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    #122
    marti101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭marti101


    I like Reuben unusuall enough without being overboard mm its a grower alrite


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    #123
    ebmma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


    Quality wrote: »
    My sisters name is Kareen, she was named after a little Indian girl who lived next door to my mam and dad in London. It is also the name of the maid in gone with the wind.. So we tell my sister she is named after her...

    Careen in "Gone with the wind" wasn't a maid, she was Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister who went to convent. It is short from Caroline Irene.

    I'm just reading the book at the moment :D


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    #124
    Quality
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    ebmma wrote: »
    Careen in "Gone with the wind" wasn't a maid, she was Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister who went to convent. It is short from Caroline Irene.

    I'm just reading the book at the moment :D


    Well dont tell my sister!!!!:eek::eek:


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    #125
    ebmma
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    Quality wrote: »
    Well dont tell my sister!!!!:eek::eek:

    She was a nice girl though :D

    oh,

    Alder for a boy,

    Starling for a girl.

    It'll be a while until it's useful, but it's kinda nice to think about it.


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    #126
    beth-lou
    Registered Users Posts: 729 ✭✭✭beth-lou


    MrsA wrote: »
    Reuben was almost our sons name, but, it is his middle name now.

    My friend had a little girl a few months ago and called her Eloise.

    I think you have great taste!!

    M

    Thanks! Well I'll have one or the other next year all things going well. :)


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    #127
    CR 7
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    Messed Up Mind wrote: »
    How about Siún (pronounced Shoon) for a girl? I think that's my favourite name, something I'll be keeping for a little girl for me WAAAAAAAAAAY in the future. I'll let you have it for now though. ;)




    Yeah, you can't go wrong with naming your child after an item used to keep feet dry and clean.


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    #128
    pawrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,721 ✭✭✭pawrick


    I know a few siun's also - tis an ok name but this is all about personal choice

    personally I like Aoife even if it is pretty common

    have a friend called Mafalda which i think is also nice but not sure about having it in Ireland!?!

    For a boy I like the usual - Keith, David, Robert, Colm, Barry oh and Setanta - never put too much thought in to it - as I said i like Aoife and that's about it.


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    #129
    ebmma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


    Nearly everyone is called Dave these days...Nice name, but it fails to identify a person...


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    #130
    MJOR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    here are my nieces and nephews names maybe someone might find inspiration

    Tim
    Jenny
    Darren
    Dylan
    David
    Gracie
    Jerry
    Sebastien
    Elena
    Liam


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    #131
    Charcoal
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    Hopefully I'll have a reason to be looking at baby names sometime in the next few months :)

    I like really normal strong names:
    James, John, Liam (not william), Thomas. I'm reliably informed though that first boy will be named after DH, and he is none of those.

    For girls I really like:
    Catherine & Elizabeth, both can be shortened to cutie names like Katie and Beth for kids, but can be really grown up when the child gets older.

    I knew a Duilleog once - irish for leaf.

    Does anyone know how to pronounce Sian? It always puzzles me when I see it in print - is it like Sean or is it Shyan or something different?


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    #132
    metrovelvet
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    marti101 wrote: »
    I like Reuben unusuall enough without being overboard mm its a grower alrite

    FYI, Reuban is a very Jewish name in the US and named for a famous sandwich, made of corned beef, swiss cheese, and a special sauce on rye bread. Katz' deli [the one where Meg Ryan had her famous fake orgasm] has this as one of it's specialties.


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    #133
    lolly22
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    Charcoal wrote: »
    Hopefully I'll have a reason to be looking at baby names sometime in the next few months :)

    I like really normal strong names:
    James, John, Liam (not william), Thomas. I'm reliably informed though that first boy will be named after DH, and he is none of those.

    For girls I really like:
    Catherine & Elizabeth, both can be shortened to cutie names like Katie and Beth for kids, but can be really grown up when the child gets older.

    I knew a Duilleog once - irish for leaf.

    Does anyone know how to pronounce Sian? It always puzzles me when I see it in print - is it like Sean or is it Shyan or something different?

    Good luck with that;) and as for Sian, never hear it before, just Sean or Shaun, which are both nice.

    I called my little girl Taylor picked the name the week i found out i was pregnant, we never agreed on a boy's name and I still dont have one so I was glad she was a girl :D


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    #134
    watna
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    Sian is Welsh and is pronouned Shann - with a long a sound. I was almost called that - my dad is Welsh. They also were going to call me Nia which is the Welsh version of Niamh (my name). They have the same Niamh/Oisin myth in Welsh mythology too. Oisin is Oshun I think.


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    #135
    lily lou
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭lily lou


    Ok unless an imaculate conception happens I won't be needing these for a long time but I've had my names picked out for years,

    Girls
    Alisha(my absolute favourite)
    Maia
    Grace
    Ava

    Boys
    Lee
    Kyle
    Ethan


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    #136
    marti101
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    The only Sian i know is Sian Lloyd she used to be the weather girl.


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    #137
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


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    Oh not Bridget, sorry but no, I'm just not feeling it at all.....

    Stick with Neasa! Or what about Eryn? not spelt irish I know.... Or Sinead, or Sorcha?
    I have a Saoirse

    I know everyone has their own preferences, I have to say that my baby due in Feb, while have to have an Irish name, they are gorgeous names and I feel are the best. Just my opinion.

    As far as girls names are concerned;
    Clodagh,
    Aifric,
    Aisling,
    Caoimhe,
    Maeve are all gorgeous.

    Boys are a bit more difficult though, but if its a boy its being named after my boyfriends late father.:):)


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    #138
    illiop
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    I have a kinda obsession with names and their meanings but my favourites are:
    GIRLS:
    Grace - unexpected/undeserved gift
    Sadhbh - Good and honest
    Belle - Lady

    BOYS:
    Tadhg - Poet(I know it's a bit wierd but I figure back then poets were really intelligent an all that)
    Eoin - Gift from god
    Samson - Sun
    Ruari - with a fada on the i, only if he's a ginger 'cause it means red headed king

    I know, i've put way to much thought into it...


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    #139
    metrovelvet
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    I like Ruari. I kind of wish I named my son that because he looks more like a Ruari than the name he has, but I nearly named him Bruno, good thing I didnt since he is a blond. The thing is .... the hair colour can change, as his did, dramatically, so you cant name them based on hair colour or what they look like at first.

    If he was a girl I would have named him Giselle. If I ever have a daughter this will be top of my list.... favorite ballet.


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    #140
    marti101
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    Giselle what a gorgous name really like that


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    #141
    Mink
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    I friend recently had twins - boy named Sebastian, girl names Sage. She has 2 other boys under age of 4 (yikes) called Tighe & Saxon. I think they're all great names. My nephew is called Isaac which means he who laughs, and he certainly does :p


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    #142
    Melion
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    I think myself and OH have decided already.

    Sian for a girl and Dylan for a boy, my grandmother is Welsh and i have a welsh name so i want to continue the tradition. I wanted Rhys for the boy but the GF had a pet dog called Reese when she was younger.


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    #143
    embee
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    My daughter has a Welsh name - Rhiannon. Decided on her name when I was only about 8 weeks pregnant.


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    #144
    Melion
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    The GF is only 10 weeks gone but we've pretty much decided already.


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    the glass woman
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    What in the name of god am i doing reading a baby name thread at this hour of the morning....my baby is far to young for me to be getting broody again! Anyway my son is called Samuel Luke, my husbands name is Luke, and i really love samuel or sam


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    #146
    marti101
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    I have a boycalled Dylan and theres absolutley loads of them,iys a very popular name.


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    #147
    LordSutch
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    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 :)


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    #148
    January
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    I named my baby girl Addison :D


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    #149
    CathyMoran
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    For a girl:
    Catherine,
    Deirdre,
    Helen

    For a boy:
    Sean,
    Charles,
    Aebhric


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    #150
    Quackles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    CathyMoran wrote: »
    For a girl:
    Catherine,
    Deirdre,
    Helen

    For a boy:
    Sean,
    Charles,
    Aebhric

    I highly recommend Deirdre ;)


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    #151
    dancingqueen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭dancingqueen


    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


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