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Help[Opinions] Names from a class of Irish 9/10 year olds/New babies
I was tidying out some drawers and found a Christmas card from a friend. All the kids in her daughters class made a finger print and it was turned into a reindeer with their names underneath and the image was used for the Christmas card. I was going to toss it and I thought the board might be interested in the names on the card.
It's a class of 9 or 10 years old in a typical middle class Dublin suburb.
Louise x2
Áine
Abigail
Katie x2
Rachael
Amy x2
Sophie x3
Lucy x2
Anna x2
Barooj
Katarzyna
Hannah
Meghan
Yvonne
Aoife x3
Emma x3
Kate x2
Leah x3
Emily
Maeve
Sinéad x2
Zaineb
Ciara x5
Holly
Abby
Harmony
Carla
Heather
Stephanie
Grace
Sarah x4
Chimdi
Mia
Caoilfhionn
Neha
Okefe
Ella
Shauna x2
Nadine
Olive
Niamh x2
Dearbhla
Virginie
Danielle
Saaleha
Aisling x2
Kacy
Ana
Tara x2
Clare
Chioma
Beatrice
Isabel
Jessica
Nicole
Kayla
Sorcha
Zoe
Croía
Jayne
The surnames are Irish, African, Russian, Polish, Muslim I think. I was surprised by all the Ciaras - I knew it was popular but not that popular. And also by Yvonne, Stephanie and Shauna - they seem dated to me. I like Kate, Croía and Zaineb.
And some new babies!
Padraig - brother for Cornelius(Neil), Oisín and Cian. (He was born around Patrick's Day). Son of my brother's friend. Neil is a half brother to the other three.
Holly - daughter of my brother's friend.
Sam Seán - my friend Aileen's son. He would have been Isabella(Bella) if he was a girl. A and I had a really good discussion about names before he was born. She was a bit concerned about the Twilight connection with Bella but loved the name too much not to use it. In the event he was a boy anyway!
It's a class of 9 or 10 years old in a typical middle class Dublin suburb.
Louise x2
Áine
Abigail
Katie x2
Rachael
Amy x2
Sophie x3
Lucy x2
Anna x2
Barooj
Katarzyna
Hannah
Meghan
Yvonne
Aoife x3
Emma x3
Kate x2
Leah x3
Emily
Maeve
Sinéad x2
Zaineb
Ciara x5
Holly
Abby
Harmony
Carla
Heather
Stephanie
Grace
Sarah x4
Chimdi
Mia
Caoilfhionn
Neha
Okefe
Ella
Shauna x2
Nadine
Olive
Niamh x2
Dearbhla
Virginie
Danielle
Saaleha
Aisling x2
Kacy
Ana
Tara x2
Clare
Chioma
Beatrice
Isabel
Jessica
Nicole
Kayla
Sorcha
Zoe
Croía
Jayne
The surnames are Irish, African, Russian, Polish, Muslim I think. I was surprised by all the Ciaras - I knew it was popular but not that popular. And also by Yvonne, Stephanie and Shauna - they seem dated to me. I like Kate, Croía and Zaineb.
And some new babies!
Padraig - brother for Cornelius(Neil), Oisín and Cian. (He was born around Patrick's Day). Son of my brother's friend. Neil is a half brother to the other three.
Holly - daughter of my brother's friend.
Sam Seán - my friend Aileen's son. He would have been Isabella(Bella) if he was a girl. A and I had a really good discussion about names before he was born. She was a bit concerned about the Twilight connection with Bella but loved the name too much not to use it. In the event he was a boy anyway!
This message was edited 4/8/2011, 7:35 AM
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Katarzyna is pretty. I think Carla was the one I was most surprised to see. It's pretty dated here. Virginie is so adorable, I think so every time I see it! Croía is interesting. I'm assuming it's Irish. What does it mean?
Sam Seán is actually pretty adorable, although I'd rather he'd a full first name. And I like Padraig a lot, but I think I prefer Padraic. I don't know. Sometimes I don't like the g.
Sam Seán is actually pretty adorable, although I'd rather he'd a full first name. And I like Padraig a lot, but I think I prefer Padraic. I don't know. Sometimes I don't like the g.
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Katarzyna was one of the kids with a Polish surname - I like it. Carla was never popular here so it doesn't seem that dated. Virginie is adorable.
Croí is the Irish for heart so Croía could come from that I am guessing. I have heard of Croí as a name before. On the other hand there is also a word cré which means earth.
Sam Seán is cute - Seán honours his grandfather. I think Samuel would have sounded a bit odd with their surname, it would have been a bit hard to say - though I would have preferred the full name myself.
It could be Padraic - I only heard it from my mother - she was not impressed with it!
Croí is the Irish for heart so Croía could come from that I am guessing. I have heard of Croí as a name before. On the other hand there is also a word cré which means earth.
Sam Seán is cute - Seán honours his grandfather. I think Samuel would have sounded a bit odd with their surname, it would have been a bit hard to say - though I would have preferred the full name myself.
It could be Padraic - I only heard it from my mother - she was not impressed with it!
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Oh yes, I knew croí meant heart. Didn't think of that.
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