What are your favorite Irish and Scottish Gaelic names?
and why do you like them? Looking for some inspiration :) Also it would be great (if you speak Irish or are from that area) if you could help me with some pronunciations: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5164252
Thanks :)
Thanks :)
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I like all of the girls names, except for Siobhan, which is nice but feels old fashioned to me.
I’m really liking Aoife and Saoirse at the moment. They sound so soft but strong. Saoirse also makes me think of seashells and that’s not a bad association really. I don’t think I could ever use them even though both my parents have irish in them, because people find them so difficult to pronounce. I also found a really interesting irish name today - Alastríona! It’s very long but very pretty IMO. Reading this back I realised I don’t like so many irish boy names (aside from Niall and the common Patrick which is a family name for me). Scottish names I like are Lauchlan, Naoirse and Douglas.
Oh the seashell association is very nice!
I like Niamh, Delma, Fiadh, Eilidh, Maeve, Saoirse, Fiona, Finola Aoife Caoimhe Catriona Erin Siobhan Ailsa Isobel Maisie
Sean Seamus Eamon Alistair Craig Callum Finley Gavin Glenn Grant Hamish Owen Patrick Todd Liam Ryan Ronan Rowan Desmond Cormac Lachlan Rory Ross Scott Stewart Finbar fintan Kieran
Sean Seamus Eamon Alistair Craig Callum Finley Gavin Glenn Grant Hamish Owen Patrick Todd Liam Ryan Ronan Rowan Desmond Cormac Lachlan Rory Ross Scott Stewart Finbar fintan Kieran
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