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[Opinions] What are your favourite Irish names?
What are your favourite Irish names? Do you prefer traditional spellings or anglicized versions?Mine are:
Malachy
Tiernan
SeamusCaoimhe
Aoibheann
Sinead
Rosaleen
Aisling
Clodagh
Caitria
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Oh man, this will be long. I've loved Irish names for years, they were my first name loves. I prefer the traditional spellings in almost every situation, but I like some Anglicized spellings too.In order:
Pádraic
Seamus
Malachy
Maeleachlainn
Dáire
Ciarán
Seoirse
Fionnbharr
Enda
Mael
Conor
Flannacha
Finnegan
Rory, Ruaidhri
Sean
Diarmaid
Feidhlim
Ciardha
Cathal
Cormac
Oisín
BrendanMairéad
Róisín
Bridget, Brighid
Gráinne
Maureen
Béibhinn
Fionnuala
Una
Caitlín / Kathleen
Bronagh
Emer
Neas
Saraid
Saoirse
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Some names I like the Gaelic spelling (Aoife, Aisling, Niall, Aine, Brighid, Erin, Ciarán, Fionnuala, Saoirse) and some I rather prefer the English versions (Aidan Brady, Clíona, Edna).

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Áine (like the sound, prefer Anya or Anja)
Bridget
Caoimhe
Finola
Kathleen
Kiera (prefer Kira)
Maeve
Maureen
Regan
TalullaColm
Conall
Connor
Cormac
Desmond
Donovan
Dermot
Eamon
Fintan
Keenan
Kieran
Lorcan
Patrick
Rory
Ruarc (pref. Roarke, Roark, and Rourke)
Seamus
TiernanI prefer the Anglicized versions almost every time. I just can't imagine burdening my American children with names like Fionnghuala and Diarmaid when Finola and Dermot are available and so much easier to live with. Caoimhe is the one exception because I dislike the look of Keeva, and Kiva changes the name completely, but I'd probably never use it.
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I prefer the Gaelic spellings, but have wimped out and used the anglicised spellings. Aodhan/Aidan, Finn/Fionn, (and most Fin-type names), Odhran/Oran, Faelan/Faolan, Caolan/ Caelan, Cormac, Oisin, Ronan, Ruarc, Torin, Ruaraidh/ RoryMaeve, Niamh, Liadan, Orla/Orlaith, Emer, Aoife, Aisling, Aine, Grainne, Isibeal, Alastriona, Catriona, Riona,

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Aine
Caitriona
Liadan
Medb/Meave
Siobhan
TalullaCian
Conall
Declan
Eamonn
Sean
TadhgI love Irish names. In fact, if I could put together a set of two boys and two girls and exclude my dds' names (Katherine, Anna), I'd go with Cian, Tadhg, Catriona and Aine.
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Brennan, Brody, Cian / Keane, Ciaran / Kieran, Cillian, Colin, Cormac, Declan, Donal, Donnell ((part of my maiden name)), Donovan, Eamon, Eoghan / Owen, Eoin, Lorcan, Mannix, Oisin, Riordan, Ronan, Rory, Rowan, Seamus, Tadhg / Teague
Ailis, Aine, Aoibhe, Aoife, Catriona, Caoilinn / Keelin, Caoimhe / Keavy, Ciara / Kiera, Cliona, Deirdre, Fionnuala, Grainne, Liadan, Maeve, Maire / Moira, Roisin, Saoirse, SheilaIn a perfect world I would have many more of these on my "usable favorites" list but in the US many would be butchered or stuffed into the "trendy spelling" list by some. So, I either have come to like the Anglicized versions or sadly have taken them off the usable list.
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I like Niamh and Regan.
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I'm a big fan of:girls:
Muireann
Ciar
Gráinneboys:
Cian
Malachy
Cormac
Lorcan
Cathal
Fintan
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Is Niamh also Irish? If so, I would like to add that to my list. I also forgot about Caoimhe.
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Most of the time I seem to prefer traditional spellings, but not on principle.Aodhán (Aodhan)
Ardal*
Dáire (Daire)
Diarmuid
Doran
Éamonn (Eamonn)
Faolán (Faolan)
Fiacre - French form of Fiachra
Finnian
Fintan
Fionnán (Fionnan)
Ossian
Rónán (Ronan)
Sean
SheridanAine (Áine)
Aisling
Gráinne (Grainne)
Líadan (Liadan)
Mairéad (Mairead)
Muirne
Orla
Siofra
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Girls:
Quinn
Bree
Kelly
Saoirse Boys:
Kieran
Keegan
Finley
Donovan
Connor
Caden
Brogan
Brody
Tadhg
Shane
SeanBoth:
RorySo yeah I prefer anglicized because they are so much easier to spell and read for me. This includes GPs.
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