Opinions on my names please :)

[kristi14]

Beautiful spelling, love how it looks. But i look at it and wonder how is it pronounced? and my attempt at pronouncing it would be NY EE MA or NY EE M.

I think alot of people would have issues pronouncing it, especially when shes waiting for appointments. Sorry, im not usually critical, but i do think it would cause issues unless you come across people with irish heritage that know.

If you love it though, i dont think anyone should ever let anyones opinions stop them

[WannabeMum]

My cousin married an Irishman and they have Patrick (Paddy), Rauri (Gaelic spelling of Rory, and I think I got it right), Frances and oooh, I've forgotten number 4's name! Oops...

I love Eamonn and Declan - they're lovely names without too much explanation of spelling.

Niamh is a lovely name to look at, but would certainly need correcting when people were reading it. Amusingly, in Ireland, Neve is pronounced Nev - wouldn't it be nice if everyone embraced phonetic name spelling!

[LionsandBears]

I like Niamh but I knew how to pronounce it. It will be confusing to the non- Irish but if you want an Irish name I figure you need to use the Irish spelling. Siobhan's another one that confused me but once you learn it it seems normal (sha-vorn)

Some Irish boy names are Patrick, Liam, Declan, Conor, Rory, Michael, Sean, Cabhan (Cavan), Ardan, Eoghan/Owen, Fergus, Finn, Riordan, Ronan.

[sloane]

i really like the name niamh & knew how to pronounce it.

i like declan, rory & liam. but i know what you mean about boy's names. they're tough!

[luna moth]

I love Niamh. Always have, but it was off our list for all those reasons. We also loved Maeve/Mabh/Madb, but same deal, so no-go.

Niall is gorgeous, or Cillian/Killian.