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HelpRe: Looking into Irish names
in reply to a message by CruelPumps
The main consideration with Irish names is spelling and pronounciation. Unless you live in Ireland, you will always be correcting people's spellings of names like Caoimhe and Seiorse.
Names I like from your list:
Caoimhe - I know a 2 year old with this name, her parents call her by a nickname which sounds like "Keevy". Sisters are Alannah and Orlaith
Catriona - Love this and it's one with a relatively easy spelling/pronounciation
Eilish
Eithne
Fionnuala - I know a woman called this, whose nickname is Nuala
Fionntan
Grady
Niall
Ones I particularly dislike
Dymphna - Sounds dumpy and kind of like "nymph". "dimf" is not an attractive sound.
Eileen - Really dated, Eileen is at least 70 years old
Neasa - Pronounced like NASA as in the space agency, this doesn't really sound like a name to me
Feardorcha - I don't know how to pronounce this, but it looks like it should be said like "fedora". Also a bit feminine
Meallan - Mellan - Melon?
**Emma**
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/54547
Favourites: Eve, Alice, Norah, Isla // George, Charlie, Arthur, Oscar
Names I like from your list:
Caoimhe - I know a 2 year old with this name, her parents call her by a nickname which sounds like "Keevy". Sisters are Alannah and Orlaith
Catriona - Love this and it's one with a relatively easy spelling/pronounciation
Eilish
Eithne
Fionnuala - I know a woman called this, whose nickname is Nuala
Fionntan
Grady
Niall
Ones I particularly dislike
Dymphna - Sounds dumpy and kind of like "nymph". "dimf" is not an attractive sound.
Eileen - Really dated, Eileen is at least 70 years old
Neasa - Pronounced like NASA as in the space agency, this doesn't really sound like a name to me
Feardorcha - I don't know how to pronounce this, but it looks like it should be said like "fedora". Also a bit feminine
Meallan - Mellan - Melon?
**Emma**
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/54547
Favourites: Eve, Alice, Norah, Isla // George, Charlie, Arthur, Oscar
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I agree with you on the spelling and pronounciation issues. I'm not in Ireland and I'm not considering any of these names for an actual child, just for my list with names I like.
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