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    #1142
    shannie
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭shannie


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9binn

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebhionn_(moon)

    changed alot.


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    #1143
    amiable
    Registered Users Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭amiable


    shannie wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9binn

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebhionn_(moon)

    changed alot.
    I meant a proper source.

    Wiki isn't a source


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    #1144
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    shannie wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9binn

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebhionn_(moon)

    changed alot.

    First link has an é making it BAYvin.

    Second shows the pronounciation as Being BeVEEN

    Neither appear to back up your theory. I think the post with the three pronounciations has the best explanation. I'd imagine that there isn't one original pronunciation. More a few dialectal versions


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    #1145
    shannie
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭shannie


    http://hearnames.com/

    d.i.y :D


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    #1146
    implausible
    Registered Users Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    shannie wrote: »
    http://hearnames.com/

    In general, I find that any of those name sites that aren't Irish-specific are rubbish. They rarely have input from people with expertise in the Irish language and tend to rely on Americanised pronunciations.

    I have a very common Irish name. There is only one way to spell it and there are no fadas in it. Yet, I have heard it pronounced in three or four different ways. Different regions in Ireland (like in every other country) have different accents, emphases and different ways of pronouncing certain sounds. It doesn't make the way that Cork people pronounce 'Cathal' wrong and the Donegal pronunciation right, it simply reflects the fact that the 'ath' sound is different in the two dialects. Now, if someone decides to go pronouncing 'ath' as an 'oh' sound, that's just wrong as it is inconsistent with the spelling, in any region.


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    #1147
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I think we have established that Beibhinn is pronounced differently by different people and more then one of these pronunciations is correct.
    Can we leave it at that please?:)


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    #1148
    sashafierce
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    sashafierce
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    #1150
    flyaway.
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    sashafierce wrote: »
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    Matilda is my favourite girls name, and my neighbours have a little girl named Matilda. I think it's gaining popularity. :)


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    #1151
    pippington
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭pippington


    Hmmm we have found the girls names easy:

    Mia
    Isabella
    Hannah
    Freya

    But boys names not so easy..the only we both mutually like is Ronan...and were having a boy!!


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    #1152
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    I like Ronan and there wouldn't be many of them about!


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    #1153
    Cunning Stunt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭Cunning Stunt


    God help me! ETA in 3 weeks and I still have no name for the baby :(
    My OH has adopted the ''ah sure the name will come with the baby'' approach. I wish I had his optimism!
    Plus we don't know if it's a girl or a boy, so added pressure of finding 2 names :eek:


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    #1154
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    On number 1 they were putting me under general anesthetic for an emergency c section and I was asking the anesthetist what his name was because I hadn't a clue what to name the baby if it was a boy!


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    #1155
    gtul
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭gtul


    Cunning Stunt wrote: »
    God help me! ETA in 3 weeks and I still have no name for the baby :(
    My OH has adopted the ''ah sure the name will come with the baby'' approach. I wish I had his optimism!
    Plus we don't know if it's a girl or a boy, so added pressure of finding 2 names :eek:
    i am on the same boat, less than 3 weeks to go and no name, was the same story with my first:) today i'm thinking bronagh for a girl and darragh for a boy?? does anyone have any nice irish names for boys?


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    #1156
    javagal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭javagal


    I just found out I'm pregnant on Baby no.1
    Have had my names picked since we started trying,
    Eli (Elijah) Ian
    or
    Zoe Amelia
    Excited :)


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    #1157
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    gtul wrote: »
    i am on the same boat, less than 3 weeks to go and no name, was the same story with my first:) today i'm thinking bronagh for a girl and darragh for a boy?? does anyone have any nice irish names for boys?

    I think Oran is a gorgeous Irish boy's name.


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    #1158
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Caólan,Cormac,Daire,Donal,Eoghan,Cillian.

    They are the irish boys names that I love.


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    #1159
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    ElleEm wrote: »
    I think Oran is a gorgeous Irish boy's name.

    Odhran?


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    #1160
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    I have only ever seen it spelled Oran, but I'd imagine it sounds the same.


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    #1161
    dublinlady
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭dublinlady


    ElleEm wrote: »
    I have only ever seen it spelled Oran, but I'd imagine it sounds the same.

    It's high on my list of boys names... Although I'm having a girl do unlikely to need it!! ;)
    But yeah your right Oran and Orin are anglesised versions or the name odhran! I think I would go for Oran as I think it's the nicest spelling :)


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    #1162
    Filippa K
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    Hi all!
    what do ye think of the name Oscar for a boy??


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    #1163
    shnethb
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭shnethb


    Filippa K wrote: »
    Hi all!
    what do ye think of the name Oscar for a boy??


    Oscar is a great name, If I have a son thats what I will call him.


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    #1164
    staticdoor71
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭staticdoor71


    love the name Oscar, but it was immediately Vito-ed by himself :rolleyes:

    I like Chloe for a girl
    and Jack or Dylan for a boy

    We have agreed on Chloe, still arguing over boys name, although no decision needed just yet :D


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    #1165
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I love Oscar and it was also the name of Oisíns son in irish mythology.


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    #1166
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    staticdoor71 wrote: »
    love the name Oscar, but it was immediately Vito-ed by himself :rolleyes:

    I like Chloe for a girl
    and Jack or Dylan for a boy

    We have agreed on Chloe, still arguing over boys name, although no decision needed just yet :D

    I love Jack for a boy too, it is a strong name.


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    #1167
    tweety11981
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭tweety11981


    Thoughts on Grace Amelia? or Amelia Grace, personally I prefer the first!


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    #1168
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    I love the name Amelia. Grace is kind of common for girls in their twenties, but I don't know any Amelias.


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    #1169
    Sashiee
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭Sashiee


    I also love the name Amelia, but not because of the xfactor popette.
    When i was younger i Used to read a lot of enid blyton and there was a little girl called amelia- jane.
    I guess the name kind of stuck with me.

    Also for a boy, O/H loves Ethan and i'm actually starting to really like it too!
    For a girl I like flower like names like fleur or rosalie


    Rosalie and Ethan...


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    #1170
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    Sashiee wrote: »
    I also love the name Amelia, but not because of the xfactor popette.
    When i was younger i Used to read a lot of enid blyton and there was a little girl called amelia- jane.
    I guess the name kind of stuck with me.

    Also for a boy, O/H loves Ethan and i'm actually starting to really like it too!
    For a girl I like flower like names like fleur or rosalie


    Rosalie and Ethan...

    That's where I first learnt of the name too :D

    Although she was a terror!


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    #1171
    tweety11981
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭tweety11981


    just brought back memories about Enid Blyton's Amelia-Jane as you mentioned! On what happy carefree times!!


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