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I really like Seamus, do you think people will be able to pronounce it thanks to Harry Potter? Do you like it?
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I think it's a common enough Irish name that should be pronounced/familiar enough to people but then again Irish names can be butchered in unusual ways sometimes...
I like it as a name
I like it as a name
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It's okay. It seems a little bland to me, and I don't like how it sounds like the word "shame," but that doesn't bother me too much.
I do feel like a lot more people will know how to pronounce it due to Harry Potter. I had never heard of it before, so when reading the books my family and I pronounced it "SEE-mus" until the movies came out :)
I do feel like a lot more people will know how to pronounce it due to Harry Potter. I had never heard of it before, so when reading the books my family and I pronounced it "SEE-mus" until the movies came out :)
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I also said See-mus the first time I read HP. (At least I didn't say herm-i-own :P)
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Same here regarding Seamus, and guilty of saying herm-ee-on when I read the books as a kid as that's how the name would be pronounced in my native language. When the fourth book came out I picked up on my mistake...
Interestingly, the dubs for the films and the video games all use the herm-ee-on pronunciation, but Seamus is pronounced correctly and so is Snape (which should be pronounced snahp if they kept consistency).
Interestingly, the dubs for the films and the video games all use the herm-ee-on pronunciation, but Seamus is pronounced correctly and so is Snape (which should be pronounced snahp if they kept consistency).
This message was edited 12/14/2016, 2:14 PM
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I like it. I think people can pronounce it, especially because most people can pronounce Sean.
Some combos because why not:
Seamus Christopher
Seamus Bastian
Seamus Nathaniel
Seamus Donovan
Seamus Callum
Seamus Declan
Seamus Michael
Seamus Finn (maybe too close to Finnegan?)
Seamus Gavin
Seamus William
Seamus Leofric
Seamus Conor
Seamus Roderick
My brain also kept trying to say "Seamus Lillian" which doesn't make sense because Lillian is so feminine, but maybe as a sibset?
Some combos because why not:
Seamus Christopher
Seamus Bastian
Seamus Nathaniel
Seamus Donovan
Seamus Callum
Seamus Declan
Seamus Michael
Seamus Finn (maybe too close to Finnegan?)
Seamus Gavin
Seamus William
Seamus Leofric
Seamus Conor
Seamus Roderick
My brain also kept trying to say "Seamus Lillian" which doesn't make sense because Lillian is so feminine, but maybe as a sibset?
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I love it, I think it's very handsome. I'd use it if I identified as Irish at all (I do have Irish ancestors, but have never thought of myself as Irish).
I don't think pronunciation would be too much of an issue, and I don't think anyone who wouldn't know it before Harry Potter would know it now. Minor character. It's one of the most well-known Irish names. I've heard it on a handful of little boys too.
I don't think pronunciation would be too much of an issue, and I don't think anyone who wouldn't know it before Harry Potter would know it now. Minor character. It's one of the most well-known Irish names. I've heard it on a handful of little boys too.
This message was edited 12/13/2016, 11:36 AM
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I know a little boy (aged 6) named Seamus. I don't think most people have trouble pronouncing his name (he lives in rural, central Kentucky).
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I don't think that pronunciation would ever have been a problem, Harry Potter or no. It's an Irish name that, unlike most Irish names, became well-known enough in the US (if that's the country that you're thinking of) that Americans have known for a long time how to pronounce it despite the counter-intuitive spelling.
My sister named her Irish Setter Seamus way back in the early 1970s and the pronunciation was known then. Unfortunately, that Irish Setter is all I can think of when I hear the name. I don't like it because, although I certainly didn't dislike the dog and he was beautiful, he was goofy and hyperactive so it's a goofy, hyperactive name to me.
My sister named her Irish Setter Seamus way back in the early 1970s and the pronunciation was known then. Unfortunately, that Irish Setter is all I can think of when I hear the name. I don't like it because, although I certainly didn't dislike the dog and he was beautiful, he was goofy and hyperactive so it's a goofy, hyperactive name to me.
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