The most unusual Irish name you ever came across

1ZRed

My name isn't an unusual Irish name at all but when I go abroad and people just see my name before they see me, they assume I'm Muslim.

Lovely.

retalivity

WhiteRoses wrote: »

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.

A Céilí Moore for anyone who has lived/been to the gaeltacht as a student was the highlight of the summer!

One name ive heard a lot of people called but never found it unusual is mína or meena. No idea if its short for anything irish wise, but i know its a popular indian name (with the 2 e's)

mike65

Springsteen, Obama etc....

clappyhappy

Not sure if it been mentioned in earlier posts, but the one Irish name which I think is terrible is Aneas, went to school with a boy called that. To say he got slagged over it is an understatement. Poor guy.

Ms.M

The amount of people who think Irish names are the "Irish for" some English name. Primary school roll books have a lot to answer for!
Gobnait is weird. I always wonder what nicknames the kid might use?
Macdara is odd too.
On the pregnant forum someone mentioned a kid they met called "Siamsa". Very weird but very cute aswell.

Funglegunk

iamwhoiam wrote: »

It does my head in to see the lovely ancient name of Cian written with a K .There is no k in the language of its origin .

Same with Cillian spelled with a K. All those 'K' Killians can **** off.

Larianne

Odharnait, pronounced 'Orna'.

rainbowtrout

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I went to school with a girl called Gormlaith. It was great fun when we had a student teacher or a visitor to the class and we'd have name tags on and they'd look at the name and not have a clue how to pronounce it. It's Gurm-la in case anyone's wondering.

Quick google: Gormlaith means blue princess and she was Brian Boru's wife. I have heard it translated as Barbara too.

that's my mum's name
how old are you? :pac:

she uses both gormfhlaith/gormla though

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I thought the name Barbara came from the Latin for Barbarian/foreigner?

Timfy

I know (or know off) several English people who gave their children "Oirish" names...

Shevaun
Chevaun

Both "interpretations" of Siobhán

Talking of Siobhán, there was a girl whose name was spelled correctly put she pronounced it see-o-ban... she could not be told, even by my wife whose name is Siobhán!

There are also Neeve, Maebh (pronanounced "Mabe"), Porick, Effa (pronounced Aoife) and an Onja (Áine, but possibly this one is Scandinavian)

Wacker The Attacker

GEEBAG

sheesh

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.

its brefini isn't it lol

fasttalkerchat

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.

Darragh/Dara??

For Forks Sake

1ZRed wrote: »

My name isn't an unusual Irish name at all but when I go abroad and people just see my name before they see me, they assume I'm Muslim.

Lovely.

Muhammed?

phasers

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I thought the name Barbara came from the Latin for Barbarian/foreigner?

Yep, and the Irish for it is Bairbre (pronounced bear bra). It came up in a poem we did in school once.

ruthloss

I was at a Christening recently and the baby girl's name was Siuan.,
I have never heard that name before.

(sounds like Shoe on)

Oaklilly

Yep, and the Irish for it is Bairbre (pronounced bear bra).

And ''Baba'' for short

Lasairfhíona I'd say is the most unusual name I've heard.

Oaklilly

Oaklilly wrote: »

And ''Baba'' for short

Lasairfhíona I'd say is the most unusual name I've heard.

laser fiona? :eek:

ruthloss

bluewolf wrote: »

laser fiona? :eek:

Have you met this lady?:D

cloud493

Camiohe. Or however you spell that. Absolutely mental.

fasttalkerchat

cloud493 wrote: »

Camiohe. Or however you spell that. Absolutely mental.

Caoimhe.

Friend of mine is called Caomhán-Bara (Kevin Barry).

Newaglish

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.

Tell us your girly name, Megan!

SocSocPol

Varadker:D

Ryuji_w

My name Donagh
have never met another person who has this name as a first name,
plenty of surnames
people very rarely pronounce it right

phasers

bluewolf wrote: »

laser fiona? :eek:

Best name ever.

Ilyana

I worked with a girl called Oilbhe, pronounced Elva. It's a nice pronunciation but the spelling led to her being nicknamed Oilbee, and then Olive Oil :pac:

I also went to the Gaeltacht with an Aifric; she had one Irish parent and one African parent IIRC.

Ms.M

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.

Naoise?

Salty

Ms.M wrote: »

On the pregnant forum someone mentioned a kid they met called "Siamsa". Very weird but very cute aswell.

"Siamsa" is the Irish for "entertainment":pac:

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.

Breifne by any chance?

josealdo

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Blaze is a brilliant name, last name should be thunderbolt or something like that.

I know a Labhaoise....which normally gets changed to Labhouse lol.

Anybody ever hear anyone called ANUS or ANOS ?

PARlance

figs666 wrote: »

Anybody ever hear anyone called ANUS or ANOS ?

Yip, a lad in the year above me way back in secondary school was called Anus.

Didn't get as much stick (stick I said) as you may expect. Boy named Sue scenario.