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I really like a lot of Gaelic names, mainly Irish ones, I think the sound is so beautiful - soft and lilting. And I love that the spellings are so 'counter-intuitive', it gives the names an air of mystery that they wouldn't have if you spelled them phonetically: I really quite like Siobhan but don't like Shavaughn nearly as much - it just doesn't have the same ethereal quality. Besides which, there are plenty of words in everyday life that are spelt non-phonetically, and we have no trouble learning to pronounce them. I have Irish heritage, but none of my Irish-name love comes from intentionally honouring this heritage; maybe I inherited it? lol.
My favourite Irish names are: Ciaran, Sinead, Eilish, Niamh, Siobhan, and Aoife.