alysee Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Naming the 6th is proving to be difficult. We don't want to repeat a letter. We have a M, C, D, B, L. Our kids have Irish or English sounding names. Hit me with the best names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 How about Scottish for a change? For a girl, I like Ailsa - it's pretty and the pronunciation is fairly obvious. For boys, I like Alasdair, Alec or Alexander. Recently, I've seen a few people nicknamed Xander, which is a fun variation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 I love Alasdair! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 The only Celtic-esque one I have that isn’t already on your letter list is overused and nearing outdated, so I’ll keep it to myself, lol. But I feel your pain. We didn’t want to repeat letters (I am one of 3 Cs, so it’s a thing for me) and #5 was very difficult, especially as a 3rd boy. I wound up breaking my syllable rule to make it work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Aisling ( pronounced Ashling) Kiera Kieran Aidan Teaghan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Do you want a very different sounding name or more traditional/common? Kelly was my first thought. I have an Evie, pronounced with a short e. It’s not technically English but was becoming popular in the UK when she was born 16 years ago. Still pretty uncommon in our experience. DD has two friends named Teagen, which I think is really cute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Noreen? 😉 Siobhan? Wesley? Theodore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Shannon, Niamh (pronounced Neev), Alan, Thomas, Anna. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Irene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I wasn’t thinking you wanted boy names too. I love Oliver (more common) and Graham. I knew a Graham in high school but haven’t known one since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Also Sean or Seamus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, kristin0713 said: I wasn’t thinking you wanted boy names too. I love Oliver (more common) and Graham. I knew a Graham in high school but haven’t known one since. I love Graham too but my husband vetoed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, alysee said: I love Graham too but my husband vetoed it! There's an interesting pronunciation quirk with Graham. As a Brit I pronounce it GRAY-uhm (two syllables) but my Texas husband pronounces it GRAM (one syllable). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 DS has an Irish name. He reports it’s more common here than there. Lol I would stay away from names that use Irish or Gaelic pronunciation, assuming you live in North America. No one wants to spend their lives correcting people on how to pronounce or spell their name. The name might be lovely, but correcting everyone gets old by the first grade. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Rose or Rosemary June Jacob Kate/Katie/Kathleen/Kay or Catherine/Katherine/Katheryn (katelyn and Caitlyn are popular, but you don't see many Kathleen/Katherines anymore...my grandma and my mom are both Kathleen, one went by Kay, one went by Kathy before going back to Kathleen, and I'm Katie, so I'm partial to these names) Kelly (my sister...we like K names) Edited March 22, 2022 by ktgrok 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Finn 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) I love Irish names, however the spelling of most Irish names is going to probably be an issue in North America for the child's entire life. I've got a name that I need to spell out everytime. It's tiresome and I wish that there was an easy nickname. Most Irish names do not have an obvious nickname either. Then again, with all the variety of spellings of names these days, most people end up having to spell out their names anyway. Congratulations on your baby!! Hope you find just the right name for your family! Edited March 22, 2022 by wintermom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, MEmama said: DS has an Irish name. He reports it’s more common here than there. Lol I would stay away from names that use Irish or Gaelic pronunciation, assuming you live in North America. No one wants to spend their lives correcting people on how to pronounce or spell their name. The name might be lovely, but correcting everyone gets old by the first grade. Hahaha my kids have the Canadian/American version of Irish names because of my name. My first name has an unusual letter in it which was supposed to help people with the pronunciation but makes it actually worse. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Gosh, the Irish have the bestest names. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, maize said: Finn I love the name Finn! Aaron comes to mind. I like Ainslee and Alana for a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Alice or Matilda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, elegantlion said: Alice or Matilda love Alice! Also Margaret (maggie for short) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Thomas Theodor (could be Theo or Ted/Teddy) John Joseph John Joe (if you want to do a double name) Jack (it's common in Ireland that if you have the first name John, you'll be called Jack) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I love Kelly. One of my dearest childhood friends is named that. Love Alice, too! An Alice could nickname Allie or Al. I like nickname opportunities 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Jill, Jillian or Gillian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Rory Finn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianthus Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Sile or Seamus. I considered naming last dd Sile. We avoided repeating letters too. I love that I can label everything with the first initial! Eta. And Eileen! I love Eileen. And great song, Eileen Og. https://youtu.be/k3Nbwbr-Jy0 Edited March 22, 2022 by Spirea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 @Baseballandhockey, this seems up your alley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I vote Siobhan and Seamus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I have a Saoirse other girl names we considered Aisling, Eabha, Fiadh Boys, Oisin, Ronan, Fionn, Aidan, Tiernan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I have a Seamus and he loves his name. He doesn't mind having to correct pronunciation or spelling. He actually gets a lot of compliments on it. My other son and daughter also have traditional Irish names but we used the anglicized spellings. DD wishes we had used the traditional spelling of her name, and is considering changing it legally at some point. Other names I thought about for any future children were: Siobhan, Mairead, Finn, Tadhg I also really like the name Ophelia, but DH was very against it. I shouldn't have let him watch Hamlet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, wintermom said: Jack (it's common in Ireland that if you have the first name John, you'll be called Jack) Yup, my grandfather and my uncle are both Jack with a real name of John. One of my kids is also a Jack, but NOT John...my ex husband's name was John, so naming a son with my now husband that would be weird, lol. And we knew we wanted to call him Jack anyway, not John, so just went with Jack. 1 hour ago, Pam in CT said: I vote Siobhan and Seamus. I had to literally look up how to pronounce Siobhan on youtube a few months ago, as a character in a book was named that and I had NO CLUE how to pronounce it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Nathaniel Eleanor Evangeline I am particularly fond of these ones😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ktgrok said: Yup, my grandfather and my uncle are both Jack with a real name of John. One of my kids is also a Jack, but NOT John...my ex husband's name was John, so naming a son with my now husband that would be weird, lol. And we knew we wanted to call him Jack anyway, not John, so just went with Jack. I had to literally look up how to pronounce Siobhan on youtube a few months ago, as a character in a book was named that and I had NO CLUE how to pronounce it. This is where we learned Siobhan! Also a name pronounced “Queefa”! But with like nine letters and none of them like it sounds Edited March 22, 2022 by saraha 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 hours ago, Laura Corin said: There's an interesting pronunciation quirk with Graham. As a Brit I pronounce it GRAY-uhm (two syllables) but my Texas husband pronounces it GRAM (one syllable). Gra'am is common among people I know--they make it two syllables, but the H is kind of silent. I have heard the other two though! Silas Evelyn (also pronounced a couple of ways) Fionnuala Kevin Winnifred I'm a big fan of Call the Midwife, so I should have a better list, but I am blanking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, ktgrok said: Yup, my grandfather and my uncle are both Jack with a real name of John. One of my kids is also a Jack, but NOT John...my ex husband's name was John, so naming a son with my now husband that would be weird, lol. And we knew we wanted to call him Jack anyway, not John, so just went with Jack. I had to literally look up how to pronounce Siobhan on youtube a few months ago, as a character in a book was named that and I had NO CLUE how to pronounce it. According to my school chums, it's pronounced "soya-bean." At least that's what kids called Siobhan in my school growing up. 😔 It's not easy living with a name that's hard to pronounce. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 A relative of mine named her son Harkin. I'd never heard it before. She says/thinks it is Irish. Anyone here ever known someone named Harkin as their first name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Our top 3 names so far G - Alana, Alice, Ivy B - Fionn, Reed, Nolan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Victoria Elizabeth Shannon Eleanor/Nora James Riley Rory Rose Quinn Alana Sarah Nathaniel Gavin Craig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Patricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Sean or Siobhan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I love Irish names! My kids have very boring Catholic names, along the lines of Patrick, and very boring religious/biblical names along the lines of Daniel. But if I wasn't such a boring person, I'd have named them things like Tadhg or Diarmaid or if they happened to be girls Aoife, Róisín or Fionnuala. Which kind of names do you like, or do you prefer the middle ground? Things like Eamonn, Seamus, Declan, Maeve, Aidan that most people know of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 All my kids have Irish/English names! From your top three, I like Ivy and Nolan. 😄 Riley, Gavin and Rory were all in the running but ultimately not chosen for my last two boys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 My husband said I couldn't name my son Declan because I couldn't pronounce it correctly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Gweneth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 My friend's son's name is Eoin, which is an Irish spelling for Owen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 In looking at a list of Irish names online, here are a few I like: Kennedy Quinn Regan Finley Makenna Maeve Teagan Maeve Lennon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Clarita said: My husband said I couldn't name my son Declan because I couldn't pronounce it correctly. We have a Declan 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, alysee said: We have a Declan 🤣 I love the name Declan. If had the opportunity to name another boy, he might be Declan. If Declan is your style, what about Eamon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 15 hours ago, alysee said: Our top 3 names so far G - Alana, Alice, Ivy B - Fionn, Reed, Nolan How do you pronounce Fionn? Is the O silent, so it is like Finn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.