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I like these from the Swedish list in database:

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Boys:
Anders
Anton
Axel
Bjorne
Kai
Gunnar
Henrik
Ingemar/ Ingmar
Ingvar
Johan
Joran
Leif
Lorens
Ludvig
Olof/ Olov
Severin
Ulrik
Valdemar

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Girls:
Annika
Anja (AN-yah)
Dagmar
Dagny
Erica
Ester
Filippa
Freja
Hedvig
Inga
Johanna
Linnea
Lovisa
Marit
Marna
Mona
Nora
Sigrid
Solvig
Sylvia
Thora
Tova
Viola
Ylva

This message was edited 12/24/2006, 5:58 PM

None of those names are Irish. Catherine is common in Ireland and Kaitlyn is a horribly creative spelling of the Irish Caitlin, and Emma is not even remotely Irish.

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Anyway...some of my favourite Irish names (and most of my favourite names are Irish) are:
Girls-
Caoimhe (kee-va)
Siobhan (shi-vawn)
Saoirse (seer-sha)
Aoibheann (ee-van)
Norah
Niamh (neev)
Eimear (my little sister's name, ee-mer)
Aoife (my big sister's name, ee-fa)
Aisling (ash-ling or ash-lin)
Eibhlin (ave-leen)
Aine (my name, awn-ya)
Eilis (my mn, ay-lish)
Orla
Bridget
Brigid
Maeve
Maura
Siofra (sho-fra)

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Boys-
Connor
Aonghus
Torin
Aodhan (aidan)
Tadhg (tie-g)
Sean
Seamus
Cormac
Daithi
Declan
Dermot
Eamonn
Fionn
Malachy

It's spelled Swedish, just so you know.

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And Emma, Kaitlyn, and Catherine are not "Irish" names.

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Irish names: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/iri.php
Swedish names: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/swe.php

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