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Picking a name that can be suitable in Gaelic

  • 11-08-2012 10:02pm
    #1
    qamaq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    I am considering names for a baby. I would want to make sure the name has a good meaning in Irish and at least not offensive. The background of the two names suggested is Arabic.

    The first name is feicail or fiosail the intention is to be pronounced Faisal Faysal.

    The second name is Samim pronounced Sameem.

    Suggestion advise or alterations welcomed.


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,643 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    What do those names translate as?
    qamaq wrote: »
    feicail
    Perhaps not - in English, this could be taken as "feck all". You need an "s" sound in the middle, so you need an "s".

    To get a -eem sound, you need -ím.


  • #3
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    Samím wouldn't be allowed by the rules of Irish spelling so you'd have to make it "Saimím" or "Samaíom" or something like that.

    +1 on "Feicail" being "feck all" - avoid! Maybe "Féasáil" would work, though things that end in "áil" are often verbs of some kind (sorry I don't know the proper grammatical term for which type) so it'd sound a bit strange as a name imo.


  • #4
    goose2005
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    What about Éamonn/Ayman?


  • #5
    qamaq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭qamaq


    Sorry for being late for the update. Thank you all. I picked Sameem or Samaíom. Éamonn was one top choice for me but my sister beaten me for it.


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