Baby names!

Quackles · 22-12-2008 11:49pm

dancingqueen wrote: »

I am far from even thinking about pregnancy yet but....

Girl:
Penny
Erica
Beibhinn (Bevin) Irish meaning "Fair or white, woman or lady"
Radha (Row-A) Irish meaning "A vision"

Boy:
Senan
Oisin
Cormac
Gregory

My own name means soft/downy haired

We're calling this one Senan if it's a boy

I love Radha, but I don't think hubby would have it.. Fussy fecker is great at knocking back suggestions, but not so great at coming up with any!

lilmizzme · 23-12-2008 2:29am

Dudess wrote: »

The biggest nightmare, I'd say, of the more popular Irish names must be Aoife! I know a lot of Aoifes and they just give up after a while when it comes to living abroad/holidaying/dealing with people on the phone etc...!

Haha, I'm an Aoife and I'm the same....abroad I go by Eve or Eva...I don't bother correcting people....or if we're in a funny mood I introduce myself as Rebecca or Rachel (my fave names) so they definitley cant get it wrong! Even Americans cant get around it, when i was over there it took the people i met almost a week before they could say my name without having to stop and think about it first!

deemy · 27-12-2008 5:53pm

I absolutely love paddy for a boy. i think its a real strong name. My oh thinks I'm nuts and that the child would be ridiculed when older especially if he lived abroad. paddy irish man and all that. Don't think its been mentioned on thread yet so maybe I am mad.
Girls names are much easier I think. This week its Lil, Charlie, May, Jemma, Jasmine.

Grawns · 28-12-2008 12:17pm

I love Paddy too! My oh is a Paddy and he's american with no Irish connection. Very popular name in France - Patrick.

Funny story - you know the name Packie - another form of Paddy. My friends husband is called that and when he was working on the buildings in Germany, his English co-workers refused to call him Packie and insisted on calling him Paddy.

Grawns · 28-12-2008 12:19pm

Camelot wrote: »

My Top Ten Girls names.

Kate
Beth
Mandy
Heather
Juliette
Grace
Victoria
Samantha
Emily
Charlotte

My Top Ten Boys names.

William
Oliver
Julian
Darren
Harvey
Jamey
Cameron
Daniel
Christian
Ashley

Hope there's a few here you havent heard before

Please don't call a boy Ashley :eek:

Quackles · 28-12-2008 1:45pm

Is anyone else meeting a lot of resistance from family and friends about the names they chose? I wish I hadn't told anyone.. My family are having a great laugh. Apparently Senan is reminiscent of medicine you take for constipation, not to mention the fact that my mother keeps calling him Senate, and Neasa is the US space program :rolleyes: Family are great, aren't they?

marti101 · 28-12-2008 5:57pm

Ah i wouldnt worry they do be all like this but they come around,they dont have a choice.You just have to keep pointing out uts your child and you will call it what you like.Also sometimes when the child is born all the names go out the window cause the names dont suit them.Its up to you keep repeating like a mantra and all will be fine.:D

Quackles · 28-12-2008 9:06pm

marti101 wrote: »

Ah i wouldnt worry they do be all like this but they come around,they dont have a choice.You just have to keep pointing out uts your child and you will call it what you like.Also sometimes when the child is born all the names go out the window cause the names dont suit them.Its up to you keep repeating like a mantra and all will be fine.:D

Most of the time they don't bother me - I tell my mother she had 8 opportunities to name her own children and I wouldn't agree with all her choices, and siblings are told that when they have their babies, they can call them whatever they like. Occasionally, though, when I'm particularly tired and emotional, it gets to me

It took us long enough to come up with those names, they are not changing for any man, woman or child!

January · 29-12-2008 1:45am

My father calls my daughter Madison to get on my nerves... he loves her name though...

ShineadyRyan · 29-12-2008 11:51pm

I'm nowhere near to having my own kids ( still in college) but I have a list drawn up!:D
Theres a strong tradition of naming all the kids Irish names in my family and my mams family especially.. Myself and my two brothers have Irish names along with middle names too.
Girls:
Tara
Clodagh
Siofra
Eva
Orla
Siun
Deirdre

Boys:
Colm

Cathal

These two after both of my brothers..
Fiachra
Donnacha
Dara
Niall
Barry
Oisin
Cian
Fergal

Just be careful you don't give him/her a name thats is too common..Like my own name Sinead.....I had three other Sineads in my home ec class alone - roll call was gas.
I love my name and wouldn't change it but you do meet people who say..."yeah so you're called Sinead like the other couple of hundred girls here":rolleyes:

Quackles · 30-12-2008 12:00am

ShineadyRyan wrote: »

I'm nowhere near to having my own kids ( still in college) but I have a list drawn up!:D
Theres a strong tradition of naming all the kids Irish names in my family and my mams family especially.. Myself and my two brothers have Irish names along with middle names too.
Girls:
Tara
Clodagh
Siofra
Eva
Orla
Siun
Deirdre

Boys:
Colm
Cathal
These two after both of my brothers..
Fiachra
Donnacha
Dara
Niall
Barry
Oisin
Cian
Fergal

Just be careful you don't give him/her a name thats is too common..Like my own name Sinead.....I had three other Sineads in my home ec class alone - roll call was gas.
I love my name and wouldn't change it but you do meet people who say..."yeah so you're called Sinead like the other couple of hundred girls here":rolleyes:

My parents used 4 of your names on their own kids

You're not my mammy, are you? ARE YOU?? But Mammy, you told me you couldn't use the internet!

ShineadyRyan · 31-12-2008 12:20am

Quackles wrote: »

My parents used 4 of your names on their own kids You're not my mammy, are you? ARE YOU?? But Mammy, you told me you couldn't use the internet!

Your parents are very good at choosing names then!!!;);)

Roxy87 · 31-12-2008 12:31am

If its a girl I want Amelia Jade
If its a boy I'd like Damien Alexander
But .. my BF thinks the boys name is too posh and gay

(also one of the the local doctors is called Damien and no one likes him)

Grawns · 31-12-2008 11:44am

Roxy87 wrote: »

If its a girl I want Amelia Jade
If its a boy I'd like Damien Alexander
But .. my BF thinks the boys name is too posh and gay (also one of the the local doctors is called Damien and no one likes him)

I have a creepy cousin called Damien and we do call him the Omen

LordSutch · 31-12-2008 3:53pm

Grawns wrote: »

Please don't call a boy Ashley :eek:

I was thinking of 'Ashley Cole' the footballer > but maybe you're right

Re Irish names, personally I would steer clear (of some of them) specially the ones that dont travel well ....

Grawns · 31-12-2008 10:35pm

Camelot wrote: »

I was thinking of 'Ashley Cole' the footballer > but maybe you're right :)QUOTE]

You mean the cheating b**tard Also Ashley, Adrian, Jaden - all girlie names - in my eyes anyway. No boy will thank you for that, really they won't

roccoinvades · 01-01-2009 1:17pm

:)Hi, I have been asked to be Godfather for my cousins newly born twins from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They were born on the 9th of December 2008. One boy and one girl. Their Mother is originally from Limerick. I am flying over for the christening in February and I thought an Irish set of twin Pen Pals would be a cool gift. Their family use E-mail, Skype and so on regurlarly to contact us here in Galway. It would be great for them to see each other grow up on either side of the Atlantic, maybe the occasional visit. If you have twins around this age or know of anyone that might be interested. Please get back to me.
Thanks.

Quackles · 01-01-2009 3:58pm

roccoinvades wrote: »

:)Hi, I have been asked to be Godfather for my cousins newly born twins from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They were born on the 9th of December 2009. One boy and one girl. Their Mother is originally from Limerick. I am flying over for the christening in February and I thought an Irish set of twin Pen Pals would be a cool gift. Their family use E-mail, Skype and so on regurlarly to contact us here in Galway. It would be great for them to see each other grow up on either side of the Atlantic, maybe the occasional visit. If you have twins around this age or know of anyone that might be interested. Please get back to me.
Thanks.

Did I sleep through an entire year again?

roccoinvades · 01-01-2009 4:18pm

Ooops. Thanks for the heads up!

Catari Jaguar · 18-01-2009 3:49am

As a teacher in a multicultural school, I come across some cool and interesting boys names in the roll book

Dmitri
Nikita
Simi
Tosho
Bao
Khan
Lorenzo
Laurinis
Aries (Irees)

There are tons more but I can't think of them off the top of my head...

watna · 18-01-2009 4:17am

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Nikita

This is my step-sister in law's name. She wasn't to happy when I pointed out that it's originally a boys name from Eastern Europe that people have transferred to girls, or that in Dublin it tends to be rougher people who call girls this (in my experience of course, no offence intended to anyone!)

Catari Jaguar · 18-01-2009 4:04pm

watna wrote: »

in Dublin it tends to be rougher people who call girls this (in my experience of course, no offence intended to anyone!)

Then they call it nik - i - ah!

syklops · 19-01-2009 12:55am

adrieanne__x wrote: »

Yes, I am crazy... but out of those names I really like Addison and Grace for a girl and Luke and Ben for a boy. But they're all in the running!!

A grey's anatomy fan no doubt...

Seattle "grace" and "Addison" Shepard?

syklops · 19-01-2009 1:00am

Lil Kitten wrote: »

As a teacher in a multicultural school, I come across some cool and interesting boys names in the roll book

Dmitri
Nikita
Simi
Tosho
Bao
Khan
Lorenzo
Laurinis
Aries (Irees)

There are tons more but I can't think of them off the top of my head...

For the first time in my life hearing the name, I met 2 people within a week of each other called Archadeus. I thought it was won of the coolest names I had heard in a long time.

January · 19-01-2009 1:18am

syklops wrote: »

A grey's anatomy fan no doubt...

Seattle "grace" and "Addison" Shepard?

Actually no, I got the name Addison when I was driving through Glasnevin and saw the Addison Lodge funnily enough, I thought it was unusual and decided that it was in the running...

I did actually name my daughter Addison as it turns out.

watna · 19-01-2009 2:47am

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Then they call it nik - i - ah!

Those were my actual words to her - down to the accent and everything.

Again, it did not go down well, at all!

Melion · 19-01-2009 3:39pm

We've moved onto Mikayla for a girl and Dylan or Jaden for a boy

ceannair06 · 19-01-2009 3:53pm

I agree that Caleb is a beautiful name for a boy, although sadly in Take a Break or one of those mags last week there were two stories about a boy named that.

One was spelled KAYLUB and one was KAYLIB.

Look people, if you can't spell the names then don't use them!

I had a student once called Nyv. After a loooong time trying to work out what it was she told me, it's pronounced Neeve.

To which I wrote down its correct spelling.

"Ain't that Nyam ?":eek:

Melion · 19-01-2009 3:55pm

Caleb was another name we were thinking about for a while, mainly due to my Kings of Leon fascination. I dont think she likes it anymore though

Driina · 19-01-2009 4:34pm

Harry seems to be very popular now... why is that?

for boys:
Micah
Jacob
Daniel (my son's name)
Alexandre (his second name)
Nicholas

for girls:
Penelope
Alexandra
Marie

Tired · 22-01-2009 2:58pm

1st time poster here just wanted to add my tuppence worth, am 7mths pregnant and know im having a girl. The names i have are

Girls:Darcy
Daria
Joy
Ava
Hazel
Holly
Isabelle
Erin

Boys:
Nathan
Jake
Joshua
Lee
William

I could go on but thats my shortlist at the moment. Love having a read of the names post, normally posting in the animal section so hope you dont mind me jumping over...

January · 22-01-2009 3:19pm

Nah, come on over and join us! I'm not pregnant anymore, wish I still was!! But don't want anymore children!!

From your list I love Ava and Hazel for girls and Joshua for boys!!

Tired · 22-01-2009 3:22pm

Think I might Adrienne, I also have a nearly 7 month old pup so I have my hands full, its like having a child. I know dont ask, what was i thinking.

Yep Hazel is one of the names i really really like, probably the name ill opt for but you know your self that could change when I have her.

Melion · 22-01-2009 3:26pm

God, how the hell do people choose names for their kids?

We must have gone through about 15 definites since we found out, changing our minds now again.

January · 22-01-2009 3:44pm

Tired wrote: »

Think I might Adrienne, I also have a nearly 7 month old pup so I have my hands full, its like having a child. I know dont ask, what was i thinking.

Yep Hazel is one of the names i really really like, probably the name ill opt for but you know your self that could change when I have her.

I have a 7 month old pup too... it is like having another child... he sleeps on the couch beside me though when I'm feeding the baby!! Thing is, he was spoiled before Addison came along, so was a bit jealous... but now he gets up on the arm chair to have a look in her carry cot when she's asleep lol.

Melion... I kind of always knew Addison was going to be my girls name... I just had others in case she didn't "look like an Addison" as people were saying to me... but I had a really hard time of picking a boys name, even so much as that we were still discussing names as I was being brought for my emergency c section!!!

gowayouttadat · 22-01-2009 3:45pm

I've only started thinking about this recently but I'm thinking about Ali for a girl and maybe Sean for a boy.

embee · 22-01-2009 4:25pm

Sure I'm not even pregnant or planning to be anytime soon, and I have at least four girls names that I'll opt for in the future (for some reason, I can't see myself having a boy at all).

Rhiannon is my daughters name, if she ever has a sister (or sisters) they'll be Matilda, Imogen and Lois.

I dunno how many people out there though think I named my daughter after Rihanna. I didn't! Who in the name of the Lord would name their child after a popstar?!

Sixx · 22-01-2009 6:31pm

Embee... I bet you named her after the Fleetwood Mac song?!:D
I was SO sure of Luke as a name but now my OH has totally vetoed it... there's too many of them seemingly!! Now I don't know a single Luke but he said that's cause they're all 5 and under!! BTW still too early to know sex yet but this topic has my full attention, hope I'm not jumping the gun (anxious annie right now til wk 12)

Tired · 23-01-2009 10:57am

Gawd Adrieanne am delighted I posted on here now, will be wrecking your head for advice on how to get them used to eachother. Like yourself he is the baby of the house, he sleeps in doors and I have to say he is brilliant, he is a blue roan cocker spaniel (what do you have)...

Melion on my last daughter (she is ten) I had about 50 names I swear i couldnt decide and then dont laugh i used to wear the perfume at the time so named her after that, odd eh. Chloe is her name and there is loads of Chloes now.

Gowayouttadat I like the name Ali, i like short and to the point names...

Congrats Sixx best of luck with the pregnancy, how have you been feeling?

embee · 23-01-2009 12:16pm

Sixx wrote: »

Embee... I bet you named her after the Fleetwood Mac song?!:D

lol Sixx,

wasn't the song either!!!!

I have a big big extended family and I wanted Rhiannon to have a unique name that no-one else in the family had. Originally I wanted an Irish name, but any of them that I liked have already been used. So, I decided a Celtic name (Irish, Scottish or Welsh) would do. Went on the internet for Celtic baby names for girls, and Rhiannon leapt out at me from early on.

Still though, when I texted people to say she had arrived, I got endless texts back saying "oooh, like the popstar?" ARGH. They're two different names, ffs. Rihanna and Rhiannon, whilst similar, are not the same name and I would never in a million years take on to name my child after the hottest popstar du jour. If that was the case, any other babies I have would be called Beyonce, Christina, Britney, Leona, Lady Gaga.....

No thanks!

getz · 23-01-2009 1:03pm

embee wrote: »

lol Sixx,

wasn't the song either!!!!

I have a big big extended family and I wanted Rhiannon to have a unique name that no-one else in the family had. Originally I wanted an Irish name, but any of them that I liked have already been used. So, I decided a Celtic name (Irish, Scottish or Welsh) would do. Went on the internet for Celtic baby names for girls, and Rhiannon leapt out at me from early on.

Still though, when I texted people to say she had arrived, I got endless texts back saying "oooh, like the popstar?" ARGH. They're two different names, ffs. Rihanna and Rhiannon, whilst similar, are not the same name and I would never in a million years take on to name my child after the hottest popstar du jour. If that was the case, any other babies I have would be called Beyonce, Christina, Britney, Leona, Lady Gaga.....

No thanks!

i being a bronte fan have always loved the girls names anne,emily,and charlotte, but at the end of the day i had a boy and called him simon

LorraineL · 23-01-2009 1:09pm

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me butting in here. I am only 10 and a half weeks gone so i have plenty of time yet to decide on names but i love reading through all the suggestions on here. If it's a girl, she will more than likely be Zoe. This will be my fourth baby so it's getting hard to pick a name that will fit in with the others. The rest all all fairly short so i think i'll stick with that theme! Clueless as to boys' names though.

getz · 23-01-2009 1:25pm

LorraineL wrote: »

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me butting in here. I am only 10 and a half weeks gone so i have plenty of time yet to decide on names but i love reading through all the suggestions on here. If it's a girl, she will more than likely be Zoe. This will be my fourth baby so it's getting hard to pick a name that will fit in with the others. The rest all all fairly short so i think i'll stick with that theme! Clueless as to boys' names though.

looking at my passed girlfriends names [i have had many weird ones] judith,carena,shannon, my wifes name is magdalena[spanish spelling] married 35years-try the old names like branwell, martin,luke,ect that way no other kid at school will have the same name take it from me thats important to any kid he will be more remembered if he has a good strong christian name

Grawns · 23-01-2009 2:00pm

Sixx wrote: »

Embee... I bet you named her after the Fleetwood Mac song?!:D
I was SO sure of Luke as a name but now my OH has totally vetoed it... there's too many of them seemingly!! Now I don't know a single Luke but he said that's cause they're all 5 and under!! BTW still too early to know sex yet but this topic has my full attention, hope I'm not jumping the gun (anxious annie right now til wk 12)

I have 2 nephews called luke - under 3 years. Same as Sean and Jack these days. Mighty popular but a very nice name. Don't worry about jumping the gun. I had Aoife picked out before I got pregnant and that turned into a Luke situation. Was going to call it for my Dad if a boy. And am now happy with cool but not wacky Bridget.

Grawns · 23-01-2009 2:01pm

getz wrote: »

looking at my passed girlfriends names [i have had many weird ones] judith,carena,shannon, my wifes name is magdalena[spanish spelling] married 35years-try the old names like branwell, martin,luke,ect that way no other kid at school will have the same name take it from me thats important to any kid he will be more remembered if he has a good strong christian name

Branwell? :eek: Sounds like a kelloggs product.

Grawns · 23-01-2009 2:06pm

gowayouttadat wrote: »

I've only started thinking about this recently but I'm thinking about Ali for a girl and maybe Sean for a boy.

I like Ali but according to books you should give a full name on birth cert and then shorten it for everyday use. For instance I am calling my daughter Bridget but she will be Bree for short. So Alison, Alanna etc would be better as it gives your daughter an option to have a more grown up name when she wishes. Job applications etc. Also Ali is a very popular muslim mans name. Could cause some confusion as to her race and gender.

As you can see I've thought about this lots

LeahBaby · 23-01-2009 2:52pm

in About 5 years time!! i would like one of the names

Zoe
Cara
Willow

Freddie
Seth
Noah
Jacob

MrsA · 27-01-2009 5:03pm

Grawns wrote: »

I like Ali but according to books you should give a full name on birth cert and then shorten it for everyday use. For instance I am calling my daughter Bridget but she will be Bree for short. So Alison, Alanna etc would be better as it gives your daughter an option to have a more grown up name when she wishes. Job applications etc. Also Ali is a very popular muslim mans name. Could cause some confusion as to her race and gender.

As you can see I've thought about this lots

I love when people live their lives "according to books".

If someone wants to call their daughter Ali, well then that is what they should call her. I personally don't get the point of calling a child one name for their birth cert and another name for everyday life.

A CV when they are older will tell a lot more than their name.

To each their own, but, if I was shortening my childs name I would actually be using a shortened version of it, and not just another random name with the same first letter.

M

Síle28 · 27-01-2009 5:11pm

I love Maya, Siena (with one 'n' like the town in Italy) or Síofra (little fairy) for girls or Killian for a boy...

Quackles · 27-01-2009 6:47pm

Síle28 wrote: »

I love Maya, Siena (with one 'n' like the town in Italy) or Síofra (little fairy) for girls or Killian for a boy...

I've been trying to convince my pregnant sister to go for Síofra or Killian

Would have seriously considered using them myself, but hubby didn't like Síofra, and Killian sounds ridiculous with our surname.

Baby names!

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