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My mother is from Ireland. My father is from England, but both of his parent came from Ireland. I consider myself Irish-American. Welcome to the club. :-D

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If I had a dd tomorrow, I'd name her Niamh ("neev"). My dh's favorite is Aoife ("EE-fa"). Others:

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Emer ("EE-mer")
Sinead ("shi-NADE")
Mairead ("ma-RADE," = Margaret)
Clare
Siobhan ("sha-VAWN," = John / Joan / Jane / Jean)
Maureen
Isibeal ("ISH-bale," = Isabelle)
Eileen / Eilidh ("EYE-lee," = Helen / Ellen)
Cathleen
Aisling ("ASH-ling," = dream)
Finola
Isolde ("ih-ZOLE-da")
Oona / Oonagh
Orla
Liadan ("LEE-uh-din")
Talulla
Bridget / Brigid
Sheila
Maeve (rhymes with wave)
Aine ("AHN-ya," = Ann / Anne)

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Brendan
Brian
Aidan
Patrick / Padraig ("PAH-drig")
Cormac
Malachy ("MAL-uh-kee")
Desmond
Tadhg ("tie + g," sounds exactly like tiger without the "r")
Finn
Fintan
Finbarr
Columba / Colm (Colm sound exactly like the English word "column")
Declan ("DEC-lun")
Rory
Diarmuid / Dermot
Ronan ("RO-nun")
Conor
Fergus
Eamon / Eamonn ("AY-mun," = Edmund)
Liam (= William)
Seamus ("SHAY-mus," = James)

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Then their are a few Irish place names / pet names that I like as well:

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GIRLS (in my mind at least)

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Lee (a river)
Shannon (a river)
Erin (means Ireland)
Kerry (a county)
Clare (a county)
Connemara (region in the west)
Alannah ("ah-LANN-uh," = child)
Mavourneen ("ma-VOOR-neen," = sweetheart)
Tara (ancient seat of kings)

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BOYS:

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Tyrone ("ter-OWN," = land of Owen, a county)
Lee (a river)
Cavan ("CAV-un," a county)

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Good luck finding a name you love!

This message was edited 7/20/2007, 2:10 PM