The most unusual Irish name you ever came across

lemonjelly

lemonjelly wrote: »

Went to school with a Seamus O' Rian.

Just pure leper caunism

James ryan but his parents were not from this realm.

lemonjelly

There is some great gaelic names out there though. If i ever have another kid I'll have the book for lookups. Eric was my first. Viking i think.

Denisocal

brokenhinge wrote: »

iarfhlaith-the Irish for Jarlath. Had to email one a while ago and had no clue what gender it was..

That's the old spelling - Iarla is the more modern version.

Denisocal

smk89 wrote: »

That girl on tv on the All Ireland talent show that pronounces her name like I clear my throat. And spells it with enough fadas that you could spell a normal name with the ink used.
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh

That has 2 fadas...

Denisocal

Truley wrote: »

Uileann, Abhainn, Turlough, Tiernan, Damhnait, Iarflaith (sp?) The last one is becoming very popular, there are at least two babies called Iarflaith in the creche where I work.

Also about 50 billion Saoirses

Uilleann and Abhainn aren't names - they're just Irish words for elbow/angle and river....

token101

Gobnait

Denisocal

rebel without a clue wrote: »

iamwhoiam wrote: »

And the lovely Sorcha being now pronounced Sore Sha :mad:

i agree. whats with the name saoirse? is it not pronounced saor sha?? why do people insist on saying seer sha?:mad:

Sorcha as in sur-a-kha. Sorry for the terrible phonetics!

force eleven

The surname Ffrench. OK its a Norman name,but still, two F's. Pretentious. FFS.

Rasheed

Denisocal wrote: »

Uilleann and Abhainn aren't names - they're just Irish words for elbow/angle and river....

Actually I've heard both Abhainn and Uilleann so they may mean elbow and river but some bright spark thought they'd make lovely names too.

FairytaleGirl

Damhan

PizzamanIRL

Gobnet and Dympna. 2 teachers i had.

FairytaleGirl

My real name is Dymphna.

Dont know any other people with my name.

Know a few Dympna's but its not the same.

ciarang85

the galway hurler iarla tannian is a bit of a mad name

Have met one mobhi aswell, now that's a unusual one!

kevin12345

Nollaig and Assumpta!

Wacker The Attacker

Disgrace Joe

ciarang85

also canice, think it's irish

HalloweenJack

My names is Finbarr (Fionnbarra), have only met one other one and have heard of two others with the same name (the singer Finbar Wright being one).

orchidsrpretty

My name is Áine, great fun when I go abroad. Have been called on-ya, onion, anee and countless others. Won't even start on telling people how to spell it.
I love the name Naoise, if I had a girl I think that name would be a contender along with Siofra.

Kold

HalloweenJack wrote: »

My names is Finbarr (Fionnbarra), have only met one other one and have heard of two others with the same name (the singer Finbar Wright being one).

Pretty popular in Cork.

Pandoras Twist

Dualtagh

Seren_

I've a cousin called Siún (it's pronounced shoe-in); she's the only person I've ever heard of called that! Also have cousins called Doireann, Finian and Turlough, but they seem to be slightly more common. Most of my family have Irish names now that I think of it, but they're generally ordinary enough ones like Deirdre etc.

Miss Lockhart

Your Text Here wrote: »

I've a cousin called Siún (it's pronounced shoe-in); she's the only person I've ever heard of called that! Also have cousins called Doireann, Finian and Turlough, but they seem to be slightly more common. Most of my family have Irish names now that I think of it, but they're generally ordinary enough ones like Deirdre etc.

Siún NicGearailt from RTE News!

Cárthach is probably the most unusual I've come across - have met two fellas with that name.

Also, would have though Finbarr was fairly common.

fasttalkerchat

Biggins wrote: »

Killian McGlochlan.
(Boy)

Killian isn't that unusual is it?
Lochlann and Tarlach would be mine.

Washington Irving

Seamus

SusieBlue

I watched this documentary on Irish Dancing on TG4 last week and there was an Australian girl on it whose first name was Céilí, and second name was Moore. Céilí Moore. :rolleyes:

Not unusual but they do sound ridiculous together.

Sindri

My name is Irish and it's a male name but it's become extremely popular to name females with it. I typed it into Facebook and nearly every person was an American girl.

TeddyTedson

Sindri wrote: »

My name is Irish and it's a male name but it's become extremely popular to name females with it. I typed it into Facebook and nearly every person was an American girl.

Come on, tell us :P

spankysue

Sindri wrote: »

My name is Irish and it's a male name but it's become extremely popular to name females with it. I typed it into Facebook and nearly every person was an American girl.

G'wan Miley! Tell us! :pac:

Smidge

I reckon it's Cameron

TeddyTedson

spankysue wrote: »

G'wan Miley! Tell us! :pac:

Yea I think you've nailed it:D