Baby Names For My Twins Please!

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Oisin
Peadar
Caoimhin

Quality

ninja900 wrote: »

Sorry, but those names are terrible and I doubt any child would thank a parent for being called after a colour or a month. It's kinda like Man Friday out of Robinson Crusoe :eek:

'Bán' and 'Dubh' might be ok for a dog! assuming they were the appropriate colour!

Going for a 'trendy' name is always a mistake imho as it will sound horribly naff in a few years, Kylie! Jason! C'mere!!! :rolleyes:

Going for a fashionable name is a mistake too as too many other kids in school will have it, but you don't really want a 'unique' (i.e. made up) name either.

Go for a good solid traditional name that would be in the top 100 but not the top 5

But if going for a less well known traditional Irish name, do take the trouble to make sure you spell it correctly on the birth cert :eek:

Finally, I really hate the trend of using surnames as first names.

Right

Cian, Caoimhe, Niamh and Oisin

The most common Irish names going.

Crea

adsgirl wrote: »

Ruadhan is a great boys name.

how is this pronounced? Looks lovely.

littlebug

Crea wrote: »

how is this pronounced? Looks lovely.

Roo-awn ( I think)
Lovely name.

luckat

Are you thinking of pronouncing Liadhan in the modern phonetic way or as lee-awn?

For a girl: Étáin, Niamh, Maeve, Fionnuala, Muireann?

For a boy: Liam, Dara, Setanta, Deimne (pronounced Devneh), Nevan, Éamonn, Aodh, Rory or Ruairidh?

Gillie

Siofra for a girl

ciano14

i think you should go for Cian
...not like it's my name or anything *cough cough* *shifty eyes*:p
but really it is a nice name i'm glad i was called it
good luck with the twins

dame

rainbowtrout wrote: »

But back on topic, I went to school with a girl called Gormlaith (pron. Gorm-la), think it translates as Barbara. I've never met anyone else with that name. Or Eavan or Eithne are not too common. Or maybe Fintan for a boy.

I knew a girl in school who was called Bairbre (pronounced Byre-Bra). That was Barbara apparently.
Fintan's a terrible name, unless he's called after a relative.

I agree with you about the silly names though. Taking the celebrity trend of calling children by a common noun such as "Apple" or "Peaches" or something and being "cool" by translating a common word into Irish is just ridiculous. You wouldn't name a child "Water" so why would anyone think "Uisce" was any better?


There are already names out there if people wanted to name their child after a month: Augusta/Augustus, April, May, June, Nollaig, Carol, Holly, Caroline, etc.


There have been some lovely names suggested by other posters. I'd like to add Fergus for a boy and Blathnaid (fada on the first a which my keyboard is refusing to do) for a girl.

Rogueish

Senan for a boy.

Good luck with the twins

oh well

make sure the names go with the surname, and all forms of shortened/nicknames. also, see the initials are suited to each other. know a friend who called daughter name beginning with V. Surname was Dunphy. nice initials eh .... VD.