Baby names!

wolfpawnat · 06-03-2011 1:02am

LordSutch wrote: »

Thinking of Rachel, Amy, Ruth, or even June? for our newborn, due the end of June

Any suggestions?

Rachel is lovely, there were 7 Amy's in my year in secondary school, but since then there have been very few that I have heard of.

It is lovely to have an uncommon name, IMO anyway!

January wrote: »

Saoirse is a wonderful name

Your bias :P

Rosy Posy · 06-03-2011 3:36am

This is a great thread! Much better than the book of baby names from the library. My four year old son wants to call the baby 'Star' (his second choice...his first was 'Chips', which we vetoed, even though it could be quite cute) which I think is lovely but my husband thinks is too hippy. Realtin would be a nice compromise. Also love Siomha for a girl. Always liked Shiva for a boy from my time in India but my husband thought it was tempting fate (Shiva means 'the destroyer'!). Probably would go with Barry or Finbar for a boy, but I'm pretty sure its a girl this time.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 06-03-2011 12:04pm

Rosy Posy wrote: »

This is a great thread! Much better than the book of baby names from the library. My four year old son wants to call the baby 'Star' (his second choice...his first was 'Chips', which we vetoed, even though it could be quite cute) which I think is lovely but my husband thinks is too hippy. Realtin would be a nice compromise. Also love Siomha for a girl. Always liked Shiva for a boy from my time in India but my husband thought it was tempting fate (Shiva means 'the destroyer'!). Probably would go with Barry or Finbar for a boy, but I'm pretty sure its a girl this time.

Awesome name :P

Just prepare her for a lifetime of spelling and pronouncing her name to people and having to explain it's meaning (Good peace) and how it's not the name of a character in a game or the Indian god! She could get called name ranging from Stormia to Simone! And don't forget the fada! :P

It does always get compliments though after people get their head around it!

admiralofthefleet · 07-03-2011 4:35pm

irishbird wrote: »

congrats AOF, we need to meet up soon

deffo. next time im up home ill text des

salad dodger · 10-03-2011 11:26pm

Mrs D and I are about 15 weeks into the expectancy

Of the few traditions my folks had was to give myself and all my brothers names as gaeilge and it's something we'd like to keep going.

So far we seem to be agreeing on Daithí for a boy, for no particular reason other than we both like the name, and Siún for a girl after my mam who passed away last year.

Still, it's early days yet and our minds could change come d-day

Having good craic tho coming up with the most random names when asked if we'd come up with anything yet. My favourites so far are lillydaisy or myley-bella for a girl or heston/gordon/jamie for a boy

:D Just afraid that if i say the 'silly' names enough they might actually stick!!!!

liliq · 10-03-2011 11:46pm

salad dodger wrote: »

Having good craic tho coming up with the most random names when asked if we'd come up with anything yet. My favourites so far are lillydaisy or myley-bella for a girl or heston/gordon/jamie for a boy :D Just afraid that if i say the 'silly' names enough they might actually stick!!!!

Love Daithí!

Kinda like myley- bella and jamie too! :rolleyes:

Storminateacup · 12-03-2011 1:45pm

I'm stuck on the boys names!

Sean is the only boys name I like.

OH likes Cillian or Liam.

Girls names.
Ava
Layolla
Anna
Madison
Mia

OH likes
Nadia
Heidi
Louise

Although - names just seem to "fit" certain babies.

January · 12-03-2011 7:26pm

Storminateacup wrote: »

I'm stuck on the boys names!

Sean is the only boys name I like.

OH likes Cillian or Liam.

Girls names.
Ava
Layolla
Anna
Madison
Mia

OH likes
Nadia
Heidi
Louise

Although - names just seem to "fit" certain babies.

How would that one be pronounced?

Storminateacup · 12-03-2011 9:14pm

li-ola. i think its pretty

Pythia · 12-03-2011 11:19pm

Storminateacup wrote: »

li-ola. i think its pretty

Reminds me of the Jesuits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola

wmpdd3 · 13-03-2011 8:51pm

My little one is called Akimi ( a - quay - me)
My other half thought of it, I was convinced I was having a boy so only had boys names.

I love it but my parents still cant think of it,mum has it written down beside the phone and my Gran Aunt calls her Cathy!

amiable · 13-03-2011 9:00pm

salad dodger wrote: »

So far we seem to be agreeing on Daithí for a boy, for no particular reason other than we both like the name, and Siún for a girl after my mam who passed away last year.

Never heard of that name before.
I like it:)

implausible · 13-03-2011 9:44pm

Storminateacup wrote: »

li-ola. i think its pretty

Where does it come from? It looks like it would be pronounced lay-olla and I can't think of where 'lay' is pronounced as 'lee'. It's pretty and very different. Ava/Éabha/Eva on the other hand, must be the most popular girl's name in Ireland at the moment.

DetectivFoxtrot · 14-03-2011 7:24pm

Does anyone like Emme (pronounced Emmy) for a girl? It's really growing on me - a twist on the more classic 'Emma'.
I also like Keema (I need to stop watching The WIRE).

My traditional choices are:

Kate (after my maternal grandmother)
Danny (after OH's paternal grandfather)

Squiggler · 14-03-2011 9:49pm

Emme/Emmy is cute. My niece is called Emily and she used to call herself Emmy.

But I wonder what it would be like as a name for a grown woman...

LordSutch · 14-03-2011 9:55pm

wmpdd3 wrote: »

My little one is called Akimi ( a - quay - me)
My other half thought of it, I was convinced I was having a boy so only had boys names.

Is that a Japanese name?

Moonbeam · 14-03-2011 10:26pm

1st thing that came to mind was keema naan,then curry.

Siún is a lovely name.
Never heard Siomha before either,I love old irish names.

I have never heard the name Layolla before and google isn't helping.What does it mean?What country is it from?

My girls are called Dearbhail and Caoimhe.

Branoic · 16-03-2011 8:59pm

I like Akimi, that's a nice name. We'll be using Lilith, Lilly for short.

Casey_81 · 24-03-2011 10:15pm

My hubby isnt irish, so have great fun trying to get him to pronounce Irish names

Especially the double vowel ones...

Know 10 pregnant women, all due before me so will wait & see what names they use first..

amiable · 24-03-2011 10:18pm

Casey_81 wrote: »

My hubby isnt irish, so have great fun trying to get him to pronounce Irish names Especially the double vowel ones...

Know 10 pregnant women, all due before me so will wait & see what names they use first..

Christ 10 pregnant women plus you?
Thats amazing. There's something in the water:)
Good Luck

Casey_81 · 24-03-2011 10:46pm

amiable wrote: »

Christ 10 pregnant women plus you?
Thats amazing. There's something in the water:)
Good Luck

Yeah its mad alright... definitly a baby boom going on at the minute. It will be interesting to find out what they call their babies.. We are all very protective of our fave names, just incase someone else nicks it.

amiable · 24-03-2011 10:49pm

Casey_81 wrote: »

Yeah its mad alright... definitly a baby boom going on at the minute. It will be interesting to find out what they call their babies.. We are all very protective of our fave names, just incase someone else nicks it.

Well my partner is pregant too
I've been told the baby will either be called Shane or Cara
I have no choice it seems as when the baby is born i'll be a wreck and she knows she'll just get her way:)

Casey_81 · 24-03-2011 10:51pm

amiable wrote: »

Well my partner is pregant too
I've been told the baby will either be called Shane or Cara
I have no choice it seems as when the baby is born i'll be a wreck and she knows she'll just get her way:)

They are lovely names, fingers crossed noone close to ye will take those names between now and the due date!

wmpdd3 · 24-03-2011 11:24pm

Originally Posted by wmpdd3
My little one is called Akimi ( a - quay - me)
My other half thought of it, I was convinced I was having a boy so only had boys names.

Is that a Japanese name?

Yes it means Autumn fruit ( アキミ )

she was born in September.

We called her Akimi Marie, but Akimi has stuck.

LordSutch · 29-03-2011 12:11pm

We are expecting our second baby in June, & the hunt is on for a name

We read in one of the many baby name books from the library that if you have a 'two syllable' surname, then its best to give your child a three syllable Christian name! this is just one of many recommendations that various baby name books advise, but doest it really matter?
Does a three syllable christian name fit better with a two syllable surname? I'm not sure that it matters at all, but then maybe . . .

Any thoughts on this, Mum's & Dad's?

January · 29-03-2011 12:41pm

I've a three syllable first name and a two syllable surname... but I don't think it makes any difference... my brother and sister have two syllables for both names and my other sister only one syllable first name and two syllable surname.

My children have a three syllable surname and three and two syllable first names respectively and they sound fine to me!

Twee. · 29-03-2011 2:01pm

My last name is three syllables and my brothers both got one syllable first names, I got a two. My "original" name was three syllables, Imogen, and I'm so glad they didn't go for it! It would have been such a mouthful!

Vico1612 · 30-03-2011 10:48am

Morning,

We are expecting baby 2 in June and are looking for girl names [ boy name is ok :-) ]

I like Saoirse but my wife isn't too keen on the pronunciation Sear-Shah. [ and also because our familiy in France still can get to grips with Caoimhe

]

Does Sorsha exist ? [ with this spelling ? ]

We also like Sheena and a colleague's wife is called Sheena, with the following spelling : Síona but I haven't found much info about this spelling.
Is it an uncommon name ?
Thanks
Mr P

lolli · 30-03-2011 11:26am

I found this about sorsha http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/sorsha

I also found this

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sorsha

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Siona.html

Silcocky · 31-03-2011 10:39am

Hey Guys,

26 weeks today and think we have it narrowed down to the last four or five names for each sex. Presumably it'll be decided depending on what he/she 'looks' like!

The boys names are (in order of preference):
Max
Cole
Ollie
Tommy
Spence(r)

Girls:
Connie
Rae
Victoria
Nicole

What do ye think? We're getting mixed reviews for Connie, our favourite girls name....

Baby names!

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