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    #1502
    ?Cee?view
    Registered Users Posts: 2,834 ✭✭✭?Cee?view


    Hope99 wrote: »
    We are really having a time finding the right name for our baby girl. WHat do you think about the name Adare or Adair for a girl ? Have you heard this name for a girl in Ireland? do you like it?

    Is that not a surname?


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    #1503
    Lisha
    Registered Users Posts: 8,693 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Hope99
    I've never heard Adare as persons name. I don't dislike it. Dara (can be both boygirl s name, darragh is more a boys name are nice too. Sorry for off topic but I thought of those two when thinking of Adare )
    But similar to balmedout for Adair all I think of is the terrorist connection


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    #1504
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    I also thought of the terrorist as soon as I saw it - sorry!

    A girl I know in New Zealand had a little girl a while ago and called her Bailey. In NZ there is an infamous (male) murderer whose first name is Bailey. He was 12 years old and killed a pizza delivery man. It's all I could think of anytime I heard it!


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    #1505
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Red Adair was a famous firefighter


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    #1506
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    sure then there would be no Jacks, Charles, Roses's, etc. a name shouldn't really be chosen based on what serial killers you can think of, just what makes you happy.

    I never would think of Adair, it does remind me of the town, but there are far worse out there


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    #1507
    implausible
    Registered Users Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    sure then there would be no Jacks, Charles, Roses's, etc. a name shouldn't really be chosen based on what serial killers you can think of, just what makes you happy.

    I never would think of Adair, it does remind me of the town, but there are far worse out there

    But those are very common first names and your first association isn't with a murderer, whereas surnames like Adair, Dahmer and Cromwell would have strong associations for people.

    However, OP, in America, the name Adair may not have the same associations and given that you have a nice back story for the name, it might work. In Irish, it's Ath Dara (I think), so Dara would work either and it has become a unisex name.


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    #1508
    How Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭How Strange


    I knew a girl called Ardagh when I was a child.


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    #1509
    Hope99
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Hope99


    implausible wrote: »
    But those are very common first names and your first association isn't with a murderer, whereas surnames like Adair, Dahmer and Cromwell would have strong associations for people.

    However, OP, in America, the name Adair may not have the same associations and given that you have a nice back story for the name, it might work. In Irish, it's Ath Dara (I think), so Dara would work either and it has become a unisex name.

    You make a good point. In the US, you do hear the name Adair for girls and boys, not too often, but mainly girls is what I've noticed. Given the association it has in Ireland, I think we'd have to spell it Adare, which my hubby says is more of the Irish spelling anyway. Hmm...still thinking about it. Thanks for all the feedback.


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    #1510
    Hope99
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Hope99


    churchview wrote: »
    Is that not a surname?

    That's not very common in Ireland, right? We have a ton of surnames used as first names in the US. A particularly popular one right now is Ellis for a girl. I honestly that Adare/Adair was a proper Irish name...can't trust the Internet!! I read Adare was an old Irish boys name.


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    #1511
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I have read a lot of those names sites and I am not sure where they get their info from as there is more then 1 that most people here would have never heard of.


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    #1512
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Ellis is probably an anglicisation of Éilis (pronounced totally differently)

    The only person I've ever heard use that name was Emily Bronte as her pen name, Ellis Bell. She was British.


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    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Ellis is a Welsh male 1st name name rather then Irish, but it is not unusual for boys names to become names used for both eg Naoise.


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    #1514
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Moonbeam wrote: »
    Ellis is a Welsh male 1st name name rather then Irish, but it is not unusual for boys names to become names used for both eg Naoise.

    Ah yeah. The Welsh have even weirder names than us. :)


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    #1515
    Comic Book Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Comic Book Guy


    Hi All,

    We named our first born Noah. No.2 is on the way in late august and struggling a small bit for names although I haven't really put too much thought into it yet so was flicking thru the last few pages for ideas!

    What do ye think of Rhys for a boy and Sienna for a girl??


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    #1516
    elfinka
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭elfinka


    I am Polish and my husband's Irish, expecting our first. We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet...

    Our problem is finding names that would be easily pronounced/spelled in both languages. So we wouldn't pick Siobhan or Niamh as my side of family would struggle with that. Similarly we wouldn't call a boy Grzegorz (Polish for Gregory).

    So far we kind agreed on girl's name - Maya (it's spelled Maja in Polish but pronounced the same).

    We cannot think of any nice boys names. We don't like Adam, Mark, Lucas etc, even though they all have Polish equivalents... Any ideas? >.<


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    #1517
    The Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭The Cool


    Comic Book Guy wrote: »
    What do ye think of Rhys for a boy and Sienna for a girl??

    My brother is called Reece. I've always thought it was a lovely name, though that could be down to how I would generally associate names with people and he is the biggest sweetie going! There were a few Reeces born around the same time (1997) - my mum had no notion of the name until she was in the hospital, and on the ward they were watching the telly and a fireman named Reece had saved a baby from a burning building or something along those lines!
    Sienna's a gorgeous girl's name.


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    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    elfinka wrote: »
    I am Polish and my husband's Irish, expecting our first. We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet...

    Our problem is finding names that would be easily pronounced/spelled in both languages. So we wouldn't pick Siobhan or Niamh as my side of family would struggle with that. Similarly we wouldn't call a boy Grzegorz (Polish for Gregory).

    So far we kind agreed on girl's name - Maya (it's spelled Maja in Polish but pronounced the same).

    We cannot think of any nice boys names. We don't like Adam, Mark, Lucas etc, even though they all have Polish equivalents... Any ideas? >.<

    My friends named their baby Maya for the same reason:)


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    #1519
    cee_jay
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,920 Mod ✭✭✭✭cee_jay


    Comic Book Guy wrote: »
    Hi All,

    We named our first born Noah. No.2 is on the way in late august and struggling a small bit for names although I haven't really put too much thought into it yet so was flicking thru the last few pages for ideas!

    What do ye think of Rhys for a boy and Sienna for a girl??

    I love Rhys for boys name. I am biased though as its my godson's name, but even still, it's one of my favourite names. Sienna is a lovely name, and not one you would hear every day.


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    cee_jay
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,920 Mod ✭✭✭✭cee_jay


    elfinka wrote: »

    We cannot think of any nice boys names. We don't like Adam, Mark, Lucas etc, even though they all have Polish equivalents... Any ideas? >.<

    Are you looking for names that have Polish equivalents, or just names that would be easily pronounced by both families?
    Some ideas of boys names with similar Polish equivalents could be Alex, Jacob, Joseph, Thomas or Matthew?


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    #1521
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    cee_jay wrote: »
    Are you looking for names that have Polish equivalents, or just names that would be easily pronounced by both families?
    Some ideas of boys names with similar Polish equivalents could be Alex, Jacob, Joseph, Thomas or Matthew?

    I love all of these names!


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    #1522
    McBubbles
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭McBubbles


    Really like Thomas or Hugh for a boy. Struggling with girls names though, OH likes Emma, I'm not sure


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    #1523
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    cee_jay wrote: »
    Are you looking for names that have Polish equivalents, or just names that would be easily pronounced by both families?
    Some ideas of boys names with similar Polish equivalents could be Alex, Jacob, Joseph, Thomas or Matthew?

    Barbara and Maria other options for a girl. Dereck is similar to Dariusz, edward or maybe adam?


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    #1524
    elfinka
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭elfinka


    cee_jay wrote: »
    Are you looking for names that have Polish equivalents, or just names that would be easily pronounced by both families?
    Some ideas of boys names with similar Polish equivalents could be Alex, Jacob, Joseph, Thomas or Matthew?

    Preferably names with Polish equivalents, but easy to pronounce ones would be fine too.

    I quite like Matthew/Mateusz, but have one baby in my family with this name already so it would a bit awkward.

    Joseph/Jozef is a very old-fashioned named with countryside vibe in Poland, so no.

    Alex or Thomas... not loving them but not too bad either... didn't think of them before, thanks.

    From the easy-to-pronouce category we quite like Conor/Connor recently. Is there any difference between the two btw?
    Balmed Out wrote: »
    Barbara and Maria other options for a girl. Dereck is similar to Dariusz, edward or maybe adam?

    I think we'd like something more original than Maria/Barbara (Barbie?!), but not totally weird either, but thanks :)


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    #1525
    implausible
    Registered Users Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    elfinka wrote: »
    From the easy-to-pronouce category we quite like Conor/Connor recently. Is there any difference between the two btw?

    That's a great name - very strong. Connor is a surname, but I have seen people spell Conor this way.

    I teach a Daria, Roksana and an Ilona, which are great names. I particularly love the name Natalia.


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    #1526
    Lisha
    Registered Users Posts: 8,693 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Gabriella works too IMHO also Isabella (could spell it as izabella if you liked maybe)
    Nadia ?


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    #1527
    missis aggie
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭missis aggie


    elfinka wrote: »
    I am Polish and my husband's Irish, expecting our first. We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet...

    Our problem is finding names that would be easily pronounced/spelled in both languages. So we wouldn't pick Siobhan or Niamh as my side of family would struggle with that. Similarly we wouldn't call a boy Grzegorz (Polish for Gregory)
    So far we kind agreed on girl's name - Maya (it's spelled Maja in Polish but pronounced the same).

    We cannot think of any nice boys names. We don't like Adam, Mark, Lucas etc, even though they all have Polish equivalents... Any ideas? >.<

    I was on the same boat:) I'm Polish, my husband is Irish and he love Irish names :). So our first daughter is Roisin ( Roza / Rose in polish ) - its not to hard to say. We named our second girl Anna. If I will have a boy he will be named Connor. Good luck :)


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    #1528
    icescreamqueen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭icescreamqueen


    Was thinking hard over the last few weeks of any other names I like. Only have 10 days to go so need to be definite about her name now. I'm thinking of Cassie-Rose, along with my mothers name. It'll be quite long but I want my Mums name on the birth cert too. I haven't have that scrunched up face from people when I've told them so it might be ok :)


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    #1529
    carolinespring
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭carolinespring


    A friend a baby girl recently and called her Carolyn Leah and I think it is beautiful. So pretty. Everyone so far has gone"oh, that's really beautiful"


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    icescreamqueen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭icescreamqueen


    carolinespring wrote: »
    A friend a baby girl recently and called her Carolyn Leah and I think it is beautiful. So pretty. Everyone so far has gone"oh, that's really beautiful"

    It's a beautiful name, very girly and original but not too different at the same time :)


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    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    Baby will be here at the latest Tuesday, getting sort of nervous now :eek:

    I leave the names to the OH (I couldn't actually even name our gerbils!!!!) So we had two that I liked/was okay with, but he then suggested a slight alteration.

    For the boy it was supposed to be Robert, with the middle name Emmett, now he is feeling out for Emmett as the first name. I am not sure, I think Emmett and I fear anyone who has read those Twilight books will think it is after that! Damn Stephanie Meyers.

    Is it a common enough name these days?


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