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[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

I tend to like Irish/Celtic/Gaelic names. Some of my favorite names are Siobhan, Conner, and Malachy.

What are some of your favorite names that are Irish?

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[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Love the name Connor. My brother's name was supposed to be Connor Patrick Lynch, if my mom had her way about it. But Dad thought it was too Irish sounding, so now he's Christopher Brian Lynch. Much more generic and not as exciting, IMO. But a nice name nonetheless.

My fav. Irish names:
Aislin
Caoimhe
Brennan
Brigid (the Gaelic way of spelling it; also my Confirmation name)
Roisin
Kiernan
Fiona
Callum
Sean

[aurelia-star.livejournal.com]

Ohh I love Aislin:-)

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

I love Sean and Callum!

[stellarichards6.livejournal.com]

i've always had a soft spot for moira.

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

That is a great name as well!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Had I been a boy, I would've been Seamus. I love it. Saoirse, Callum, Brendan, Brawley, Cillian, Cliodna, Cassidy.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I'm sure this will make me sound intensely ignorant, especially as I am 100% Irish, but how do you pronounce Saoirse and Cleodna?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Saoirse = sear-shah
Cliodna = basically like clean-ah :) I think it's generally spelled Cliodhna, but I'm friends with a Cliodna, so that's the spelling I'm used to.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I really never knew! :-)

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

I love the name Seamus! Cillian is a great name as well.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Aoife
Deirdre
Keeva (Caoimhe really is too much difficulty for me but I like the sound)
Fiona
Tesni

Teague
Tavish
Kieran
Keith
Devon

Not all are strictly Irish. I went for ballpark.

[aurelia-star.livejournal.com]

Meave/Meav/Maeve

I love that name:-)

[spartan-picnic.livejournal.com]

My absolute favorite Irish name is Róisín. I also love Siobhan :>)

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I know a Siobhan and I used to babysit her daughter Roisin

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
kieran
cillian
seamus
maeve
fiona

i don't know how a lot of them are pronounced tbh. =/

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Caoimhe=Keeva
Aoife=E-fee-ya (according to thinkbabynames.com)
Roisin=Ro-sheen



That's all I can think of, and I probably messed some of those up, but I'm sure if you ask those in the know will help. :)

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

no, i know that! :P
haha. i was talking about other irish names.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I love Irish/Gaelic names! My dad's family is of Irish origin, so I'd give all my future children Gaelic names if I could. Unfortunately I would hesitate to use some of these simply because the spelling can cause some pronunciation difficulties in English.

Fiona (definitely using it!)
Padraig/Patrick
Sean
Seamus
Siobhan
Maebh/Maeve
Niamh/Neve
Connor
Kelly
Murphy
Noirin (my friend's mother's name)
Kieran/Ciaran
Aileen
Ailis
Catriona
Colleen
Deirdre
Meara
Carrick
Brendan
Conan
Colin
Kevin
Liam
Neil

[tammihayne.livejournal.com]

Friends have named their daughters Eilish and Coira.

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

I love the name Declan.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I really like Brigid, but I've been told the actual proper pronunciation of it would be something like 'BREED', and I prefer just 'BRIJ-id', so I probably wouldn't use it for that reason.

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

Fionnuala, Clodagh, Neil, Sean and Brennan are my all-time favourite Irish names but there's probably plenty more I like. I seem to have a thing for them... And Fionnuala's one of my all-time favourites fullstop.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Maeve is my favorite girl's name, and Róisín is very high on my list as well. I like Mairwen too.