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Irish names

What do you think?
And please let me know which spelling you think is best for each name. I live outside of New York City so these are not common here at all. If you can think of any other spellings please let me know

Girls:
Aoife  (pn Ee-fa)
Aislin / Ashling / Aislinn (pn Ash-ling)
Caoilainn / Kalin / Kaelynn ( pn Kay-lin)
Caoimhe / Keeva (pn Kee-va)
Cara / Kara (pn Car-ah)
Ciara / Keera / Kira / Keira / Kiera (pn Kee-rah)
Eibhleann / Avelyn / Avelin (pn Ave-linn)
Fiona (pn Fee-ona)
Kaitlyn / Katelynn / Kaitlin (pn Kate-lynn)
Neala / Neila (pn Nee-la)
Niamh / Neve / Nieve (pn Neev)
Ruari / Rory / Rori (Ror-ree)
Siobhan (Shiv-aun)


Boys:
Aiden / Aeden (pn aid-an)
Braden (bray-den)
Cian / Kian (Key-in)
Eamon / Eamonn (Aye-min)
Finn
Seamus (Shay-mus)
Sean
Tadhg / Tighe (pn Ti-gue ..like tiger without the er)

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i first heard the name aoife a few years ago, when i discovered the band crooked still (http://www.crookedstill.com), the lead singers name is aoife o'donovan. it took me a while to pronounce it correctly, but i really like it.

i love celtic/gaelic names. these are some great ones.

others i like are caoimhe, siobhan, kaitlin, and aislinn.

for boys i like finn and seamus. i kind of like eamon too. and i used to like aiden, before its downfall.

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

love:
Aisling
Rauri
Siobhan
Cian
Finn

[hockeychick57.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Neala/Neila, but I think it's prettier just written as it's pronounced: Neela. That probably makes it less Gaelic looking, but I like it better that way.

I also love Kira & Finn. :)

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

I love:
Aoife
Caoimhe
Ruari
Siobhan
Aiden
Cian

Interestingly, I have a friend with a little brother whose name is spelled Tighe, and it's pronounced 'Ty'... personally I think that perhaps the pronunciation wasn't looked up before the child was named...

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Aislin, Cara, Kiera, Fiona, Kaitlin, Siobhan, Finn, Seamus, and Sean.

Some other Irish/Gaelic names I like are Eilish, Saoirse, Sinead, and Brendan.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

I love Aoife, Caoimhe and Niamh.

[aderyn333.livejournal.com]

I love Aoife and Aislin (spelled that way) for girls.
Cian, Finn, Seamus and Sean are my favorites for boys.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like
Aoife
Caoimhe / Keeva (I like it spelled Caoimhe better, but it's going to be mispronounced all the time. So I'd go with Keeva, after all).
Avelyn
Kaitlyn / Katelynn / Kaitlin (I like Caitlin better)
Neve / Nieve (I love both spellings =))


Boys:
Aiden
Finn
Seamus (Shay-mus)
Tadhg / Tighe (I like the sound of this, but Tadhg looks...not good. I'd say Tighe) =)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Aoife, Cara, Fiona and Siobhan for girls
and Seamus for boys

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Some of them may be cute, but I HATE names that are spelled NOTHING like they are pronounced (Siobhan, Tadhg, Ciara, Caoimhe, etc)

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I like Cara, Kira, Fiona, Neve, and Siobhan for the girls and

Cian, Finn, Seamus, and Sean for the boys :)

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I'd probably never use an Irish girls' name (except for Kaitlyn or Fiona) because I wouldn't want to mispell them but they have soo many weird letter combinations.

That said, I absolutely love Caoimhe (honestly, how does one get Keeva out of that) and Ciara.

[slicesmissus.livejournal.com]

I've always thought girls' gaelic names are so pretty. I've got a cousin named Sinead and hubby has a cousin named Niamh.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i like

Kara
Keira
Siobhan

Kian

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

o really thats funny.

I know a boy named Tadhg (pn like i listed above) but they almost spelt it Tighe

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

I really like a lot of Irish names, but I don't think I could use them outside of Ireland. The kid would spend way too much time explaining it.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I like Aoife and Seamus. A lot.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

I like:

Aislinn
Kara
Keira
Neala
Siobhan

I don't really like any of the guy's names.

Sidenote: I went to college with a Ruari, but he was male.

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

I love the entire list! Especially Ciara. However, I refuse to underestimate the stupidity of the American public. I realize that most of my fellow Americans are too stupid (or too lazy) to educate themselves on other cultures and accept names the way they are traditionally spelled and pronounced. /rant

Ciara is now pronounced See-AIR-ah thanks mostly to the R&B flavor-of-the-day girl (the title of singer would be a misnomer) known by that name. ::sigh::

www.babynamesofireland.com has audio so you can hear most of these names and more pronounced as they are traditionally.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I really really like Aoife and Fiona.
For boys, the only one I like is Seamus, but only because I know one, but even on the east coast he routinely gets called "Sea-moose".

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I like Neve spelt N-e-v-e.
It's much more simplistic that way (I also prefer it said nev).

Finn is nice.
Both Aiden/Aeden kind of make me shudder.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Irish names. :oD

Girls:
Aoife - Love it.
Aislin / Ashling / Aislinn - My favorite spelling is Aislinn. I would love to use this name, but I know that people will forever be spelling it "Ashlyn" and thinking that I'm trendy and boring, haha.
Caoilainn / Kalin / Kaelynn - Sooo popular right now, and there are so many horrendous spellings out there...no thanks.
Caoimhe / Keeva - Love it.
Cara / Kara - I knew a Kara who gives the name unpleasant associations to me. But it's pretty!
Ciara / Keera / Kira / Keira / Kiera - I would only use the spelling "Keira" or "Kiera", but I think it's beautiful.
Eibhleann / Avelyn / Avelin - I like Avelyn.
Fiona - LOVE it. :o)
Kaitlyn / Katelynn / Kaitlin - Way overused, in my opinion.
Neala / Neila - Not one of my favorites.
Niamh / Neve / Nieve - I love this name. So pretty!
Ruari / Rory / Rori - I like it, but everyone associated it with Rory Gilmore, unfortunately.
Siobhan (Shiv-aun) - I like it.


Boys:
Aiden / Aeden - I prefer the spelling "Aidan". Actually my favorite spelling is "Aodhan". But it all sounds the same, and there are fifty-billion of them out there right now, so no.
Braden - I used to like it. But the spike in popularity makes it less attractive in my mind.
Cian / Kian - Like it.
Eamon / Eamonn - I love this name!
Finn - Love it.
Seamus - Loooove it!
Sean - Such a classic, but so nice.
Tadhg / Tighe - Really not a fan of this one. Sounds strange to me.

Here are some of my favorites that aren't on the list:

Girls:
Deirdre
Maeve
Morrigan
Muireann
Ailis
Sorsha
Liadan
Fiachra
Grainne
Roisin
Maureen
Colleen
Aileen/Eileen
Ailidh


Boys:
Eoghan
Devlin
Cormack
Cillian
Ciaran
Oisin
Faolan
Finbar
Callum
Corbin
Findlay

[nearlyalegume.livejournal.com]

C makes a K sound, mh and bh make a v sound, e on the end makes an a sound, s makes a sh sound. Once you know what the letters say, it's not too hard.

That said, Caoimhe is one of the tougher ones :)

[priorincantato.livejournal.com]

There's a Tadhg who plays footy in Australia (he's from Ireland) and it's pronounced Ty, too.

[priorincantato.livejournal.com]

I look after a Caoilainn and every new staff member has to be taught how to pronounce it and it doesn't matter how many times I write it down, I always have to look up the spelling.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Aoife
Aislinn
Keira
Kaitlyn / Katelynn
Niamh
Siobhan

Boys:
Kian
Finn
Seamus