Baby names!

Grawns · 22-10-2008 9:45am

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.

watna · 22-10-2008 9:51am

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!

Grawns · 22-10-2008 9:58am

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.

Eyeofthetiger · 22-10-2008 12:07pm

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).

Quackles · 22-10-2008 1:34pm

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

Grawns · 22-10-2008 1:49pm

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:

Quality · 22-10-2008 4:29pm

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).

sara-lou · 25-10-2008 1:34am

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

peanuthead · 25-10-2008 1:40am

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

MJOR · 26-10-2008 6:19pm

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

mumof2maybe3 · 27-10-2008 4:30pm

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

MrsA · 28-10-2008 7:25pm

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

Quackles · 28-10-2008 8:57pm

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!!

MJOR · 30-10-2008 5:21pm

othr name i like is holly

my brothers wife is having a boy theyre calling him Liam

MJOR · 30-10-2008 5:23pm

mumof2maybe3 wrote: »

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

bigtimecharlie · 02-11-2008 1:22am

Baby to be born soon so

Boy:
Jack
James
Kyle
Aaron

Girl:
Ava
Grace
Jordan

Grawns · 02-11-2008 12:21pm

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.

Pythia · 02-11-2008 1:02pm

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.

beth-lou · 04-11-2008 2:21pm

Reuben for a boy.
Eloise for a girl.

MrsA · 04-11-2008 5:24pm

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

marti101 · 04-11-2008 6:24pm

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

ebmma · 05-11-2008 11:11am

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

Quality · 05-11-2008 11:12am

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

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

ebmma · 05-11-2008 11:13am

Quality wrote: »

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

She was a nice girl though

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.

beth-lou · 05-11-2008 4:27pm

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.

CR 7 · 05-11-2008 4:32pm

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.

pawrick · 05-11-2008 4:45pm

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.

ebmma · 05-11-2008 7:54pm

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

MJOR · 11-11-2008 8:52am

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

Tim
Jenny
Darren
Dylan
David
Gracie
Jerry
Sebastien
Elena
Liam

Charcoal · 22-11-2008 5:42pm

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?

metrovelvet · 22-11-2008 7:10pm

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.

lolly22 · 22-11-2008 8:11pm

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

watna · 23-11-2008 3:19am

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.

lily lou · 23-11-2008 11:27pm

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

marti101 · 24-11-2008 9:41pm

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

wolfpawnat · 24-11-2008 10:03pm

Deleted User wrote: »

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.:):)

illiop · 24-11-2008 10:08pm

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...

metrovelvet · 25-11-2008 4:03am

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.

marti101 · 25-11-2008 9:32am

Giselle what a gorgous name really like that

Mink · 26-11-2008 2:50pm

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

Melion · 22-12-2008 12:45am

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.

embee · 22-12-2008 2:27am

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

Melion · 22-12-2008 2:35am

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

the glass woman · 22-12-2008 10:00am

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

marti101 · 22-12-2008 10:04am

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

LordSutch · 22-12-2008 2:31pm

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

January · 22-12-2008 8:37pm

I named my baby girl Addison

CathyMoran · 22-12-2008 8:45pm

For a girl:
Catherine,
Deirdre,
Helen

For a boy:
Sean,
Charles,
Aebhric

Quackles · 22-12-2008 10:52pm

CathyMoran wrote: »

For a girl:
Catherine,
Deirdre,
Helen

For a boy:
Sean,
Charles,
Aebhric

I highly recommend Deirdre

dancingqueen · 22-12-2008 11:22pm

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

Baby names!

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