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Irish names seem really normal to me, because such a huge chunk of the US population is "scotch-Irish" or whatever that is.

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I don't think it's silly at all to use Irish names. Having Irish heritage far back is a plus, because it gives you an excuse. I'm kind of bored, though, when people tell me they're "celebrating their Irish heritage" by naming their kid, say, Sean or something, I don't know. I guess it would be a little more interesting to me if they were celebrating their Russian or Korean heritage or something with a Russian or Korean name, because Irish names are so completely normal to me. It's almost like celebrating your heritage as a white American (which is fine and everything, but not particularly exciting). Even I have some Irish in me.

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Having said that, I think (in general) they're kind of boring and their trendiness gets on my nerves. (There are probably tons of exceptions to this.)

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And I think I'm just about the only person on this board who prefers Neve or Kiva to their ridiculously spelled Irish counterparts. Alejandro I can understand, it makes some sense. But Ceibhfhionn as Caven? Feidhlimidh as Feelim? Um, okay.

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And please, if you're going to celebrate your Irish heritage, have some sense! I heard from a Cory once of a woman who named her son Coreigh because it was the "Irish spelling." Bleaaghgh!