Baby names!

Penny Dreadful · 24-04-2014 1:18pm

dori_dormer wrote: »

Actually, I probably shouldnt be encouraging people to name their newborns after my son! Want to keep it rare LOL!

Eli is a terrible name.....:D

Dreadful, awful, shocking name. Who'd ever call their poor child such a bad bad bad name. :P They should opt for something better and sensible like Folio instead.

monflat · 24-04-2014 1:45pm

I like martha as a girls name .

Does anyone like ?

ElleEm · 24-04-2014 2:23pm

I was only thinking about the name Martha the other day. I love it- it is a friend's middle name. You would have to be careful about the accent in your region though or it could sound horrendous.

I love the name Eli, and don't know many people who watch The Good Wife so I don't think the association would be made. I do watch it but would never make the connection. I suppose I would only ever make connections with main characters in really popular shows or films.

John Mason · 24-04-2014 2:26pm

monflat wrote: »

I like martha as a girls name .

Does anyone like ?

love Martha, Mabel and Maud

we had sort of agreed on Arabella but his sister was talking at the weekend and said she had a doll called Arabella which was still in the attic. so we have scratched that.

i love, love, love Mabel but he thinks its horrible

monflat · 24-04-2014 2:31pm

Ok great thanks !!
My three choices are martha cora and stella ? Stella is a new choice
I like it thou

Chattastrophe! · 24-04-2014 4:11pm

monflat wrote: »

Ok great thanks !!
My three choices are martha cora and stella ? Stella is a new choice
I like it thou

I love all three of those!

Cora would have been a definite contender for me if I'd had a girl. While I love Stella, it would have been terrible with my second name. I really like Martha, what would put me off a tiny bit is that it would take a couple of years for the child to pronounce their own name, it tends to take them quite a while to manage the "th" sound.

They are all beautiful names.

John Mason · 24-04-2014 5:25pm

Love Stella. Himself doesnt like it because Stella beer is known as wife beater, Frank Gallagher from shameless daughter is called Stella after said beer and there is someone on corrie called Stella.

Love Cora He hates Cora because it sounds like the core of an Apple which is rubbish.

I am so over this baby naming business

Ice Storm · 24-04-2014 6:39pm

I really like the name Martha, partly because I love the Tom Waits song of the same name.

It didn't occur to me that some people wouldn't pronounce the "th" properly, which come to think of it is a bit off putting.

monflat · 24-04-2014 6:44pm

Ice Storm wrote: »

I really like the name Martha, partly because I love the Tom Waits song of the same name.

It didn't occur to me that some people wouldn't pronounce the "th" properly, which come to think of it is a bit off putting.

I suppose it would alright.
Something to consider !

Suucee · 24-04-2014 8:42pm

Love Martha (am biased though) but couldn't use as a first name as would not suit the surname. So she got it as a middle name. Was my grannys name who died 2 years ago tomorrow so when my daughter was born (she will be 2 on Tuesday) I thought it would be a lovely way to remember her. When I told my father it was the first and only time I seen him cry.

Moonbeam · 25-04-2014 1:02am

I don't like Stella , Martha or Cora but by now we know my taste is odd .
Martha sounds like an old womans name to me , Stella I just think of the beer and it said in any strong accent and I am not sure why bit Cora is a name I never liked .

Moonbeam · 25-04-2014 1:10am

dizzymiss wrote: »

Odin is a norse god name. Met a guy a few years back wuth the name and it just stuck in my head. It's also Thor's father's name for fans of the comic

Love Chloe and Mia. How do you pronounce Ayla?

I love Odin , Chloe , Ayla and Amelia .
I don't like Mia but like Maia / Maya .
I would have never thought of Roisa as an Irish name .

Hello Lady! · 25-04-2014 1:48am

Moonbeam wrote: »

I don't like Stella , Martha or Cora but by now we know my taste is odd .
Martha sounds like an old womans name to me , Stella I just think of the beer and it said in any strong accent and I am not sure why bit Cora is a name I never liked .

Totally with you on all these names!

Chattastrophe! · 25-04-2014 3:50am

Moonbeam wrote: »

I would have never thought of Roisa as an Irish name .

Me neither, I just think of the old "Caol le caol, leathan le leathan" rule that was drilled into us in primary school!

wolfpawnat · 25-04-2014 8:38am

Moonbeam wrote: »

I would have never thought of Roisa as an Irish name .

My sons principal is Roise, pronounced the same.

Dolbert · 25-04-2014 11:50am

wolfpawnat wrote: »

My sons principal is Roise, pronounced the same.

Róise is lovely but Roisa just looks like 'Royce-a' to me!

Moonbeam · 25-04-2014 12:28pm

wolfpawnat wrote: »

My sons principal is Roise, pronounced the same.

Róise and Róis and Róisín are pretty names and what the 2 girls wanted to call baby ,unfortunately being the cruel people that we are we would not let them name her after Ms Rabbits twins Rosie and Robbie in Peppa Pig .
C was in denial about her actual name for the 1st few days lol

Daisymay2007 · 25-04-2014 12:38pm

Here's my two cents worth...a very difficult decision but have another 20 weeks to decide!

Girls
Sadie
Heather
Poppy
Daisy
Ava
Francesca
Juliet
Rosie

Boys
Finn
Fionn
Jacob
Rowan/Roan
Eli

Lucuma · 25-04-2014 2:30pm

Ruksy07 wrote: »

Would love a bit of help on this one. We have decided on Kyle for a boy, however my hubby lost a friend he hadn't seen for a long time a few months ago. Kyle was his surname.

My hubby wants to spell it differently because they weren't close enuf to be naming a child after him and more importantly we are already dedicating this baby's second name to my brother whom we lost tragically ourselves.

Looking for a variation on the spelling thats not too off the wall. I like Ciall ( means wisdom in irish) but does anyone know if this is pronounced the same as Kyle. Also do you think it would match well with his not so big sister Roisa?

Caill in irish is pronounced exactly the same as Kyle in english. It's the irish word for to lose. Chaill me an leabhar - I lost the book
So you could use that spelling? As long as gaeilgeoirs don't start calling him 'Loser'

Lucuma · 25-04-2014 2:38pm

implausible wrote: »

I put my two into Facebook - I don't know if it's a good idea or not, but it confirmed that my wee girl's name is unique!

This is a great idea for researching names. FB is a great resource.
I used it to check if Tadhg or Tadgh is more commonly used.

FB search was also how I discovered there are an equal amount of Maebhs and Meabhs. (not to mention the Meadhbhs...)

And based on that I decided if we go with this name we'll use the spelling Maeve to spare the child a lifetime of confusion

Chattastrophe! · 25-04-2014 2:50pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Caill in irish is pronounced exactly the same as Kyle in english. It's the irish word for to lose. Chaill me an leabhar - I lost the book
So you could use that spelling? As long as gaeilgeoirs don't start calling him 'Loser'

It depends on the dialect though, my mum (Munster) would pronounce caill as Kyle, however I'm from Connacht and went to Gaelteachts in Connacht and would pronounce it more like "call".

dori_dormer · 25-04-2014 2:52pm

Daisymay2007 wrote: »

Here's my two cents worth...a very difficult decision but have another 20 weeks to decide!

Girls
Sadie
Heather
Poppy
Daisy
Ava
Francesca
Juliet
Rosie

Boys
Finn
Fionn
Jacob
Rowan/Roan
Eli

Ooh I really like heather for some reason... I don't usually like flower names. Francesca is unusual too but I think people wold shorten it to fran, or franny which I feel is an old ladies name. and then maybe mean people would drop the r!?

implausible · 25-04-2014 2:53pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Caill in irish is pronounced exactly the same as Kyle in english. It's the irish word for to lose. Chaill me an leabhar - I lost the book
So you could use that spelling? As long as gaeilgeoirs don't start calling him 'Loser'

It depends on the part of the country, it's "cahl" in others. Either way, I don't see the point in "Irishising" the name at all, especially if the pronunciation is going to be the same and the OP is trying to avoid it being the same as the dead person.

Kai is another option, but it wouldn't be my preference. If the OP wants an Irish sounding name with a similar sound - Caolan/Keelan, Cian/Kian or Ryan are options too.

Lucuma · 25-04-2014 3:07pm

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

My girl names are:
Emily (one we both agree on)
Lilly (one we both agree on)
Penny (I like, husband not so sure)
Zoe (he really likes, I'm okish with)
Naomi (he really likes, I'm okish with)
Olivia ( I really like it, husband not so sure, also a few people he works with called their daughters that).

My boy names are:
Sebastian (I love it, husband hates it with a passion)
Simon ( I like it, husband not so sure)
Will (we both agree on)
Matthew (I like it but it has to stay at Matthew, no Matt, Matty, etc- husband feels will get shortened regardless).
Toby (I like, husband not so sure).
Eli (I really like, husband feels calling child after Eli in the Good Wife).
Sam (we both like but I really feel every second boy is called this now)
Ben (we both like but the boys that aren't called Sam are called Ben).
Alex ( I like, husband a bit "meh" with it).

Penny are you serious about calling your daughter Penny?

I suppose after all this time you've become attached to it :-)
Don't think I'll be going for Lucuma for mine

You were saying above you're not that keen on Ben and Sam coz they're too popular. Same applies to Lilly and Olivia I'm afraid.

Lucuma · 25-04-2014 3:09pm

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

It depends on the dialect though, my mum (Munster) would pronounce caill as Kyle, however I'm from Connacht and went to Gaelteachts in Connacht and would pronounce it more like "call".

yeah in Munster irish caill is pronounced as Kyle I meant

Lucuma · 25-04-2014 3:16pm

monflat wrote: »

Ok great thanks !!
My three choices are martha cora and stella ? Stella is a new choice
I like it thou

In Cork Stella was a chavtastic name....to the point where you remember girls that wore hair with a bump at the front and ponytail on the top of their head? That hairstyle was called a 'Stella bump' and if doing your best north cork inner city impression you'd say 'Stella-wella-way from me girl!!'

:P

Penny Dreadful · 25-04-2014 3:27pm

Lucuma wrote: »

Penny are you serious about calling your daughter Penny?
I suppose after all this time you've become attached to it :-)
Don't think I'll be going for Lucuma for mine

You were saying above you're not that keen on Ben and Sam coz they're too popular. Same applies to Lilly and Olivia I'm afraid.

I really like Penny. It's not my real life name though - they couldn't be less alike!
I ran the list past my husband yesterday evening and he is still set against Eli, must work on that. He was very taken with Alex though.
Emily is always agreed on so we may well end up with an Emily or an Alex.
That said, for each name my parents agreed on my Dad ended up tweeking it a little when the crunch came- Bridget (after my granny) became Deirdre with Bridget as a second name, Jane became Jean and so on.
I'd have killed him if I was my mother. He totally got his own way with my name. I think she'd given up at that stage.

FurBabyMomma · 25-04-2014 9:08pm

Ruksy07 wrote: »

Would love a bit of help on this one. We have decided on Kyle for a boy, however my hubby lost a friend he hadn't seen for a long time a few months ago. Kyle was his surname.

My hubby wants to spell it differently because they weren't close enuf to be naming a child after him and more importantly we are already dedicating this baby's second name to my brother whom we lost tragically ourselves.

Looking for a variation on the spelling thats not too off the wall. I like Ciall ( means wisdom in irish) but does anyone know if this is pronounced the same as Kyle. Also do you think it would match well with his not so big sister Roisa?

Ciall in common usage means 'sense' or 'common sense', eg Níl aon ciall ag baint leis = He doesn't have an ounce of sense. I only understand 'caill' as in to lose something. Either way I'd say go with the original spelling or change the name, I don't think trying to Irish-ise it works.

BarraOG · 06-05-2014 7:57pm

Hi,

My wife is mad about the name Neala (pronounce Neel - Ah). I've never heard of this name before and was wondering if it is Irish as I've seen on some websites. Just because a few websites say its Irish doesn't means its true.

The spelling seems a bit strange as it would be pronounced "Nyah Lah" os Gaeilge. But if it is an old Irish name then it could be an old spelling.

The correct spelling in Irish for this pronunciation would be Nialla or Níalla but there is nobody on the internet with this name as far as I can see.

Thanks for your help,

Barry.

lolademmers · 06-05-2014 8:41pm

Love this name. There was a character on ER called Neala but she was of Indian heritage I think? It's one of my top girls names.

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