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Irish names
What are your favourites, and do you prefer to keep the original spellings or use the anglicised ones?
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In general, I prefer the original spellings. Siobhan is a nice name, Shavon looks stupid. However, some anglicised spellings have been used so much as to become established names- I'm thinking Kathleen, Maureen, Moira, Eileen.My favourites:
Bláthnat
Bridget
Caitlín / Kathleen
Deirdre
Eileen
Honora
MaureenDuncan
Oscar
Patrick
Seamus
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my favourites are:Niamh
Aisling
MaeveEamonn
Malachy
Connor (although to popular for me to use it)I think its lovely to keep original spellings and stay as close to the language the name comes from, but realistically, its going to be a real pain for most people in Anglecised communities if the spelling is totally unrecognisable, like Aoife for eg.
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I love so many. But if I had to narrow them down, my absolute ten favorites would be:Niamh, Aoife, Sinead, Mairead, Eimear / Emer ("EE-mer"), Fionnuala / Finola, Isibeal ("ISH-bayl"), Muirgheal / Muriel, Eibhlin, Fidelma;Desmond, Malachy, Cormac, Finbarr, Eamonn ("AY-mun"), Tadhg ("tie + g"), Diarmuid, Fergus, Rory, Muiris ("MYOOR-ish")

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I usually go more for the anglicized spellings, it's less confusing. While I think Eoghan and Ruaidhri are great names, I'd rather go with Owen and Rory.Irish names that I like/would use*:
Nora*
Aideen
RoisinOwen*
Kelly*
Oscar
Rory
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I think there was a discussion about this not too long ago, but as I love to post about Irish names. I prefer to use Irish names for boys and usually like the keep the original Gaelic spellings.
My favorite boys name is Ciaran and I prefer this spelling over the easier to pronounce Kieran because the C honors my father Colin with out using his exact name.
My second favorite boys name is Aidan and I prefer this spelling over the Gaelic Aodhan.
I also love Eamon (my third favorite) and I have a new favorite Irish name Finbar / Finbarr and I prefer this over Fionnbharr.
So I guess it's really hit or miss over which spelling I prefer. My favorite Irish girls names would be Eithne, Aine, Ciara (like Kiera), Caitlin, Caitriona, Caoimhe, Aoife, Aoide, Liadan, Maeve, Niamh, Roisin and Orla. But not many of these are actually in my top 10-20 favorites.
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I love Irish names, and I almost always prefer the original spellings. I really have an appreciation for all of them, but my favorites are:Aoibheann
Brighid
Caitlín
Eabha
Eibhlín
Étaín
Mairéad
Muirgen
Saoirse
Saraid
SorchaCiarán
Connor
Darragh
Diarmaid
Eamonn
Eoghan
Fionn
Maeleachlainn
Padraic
Ruaidhrí(edited to add a few more I'd forgotten)

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Deirdre
Damien
Diarmuid
Naoise
Bridget
Aileen
Eirwen
Padraic
Morriganoriginal spellings

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A few of the Irish names I like:
Caoimhe
Eabha
Emer
Róisín Fionn
Owen
Padraig
Rian
RoryMost of the time I keep the original spellings, but not always.
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Oops....this should be under OP!I love Irish names! I'm not sure of all of the spellings, as I got some of them from other sites, but I like:
Ailionora
Ailleann
Aimiliona
Aine
Andraste
Aoibhe
Aoibheann
Aoife
Bebhinn
Bridget
Caimheul
Caitriona
Caoimhe
Casidhe
Dearbhail
Deirbhile
Eibhlin
Eilionoir
Eilispidh
Eira
Eithne
Emer
Etain
Fionnuala
Gormlaith
Grainne
Keena
Kelly
Labhaoise (Louisa)
Lasairiona
Madailein
Morrigan
Muirne
Niamh
Nora
Orlaith
Roisin
Sadhbh (Sayv)
Saoirse
Seosaimhin (Josephine)
Sine (Sheena)
Siobhan
Siomha (Sheeva)
Sorcha
UnaAedan
Ailill
Aindriu
Alistair
Aodhan
Artur
Breanainn
Brogan
Caoimhin (Kevin)
Cillian
Conan
Connor

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