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thread: Opinions on my names please :)

  1. #19
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    Oct 2007
    Perth,WA
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    I know a niamh and love it. Here in jersey it's more popular.... I even found a 'niamh's room' thing.... Which I sent home for my friend.

    Irish boys names I like, Sean, Liam, Connor.....




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  2. #20
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    Jan 2005
    cowtown
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    My friend has an Aoife and a Niamh. But she's a Maireadh

    As long as you are prepared to educate people, and deal with the ones who will insist on deliberately getting it wrong ( unusual, non phonetic surname here) it will be fine.

  3. #21
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    Nov 2008
    Melbourne, VIC
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    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!

  4. #22
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jun 2008
    In snuggle land
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    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.

  5. #23
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    Jul 2008
    Melbourne
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    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!

  6. #24
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    Aug 2008
    Ouiinslano
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    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.

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