling

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