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[kkleigha87.livejournal.com]

This girl i went to high school with just had a baby. She named him Ireland Bre'....I reconnected with her on facebook. Ireland is not that bad, but how do you pronounce Bre'?? Is it Bree, like in Aubree? I know they call the kid by his middle name.

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[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

him?

I just can't see Ireland being a boy's name.

My guess is it'd be Brey, like what a donkey does, it sounds more masculine so that'd be my guess.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I would assume it's pronounced like "bray" (like you'd pronounce Tre). It's interesting to see a boy named Ireland...I've only heard of girls being named that.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

Bray? Ireland feels more feminine to me

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how Bre would be pronounced. I guess I would think like 'bray'. I don't like it very much though.

Ireland, on the other hand, I love. I'm so surprised to see it on a boy, but I would definitely use it for a girl.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Haha, everyone else has seen Ireland used on a girl, but might first thought has always been 'boy,' since that's what I've seen. ^^

At first glance, I thought was Bree, but...it with that little accent thingy, maybe Bray? Ew, I don't like that. =/

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I would guess Bray, and I am NOT a fan.

[lolaandbean.livejournal.com]

I'd guess it's pronounced like Dre. I like Ireland as a girls name better.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Weird that almost everyone likes Ireland as a girl's name - it is almost 100% masculine to me.

Agree on Bre = Bray most likely.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Wow. Total naming fail. First, give the boy a clunky, odd, not-very-namelike, yet somehow feminine, first name--just to make sure he gets weird looks, comments, and paperwork mistakes his whole life. Then, to sweeten the pot, bypass that first name entirely to call him by his equally odd, much less pronounceable, and even more feminine middle name. You have now guaranteed that no one will ever, ever, ever call this child by the right name on the first try. He will probably turn 18 and have his name legally changed to John.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

Ireland is the name of a country not a person! It has 'land' in it! Do not like.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

I love both names. On a boy. I don't care.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

lol i know a bri ireland... but bri is short for brianna, and ireland is a family name...