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[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

my SO is in love with the name Oisin  (pronounced uh - Sheen or O-Sheen). His other favorite's include the sibset of Hope and Mercy. (I hate Mercy. I haven't actually told him this. That i would never actually consider this sibset.) I'm trying to let Oisin grow on me, kinda saying it over again in my head. He has had his heart set on the name Alexander for at least the last ten years. whats unfortunate is this is my nephew's name. My sister beat me to it. I don't think i'll ever forgive myself for throwing out my favorite name - Alexander James - for her to use.
 
The only name we can agree on is Michael as a middle name. its his middle name, his father's middle name, and my Brother's name.

one of the other names i've been turning over in my head is Jillian, i also really like Letticia, and i'm kinda attached to Griffin.

So how bad is Oisin?

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[heysezi.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Oisin is really nice spelling but I'm not sure I like how it's pronounced. I think your idea is good- let it grow on you for a while.
I agree, I hate the name Mercy also. Hope is beautiful! And not sure about Griffin, but Jillian and especially Letticia are also very very nice names :)

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to be rude but Oisin looks like a brandname of soy sauce or other asian sauce because it's so closely spelled to HOISIN Sauce. I know about the Yeats poem and a little of history behind the name but it looks like a name that would be hard to have on the playground or in life.

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

i know. i see it and Hoisin is the first thing i think. i'm trying to banish that from my thinking. lol.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Oisin is 0% bad. I love love love it! It's such a handsome name. If you live in the US you'll have to tell people how to pronounce it and spell it a lot, but heck, doesn't every kid have to do that these days? :/

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you say that! and thats very true. its certainly better than some of the kr8ive names that people are coming up with. or another Haley, Kayley, Aiden or Kaiden.

[heyskeleton.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I really don't have much of an opinion on Oisin. I don't love it, don't hate it. It sounds a little like ocean, so maybe that's why.

I do love Michael, Jillian's okay and I LOVE Letticia, only I spell it the Latin/French way (Laetitia).

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I like the way you said to pronounce Oisin, but I'd never seen the name before and pronounced it like it rhymed with Poisin. Maybe I'm just dumb though, lol. I don't like Griffin much - to me sounds like a wire-haired little terrier dog.

I like Jillian.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Can't say I'm a fan of Oisin. I don't like anything that sets a kid up for a lifetime of correcting people, and the sound itself does nothing for me. It's not totally awful, though, if you're set on it.

Jillian is okay, and I rather like Letitia, but I can't wrap my mind around the spelling Letticia. It makes me think of lettuce. But that's probably just a personal quirk. Griffin's not my style, I think it's a little weird to name a kid for a mythological creature, but I actually like the sound of it. (I also really love Mercy, though, so may need to take my opinion with a grain of salt!)

A note on using Alexander: my brother and my cousin are both named Christopher. We call my brother Christopher, my cousin Chris, and it really hasn't been a problem at all-- and they even have the same last name. They also live in different states, I'm sure that helps, but I honestly don't think two Alexanders will be a huge deal. You can call them by different nicknames-- if your nephew is Alex, your son can be Alec or Xander or Lex.

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

I think the distance in families makes a big dfference. i live less than a mile from my sister.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah, that would increase the problematicness. <--this should be a word

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

I think Oisin is a boy's name (IIRC it's from an Irish myth of some sort), and if you're using it for a boy, I guess it's okay. I think it would be kind of tacky on a girl, and I prefer Roisin on a girl, anyway (prnc Ro-sheen).

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

it is a boys name, and it would be used as such.

I've never heard Roisin, i'm going to have to present that one to him.

[songspell.livejournal.com]

FYI, Roisin means "rose" in Irish, I believe.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

As someone who attended 10 years of school with a Siobhan (sha-von) and watched her explain her name/its pronunciation again and again and again and again until she actually started considering a name change, I have to say that you're setting your child up for a big headache. Maybe use it as a middle name?

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

Thats unfortunate for her, its such a beautiful name, i hope she didn't end up changing it.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I agree, I think it's lovely. I love Gaelic names! If only they looked a wee bit more phonetic. : / I just looked her up on Facebook and it looks like she didn't change her name after all!