European names?

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

What are some of your favourite Irish,Scottish, Gaelic, Welsh, french or Germanic names? One of my current favourites is Seamus William, but my SO dislikes Seamus, so I am trying to think of both male and female names that fit into this general style. I chose Germanic because I am Austrian and want to honour both of family heritage in the names of our children.

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[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Nearly all of my favorite names are drawn from those categories! So this is going to be REALLY long! This is my entire long list of all names that have either Germanic or Celtic roots, or are Germanic or Celtic variants of another name:

FEMALE
Ada
Afanen
Alastríona
Allison
Annabel
Anne
Aoibhgréine
Audrey
Beata
Bernadette
Bethan
Claire
Clémence
Colombe
Deòiridh
Dowsabel
Ealisaid
Ebba
Edith
Efa
Effie
Eira
Eleanor
Emma
Emmeline
Eoforhild
Erin
Eugénie
Evelyn
Feena
Finora, Fennore, Fionúir
Fiona
Fionnuala, Finola, Fenella
Frances
Geneviève, Genevieve
Géraldine
Harriet
Hedwig
Henrietta
Honora
Iona
Isabel, Isobel
Jane
Juliette
Lily
Louise
Maeve
Mairéad
Margaret
Margot, Margaux
Marguerite
Marnie
Maureen, Maura
Mefin
Meredith
Mererid
Merryn
Myfanwy
Nimue
Olwen
Oona, Úna
Rosalie
Rowena
Saoirse
Saraid
Tesni
Viola
Wilhelmina
Winifred, Winnifred

MALE
Æðelfrið
Alasdair, Alistair
Arthur
Bryn
Charles
Ciarán
Colin
Colm
Connor
Dáire, Darragh
Desmond
Diarmaid
Dieter
Éamonn
Edward
Edwin
Emil
Emlyn
Emrys
Eoghan
Errol
Feidhlim
Fiachra
Finlay, Fionnlagh
Finlo
Fionn
Francis
Franklin
Graham, Graeme
Harrison
Henry
Ian
Jan
Jens
Leopold
Llewellyn
Louis
Mackenzie
Malachy, Maeleachlainn
Meirion
Morgan
Norman
Oisín
Oliver
Owen
Pádraic
Pherick
Richard
Rory
Séamus
William
Wynn

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the awesome list! But can you clarify some pronounciations? Eoforhild
Aoibhgréine
Dowsabel
Ealisaid

Some of my favourties on your list are:
Padraic (I presume a version of Patrick, which is my FILs name)
Alistair
Rowena
Eleanor
Finlay
Colm
Graeme
Bryn
Arthur

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

No problem!

Aoibhgréine - EEV-gren, and it has a cool meaning-- "radiance of the sun" or something to that extent
Dowsabel - It's English, so just how it looks-- DOW-sa-bel. It's a Medieval variant of Dulicibella.
Ealisaid - AYL-ih-sed, a Manx form of Elizabeth

And yes, Pádraic is an Irish form of Patrick.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Two of my absolute favorite names are both of Gaelic/Irish origin: Maeve and Róisín. I think they're both so pretty.
Other names that I like (that also fall into your categories):

Girls
Astrid
Ronja
Silje
Lena
Malin
Sofie
Eira
Annika
Kajsa
Svea
Lotte/Lotta

Boys
Mattias
Anders
Alistair
Otto
Pelle

Sorry, there are very few boy names that I like! Most of them are Scandinavian by the way...but you might have already guessed that.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

Scandinavian works too - the general feeling I am going for is uncommon but not made up, and I would love for them to be European names.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

I love Astrid and Ronja (with an "i" sounding j?)

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ronja is pronounced like Ron-yah in English =). I love those two myself as well!

[eveyh.livejournal.com]

My favorite gaelic names
For girls:
Sian
Nola
Caela
Ailie
Aisling
Niamh
Lana
Una
Rois
Malvina
Tegan

For boys:
Oren
Kian
Eamon
Kieran
Keifer
Devlin
Sloane
Daren

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

I love Caela :)

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

Kieran is one of my all-time favorites but my husband thinks it sounds too much like "Karen" and has vetoed it for a boy. Boo!

[soapfaerie.livejournal.com]

Kieran's one of my all-time faves too! :) I didn't think about the "Karen" aspect tho, boo.

[ivegotbaggage.livejournal.com]

Aidan
Alastar
Brian
Brogan
Cadeyrn
Callum
Cathal
Cian
Ciaran
Darragh
Declan
Eoghan
Finnegan
Grady
James
Kelly
Killian
Liam
Lochlann
Murphy
Odran
Oisin
Owen
Patrick
Rian
Riordan
Ronan
Roran
Rory
Rowan
Seamus
Tadg



Aine
Aoife
Bridget
Brogan
Caitli'n
Clodagh
Fiona
Isolde
Maeve
Maura
Megan
Molly
Morrigan
Niamh
Norah
Orlagh
Rowan

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I love Seamus. it was on my list but I ditched it when I ended up married to someone with an irish last name. since my husband and I are each only 1/4 irish, I thought it would be too much to have irish first and last names on one of our kids. and whenever I give up one of my beloved names, I am always happy when someone else uses it :) my mom's friend (who is from ireland, as is her husband) has a grandson names Seamus as of a year ago, and I was happy to hear about that.

my kids names are mostly germanic. (the first is actually french). I'm also german and austrian so I kinda lean in that direction.

Germaine (french, but I hear it means "little german girl" so close enough, right?)
Linus (greek? but it's like #34 in germany right now, so if it's popular over there, we'll count it. it's not even in the top 1000 in the US right now!)
Dietrich (um, 'nuf said)
Ingrid (swedish? but like half the people I mention it to think it's german, so apparently it gets used there a lot too.)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i dont have a ton to suggest, but our favorites are saoirse, aoife, seamus, fiona and finnegan.

[perchedoutside.livejournal.com]

My husband and I just had a baby boy and named him Florian. It's an Austrian name. We fell in love with it as soon as I came across it.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

awww, that is really nice :)