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I know it's one of your boyfriend's favorites, but it's nms. I don't mind it, it's just not something I'd chose.

Before I knew how it was pronounced, I hated it but that's because I would say de-CLAN which made it sound like "de plane, de plane" from that TV show, Fantasy Island. ;-) Since I learned of the correct pronunciation, I love Declan. It's quirky cool, imo. I like the combos Declan Patrick and Declan Thomas.

I really don't, sorry. I can see how it's appealing on paper for sure, but I hate the way it sounds. My old boss had a son named Declan, who I guess would be around 8 now. It just sounded so awkward to me whenever anyone said his name; it totally has an weird emptiness to it.

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It also felt sort of... artificial on this rich NYC kid. Honestly in the U.S., I highly associate Declan with the "faux-Irish" trend of upper middle class families with some distant Irish heritage that they likely don't know much about. Declan conveniently fits in nicely with other modern naming trends, so the parents can say, "It's cuz we're Irish!"

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(I say this as an American who loves Irish names too.)

Yes! One of my favorites!

I love it! I see it's pretty popular and yet I don't think I've ever met one.

Don't like it at all sorry.

I love it. It's on my PNL.