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[givesmevoice.livejournal.com]

hi, my name is Erin and I'm new here. my wonderful friend Jill [dancing_crazy] is in this comm, and I decided to join too.

I guess I should make a list of my favorite names then, eh?

Girls' Names

Audrey
Bronagh
Catherine
Darcy
Fionnghuala (fin oo la)
Maeve
Margaret
Moira
Noreen
Olivia
Roisin (ro sheen)
Saoirse (sear sha)
Siobhan
Therese
Vivian or Vivien


Boys' Names

Aedan
Cillian
Colin
Conan
Eamonn
Ennis
Liam
Lorcan
Ronan



as you can see, I favor Irish names with more traditional spellings. anyway, any feedback would be lovely, and I'm looking forward to bouncing around ideas. yay bouncing!

Comments

[thehebrewgod.livejournal.com]

What I like out of your favorites:

Girls' Names

Audrey
Bronagh (how do you pronounce that?)
Catherine
Fionnghuala (fin oo la) (or, it can be spelt as finola?)
Margaret
Moira
Olivia
Therese
Vivian or Vivien

Boys' Names

Cillian
Conan
Ennis
Liam
Ronan

[givesmevoice.livejournal.com]

Bronagh is pronounced "bro na"
and yeah, you can spell Fionnghuala, Finola...but I really like the traditional way of spelling it.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

My old boss (born in Kerry c.1955) spelled her name Fionnuala. No one had trouble with pronouncing or spelling it, AFAIK, but then we are more used to Irish names in the UK.

(IMO Finola isn't a good Anglicization anyway, the o is wrong. Finula would be closer.)