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[Opinions] What do you think of the name Irish?
What do you think of the name Irish?
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It's not a name, it's a nationality / adjective
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I guess it could work as a name…
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I've heard of Ireland, but Irish...???? COMPLETELY new.
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I have never seen it before. It seems to be very rare! But apparently has infrequently used for a long time. Mainly for girls!
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=irish&gender=&type=sample
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Irish/
(Also French and English get used. And of course German and Dutch. How interesting. English seems to have swapped genders in 1960 lol)It's very strange to me, and would take a little getting used to calling someone it. But I don't think it's any worse, that way, than Ireland, or America, or London. I personally am not attracted to it mainly because I don't like the -ish sound.

This message was edited 3/5/2022, 10:11 AM

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Irish is an ethnicity not a first name. Ireland is better but I’m not really fond of that for a name either.
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If someone actually used this as a name it would be very silly
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Since when is it even a name? I think it is nonsensical.
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Terrible
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I'd prefer Eilish.Irish doesn't sound very nice as a name.
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it's not a name ...It's a descriptor, and at best it sounds like one of those nns that used to be much more common, like Shorty or Slim or Tex or Red.
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or Dutch? :)I'm much more fond of Dutch though. It seems more name-like. Tex and Red are cool too.
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pls no
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I'm fairly used to Erin as a name (I kind of have to be, given that it's my name), and I've met an Ireland (well, it was spelled Eyrelynn, for some reason, but pronounced Ireland) but I don't know about Irish as a name.
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I feel English or Ireland would be better
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