I'm after giving my baby an old celtic type name, for no reason other than i like them, but then i worry of the pains i could be inflicting on poor little junior in her later life, like every one pronouncing and spelling her wrong, and people always saying 'thats an erm.... interesting name' So then i think i'll stick to rebecca which is a beutiful name, but any one can be rebecca, and I got the idea from a book about a group of religious moles, and that puts me off a bit.
Here in the US, there's quite a variety of names, so people are used to different spellings, etc. How about Moira? The spelling & pron. sort of go along.
How about giving her a Celtic middle name instead of first name, then she won't have to go round spelling it all the time (I always thought Niamh was quite cute). Just a thought.
Caileen, how about giving her a Celtic middle name so she doesn't have to go round spelling it all the time and pronouncing it. Personally, I always thought Niamh was quite a cute name. And as for a first name - how about Imogen (a bit more unusual than Rebecca?) Basically, whatever you call your baby, it's gonna hate it when it's older just on principle!
I've a managed to narrow it down to a fine few;
I love the name Sorcha! It reminds me of the princess in "Willow".
I agree with Keely - Sorcha is a really nice name. There's an Irish actress called Sorcha (Cusack) and as far as I can remember she is v. beautiful, although she hasn't been on T.V for a few years now.
Yah, that's a cool name! It's similar to my name, Sasha. Name her that! I'm assuming it's a girl, cuz you're picking girl names here. Dominique is also a really nice one, and I've always liked Ashley, no matter how you spell it. Name her Sorcha or Sasha! Name her Sasha.
how about trista? : )
what about Aoife??? (yup, dat's meeeee!) You could spell it ífa like i do so there'd be no problems with pronounciation!!! (and it *is* a real-life-genuine-Irish-name!!)
Guenever?
Ermengarde, an absolute favorite of mine. I don't no what it means. Quite frankly, I don't care. It sounds too lovely.
*sighs* the trials and tribulations of odd-namedom
I think that both Sinéad and Siobhán are both lovley, but unless you knew, you'd never guess how to spell thes, and the same for the prounouncation.
shut up
Anonymous, why dont *you* shut up?? Obviously we didn't ask for your oppinion, and if you don't want to be helpful, then don't say anything.
maybe shut up is named 'shut up'. poor creature.
What ever u call ur child she is goin' to hate it later on anyway so give her the name that you want!!!!
I don't know if it was suggested already, but how about Hannah?
Arryn! Arryn. Don't tell me that isn't the most gorgeous girls' name ever...and it's original! in the WWW Baby Names Center, Arryn isn't even listed! I have loved that name since I was 10 and I met a girl called Erin and her brother Aaron. Then I decied Arryn was the most perfect name. My husband loves it too. He says it's pretty, but strong. We're naming our first daughter Arryn Louise, our son will be Jorden Nicholas Andrew. (Jorden is a mixture of our father's and grandfather's names: Jeff, George, Jack, Henry, Nickolai, Denis). Andrew is my husband, and Louise is my oldest and best friend.
I always thought that Jason was the most gorgeous boys name and Marissa for girls. Mary Jane is also nice (LOL)
to answer shampoo way back up there in June, yes, and now, i've kind of been rushed off my feet recentlywhat with baby and that, but anyhow baby was born july 9th so she'll have a nice summer birthday, and she was a she, i was never sure because it was only a lady with a crystal who told me not one of those scans, and i've even decided on a name, there have been some absolutly georgeous ones suggested, but anyhow i went for Caíra Belén, because i love how Caíra sounds, and the Belén aknowleges Helen, my boyfriend's mother and my spanish roots in one, so there you go.
Congratulations!!! What a wonderful name :-) Best of luck to you!
Yay! My favorite Celtic name is for a boy; Teige ("ti-GAH"). Means poet or philosopher. Unless my husband/partner (nonexistent as of now) hates it, i want to name my son Teige Garrett and my daughter either Margaret Chiyome (Chiyome is a Japanese woman who invented Ninja... i like the strength it connotes. Margaret is for Atwood.) or Mason Aurelia. I'd call the girls Meg or Maisie as nicknames, cos I think those are cute.Anyone else like those names?
wHAT ABOUT Emma Nicole ........ or Sophie Ann...... by the way annonymous u r a totall bitch so do us a favor and fuck off like shampoo said
Caira... that's a pretty name! Congratulations on your daughter, Caileen!
Congratulations Caileen!!
WELL DONE with a capital W and D Caileen !!!!!!
Congratulations Caileen!
Caileen-
I totally disagree with sazzy!
So, an intersting groovy celtic name, or not?
By Lee on Thursday, May 28, 1998 - 09:22 pm:
I did a quick web search on HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com) & came up w/quite a few hits, using exact phrase. Some were sort of close, but the most exact was specifically Irish as opposed to Celtic. Here's the URL:
http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal/fnames.htm
Don't worry too much about different names. My full first name is Lisa & there are so many Lisas in my age group, it's overwhelming! My last workplace, there were 5 of us! Mail, faxes, assignments, etc. would constantly get mixed up. Believe it or not, some people will still make me spell my first name!
I always thought Caitlyn was a really nice name. However, one of my cousins got to that name first (seeing as she actually had offspring :-) & named her daughter that. However, she decided she preferred the spelling Katelynn. So, you can pretty much do whatever u want. Best of luck w/motherhood :-)
By Becks on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 02:57 am:
luv Becks xxx
By Becks on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 03:25 am:
luv Becks xxx
By Caileen on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 02:33 pm:
Clíona
Ciara
Maeve
Ríonach
Sorcha
The middle name things a good idea, but Clyde (daddy) has was after Helen (Granny) for a name, but we agreed that would be the middle one.
Are those nice names? most are almost true to the spelling.
thanks for all the advice
By Keely on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 04:07 pm:
By Becks on Saturday, May 30, 1998 - 01:47 pm:
luv Becks xxx
By Shampoo on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 03:35 am:
By Trista on Sunday, May 31, 1998 - 05:00 am:
By Ifa on Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - 03:36 pm:
ífa
p.s. erm... you pronounce it EE-fah btw :)
By HappyFace on Wednesday, June 3, 1998 - 02:20 pm:
or something in Latin, even if it means "spoon"
By Ayelet on Thursday, June 4, 1998 - 09:01 am:
By AnDRomeDA-SkyE on Saturday, June 6, 1998 - 12:43 am:
i got stuck with Andromeda-Skye Cecilia Anastasia MacDonald.....say that in one breath..i dare you..it's cool being different, but trying to spell it to strangers...Moira was cute but somthing outlandish would be hard on a little girl growing up...maybe you should try somthing else..i mean Kennedy is cute, but kids arent kids forever, there arent too many Mckenzies or Hayleys..maybe you could pick a name you like and spell it funny..like Bailey = Baileigh ( not that bailey is a cute GIRLS name)
whtever you do, dont be dumb like my grandmother and name her Beulah like my mother or Prudence *shivers* that's almost as bad as naming a boy Lucifer...
By Cara on Sunday, June 14, 1998 - 03:54 pm:
They both mean gift of God BTW,
By Anonymous on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 - 11:25 am:
By Shampoo on Sunday, June 28, 1998 - 01:17 am:
I have no patience with people like you, especially now, so do us all a favour and fuck off.
By Trista on Sunday, June 28, 1998 - 11:23 am:
By Iloveboyz on Tuesday, June 30, 1998 - 07:23 am:
By Shampoo on Wednesday, July 1, 1998 - 02:57 am:
Is Caileen ever coming back? I still love the name Sorcha.
By Nicole on Thursday, July 2, 1998 - 08:41 pm:
Let's hear it for ARRYN...anyone else love it?!
By Marsha on Saturday, July 4, 1998 - 03:11 pm:
By Caileen on Thursday, July 23, 1998 - 05:22 pm:
I think the Caíra is pronouned pretty much how it's spelt (kay-ra) so shouldn't be too much of a burden, and besides it felt right and i think instinct is as good as anything to go on.
By Endora (formerly known as lee) on Friday, July 24, 1998 - 12:15 am:
By Elisabeth on Friday, August 7, 1998 - 11:24 am:
By Emma Nicole on Sunday, August 9, 1998 - 02:22 pm:
By Shampoo on Sunday, August 9, 1998 - 02:48 pm:
By Becks on Monday, August 10, 1998 - 03:25 am:
By Emma Nicole on Tuesday, August 11, 1998 - 04:03 pm:
By Sazzy on Friday, October 2, 1998 - 01:32 pm:
On the subject of names, I' always liked Ashley, Gabrielle, Simon, Kate, Oliver.
In response to Keely ( May 11th) I never new anyone else who had seen Willow before, or even heard of it! Are you English?
By Angel on Friday, October 16, 1998 - 07:47 pm:
Because I am from Ireland I could give you a list
of some really beautiful celtic names
Aoife Grainne
Sinead
Maire(Irish for Mary)
Siobhan
Celtic names are not only beautiful but every one has a bit of history to them.
I think your daughter will really appreciate the fact that you put a bit of effort into her name
By Tacky on Tuesday, November 3, 1998 - 04:19 pm:
I don't like the names Oliver or Ashley and Simon and Kate are pretty boring.And I think it would be really out of order to call a child Gabrielle as they would get teased a lot about angels etc.
Other names I don't like include the Irish names Fionnuala and Finbar.(these are what my sister called her twin children)There wasn't anything tactful I could say to make her change her mind.
I like the name you chose it's really cool.