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HelpClodagh? WDYT?
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It's quite a nice name, with a pleasant sound (and it looks and sounds like Claddagh!), but it has a few drawbacks for me.
# I'm not a fan of unnecessary gh's at the end of names. They look fake-Irish to me. I'd prefer Úna to Oonagh anyday, and with Clodagh, I have to resist the urge to say klo-dakh. Perhaps if I Irish-ised the spelling to Clóda, it be nicer, but I'm not sure if that's a legit spelling.
# It gets nice nicknames, like Clodie, but don't shorten it to Clo. Clo is pronounced like Klo, the German word for toliet.
# I can't find a meaning for it, and I'd only use names that have meanings. I know the name comes from Clodaigh, which is a river in Tipperary, but I can't find a meaning for Clodaigh either. Anyone know the meaning?
On the whole, it's a pretty name, and maybe I would use the form Clóda as a middle name someday.
# I'm not a fan of unnecessary gh's at the end of names. They look fake-Irish to me. I'd prefer Úna to Oonagh anyday, and with Clodagh, I have to resist the urge to say klo-dakh. Perhaps if I Irish-ised the spelling to Clóda, it be nicer, but I'm not sure if that's a legit spelling.
# It gets nice nicknames, like Clodie, but don't shorten it to Clo. Clo is pronounced like Klo, the German word for toliet.
# I can't find a meaning for it, and I'd only use names that have meanings. I know the name comes from Clodaigh, which is a river in Tipperary, but I can't find a meaning for Clodaigh either. Anyone know the meaning?
On the whole, it's a pretty name, and maybe I would use the form Clóda as a middle name someday.
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I read somewhere that Clodaigh means muddy water and someplace else that it means stony stream. I'm not sure if any of those is accurate.
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Visually a lost cause for me
The sound is okay although I'm just not a Clo- sound fan and I happen despise Chloe.
I prefer Orlaith, Saorlaith, Nuala and other Irish names to this.
The sound is okay although I'm just not a Clo- sound fan and I happen despise Chloe.
I prefer Orlaith, Saorlaith, Nuala and other Irish names to this.
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How do you say it? I'll admit I don't like the way it looks.
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I don't like it either.
I've only ever heard it pronounced klo-da, as in singer Clodagh Rogers.
I've only ever heard it pronounced klo-da, as in singer Clodagh Rogers.
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Interesting. I would probably use it for a character, or a character's mn. I wouldn't use it in real life because the first four letters spell "clod" and that could be rather annoying to have in your name...
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