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Baby names!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    watna wrote: »
    Hmm, I don't think I contributed much names to this thread so I thought I'd put some really unusual ones out there for you all!. My OH is a South African Indian so all his family have Indian type names. In their culture everyone gets different names and it's meant to mean something about when you were born (my OH's name means the rising sun because when he was born it was dawn). It's much rarer to meet people with the same name.

    He wants to name our (distant) future daughter after his mum, who died when he was young. Her name was Narina with I think is actually quite nice (luckily)

    He has two girls cousins who are sisters called Urvashni and Vanashni and another set of cousins who are brother and sister called Salesh and Salisha.

    Now, there's some stange names for you to mull over!

    They are all fabulously phonetic so work very well. If it was Irish narina would be spelt nárinne! I have a south african indian female friend called vashni. I think it's very pretty.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Grawns wrote: »
    They are all fabulously phonetic so work very well. If it was Irish narina would be spelt nárinne! I have a south african indian female friend called vashni. I think it's very pretty.

    Yeah, some of the names of his friends are great except I can never tell when they're male or female! I think he has a male friend called Vashni - maybe they're interchangeable!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    watna wrote: »
    Yeah, some of the names of his friends are great except I can never tell when they're male or female! I think he has a male friend called Vashni - maybe they're interchangeable!

    I guess they must be. I travelled around India a few years ago. Fantastic experience but not something I will be doing with a baby in tow. Maybe someday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 Eyeofthetiger


    I like Bridget but then I might be biased, it is a name on my little one's birth cert spelled as Brigid because of where I am from. It can also be shortened to Brìd (coworker) and Bride (mother). :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    My middle name is Bridget, which was always changed to bridie, biddy and frigid bridget throughout the years - children/teenagers can be cruel :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    Quackles wrote: »
    My middle name is Bridget, which was always changed to bridie, biddy and frigid bridget throughout the years - children/teenagers can be cruel :rolleyes:


    Gráinne sounds like gránna, the Irish for ugly :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    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...

    I am still no further along with the battle of the names.

    I am not a huge fan of Irish names.:o Although I do like Ian for a boy.


    I really like Charlie for a girl now... And I like Sam and Freddy for boys.

    Will have to pull the finger out and start making some decisions soon!!!

    The baby will have my dads name as second name... Brendan for a boy or Brenda for a girl (God love her:D).


  • Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭sara-lou


    No matter what name ye pick it won't matter, when you see your baby you will know!!! I know it sounds very cliche but its the truth. Some names won't suit your baby, only when you meet him/her will you know or def. But take a shortlist anyway


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    like the name sarah for a girl. Hebrew for princess i think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    Ok I'm not up the duff yet but here are my names

    Andrew
    Jeremiah (my late dads name and my brother stole it so I have a lttle nephew called Jerry which is cute)

    Love Aoibhe (Ava) but too many of them around.
    Like Miah (MYA) But reminds me of the looney in Corrie
    Like Jenna but my surname is to be McKenna.
    Also like Beth and Juilette but my OH is not liking these.

    My friend had a little girl and called her Leyla and her sister called her baby Kacie.
    I like Faye too


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 mumof2maybe3


    I love the name Faye for girl .... always have. It was weird seeing it on someone elses list cause people normally look at me as if im mad:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 321 ✭✭MrsA


    sara-lou wrote: »
    No matter what name ye pick it won't matter, when you see your baby you will know!!! I know it sounds very cliche but its the truth. Some names won't suit your baby, only when you meet him/her will you know or def. But take a shortlist anyway

    I don't fully agree with that.

    I have 2 sons and both their names were decided long in advance of their births and both names suit them totally and I could not imagine them as anything else.

    I am due again in April, and as soon as we find out the sex of this baby we will be deciding on a name and sticking with it.

    It is not as if every single Kate or Jack looks the same.

    M


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    MrsA wrote: »
    I don't fully agree with that.

    I have 2 sons and both their names were decided long in advance of their births and both names suit them totally and I could not imagine them as anything else.

    I am due again in April, and as soon as we find out the sex of this baby we will be deciding on a name and sticking with it.

    It is not as if every single Kate or Jack looks the same.

    M

    I'd agree with you there - I think the child will grow to suit the name you give them, babies just look like babies!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    othr name i like is holly

    my brothers wife is having a boy theyre calling him Liam


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    I love the name Faye for girl .... always have. It was weird seeing it on someone elses list cause people normally look at me as if im mad:D


    I think its really pretty


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭bigtimecharlie


    Baby to be born soon so

    Boy:
    Jack
    James
    Kyle
    Aaron



    Girl:
    Ava
    Grace
    Jordan


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    I thought it may be of interest to note the top 10 most popular girls and boys names according to the central statistics office

    Sean 1
    Jack 2
    Conor 3
    Adam 4
    James 5
    Daniel 6
    Luke 7
    Cian 8
    Michael 9
    Jamie 10

    Sarah 1
    Emma 2
    Katie 3
    Aoife 4
    Sophie 5
    Ava 6
    Grace 7
    Ella 8
    Leah 9
    Ciara 10


    I was dead set on Aoife until I saw how popular it is now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Grawns wrote: »
    I thought it may be of interest to note the top 10 most popular girls and boys names according to the central statistics office

    I was dead set on Aoife until I saw how popular it is now.

    When I have kids I'll try to avoid names on the list. In my year in school, there were 3 other girls with my name and there was 10 Sarah's out of 100 girls!

    Nice to have some individuality.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 729 ✭✭✭beth-lou


    Reuben for a boy.
    Eloise for a girl.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 321 ✭✭MrsA


    beth-lou wrote: »
    Reuben for a boy.
    Eloise for a girl.

    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭marti101


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


  • 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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    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:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,707 ✭✭✭CR 7


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ebmma


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Charcoal


    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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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭metrovelvet


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭lolly22


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭marti101


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    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.:):)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭illiop


    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...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭metrovelvet


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭marti101


    Giselle what a gorgous name really like that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    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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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


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


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 361 ✭✭the glass woman


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭marti101


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    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 :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I named my baby girl Addison :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    For a girl:
    Catherine,
    Deirdre,
    Helen

    For a boy:
    Sean,
    Charles,
    Aebhric


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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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