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Even though I have Irish heritage on both sides of my family, I really have no idea what this traditional Irish naming pattern is meant to be. Possibly because I'm something like a 12th generation Canadian with more English and at least as much Scottish as Irish in the mix.

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My mother's maiden name is Reid, which is a pretty common Scottish name - it's actually a sept of Clan Donnachaidh, one of the oldest of all Scottish clans. I think Reid (or Reed) would make a rather nice middle or even first name for a boy, but I'd probably only use it as a middle name (especially since my two sons have Biblical/Hebrew fist names, so Reid would kind of be the odd one out). And, as much as it takes away from the Scottish-ness and familial authenticity of the name, I actually prefer the Reed spelling.

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Edited to add:

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Assuming this (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cregan/patterns.htm) is the patterns you're talking about, my first son would have been Stanley and my second Kenneth. Honestly, that would be super confusing, imo, to have first names be those of such close relatives. Maybe if I could use the middle names, David and John, but those are just kinda boring, imo.

This message was edited 7/29/2015, 1:53 PM

It looks like Theodore and Lillian would be the first two.

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No, not using that Polish monster.

from what I remember

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It's paternal grandparents first. My grandmothers had the same first name so I'll do it slightly differently; Edward Richard & Mary Eliza Bridget!

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Think you all know I would name a son Wason Sean

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Ned, Mary and Wason x

http://www.fanningfamilyhistory.com/irish-naming-patterns

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Had to look this up.

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Unfortunately my children would end up with a lot of names I'm not too fond of.

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My mother's maiden name was Campbell, and I think it was used quite a bit in the late 90s/00s, at least in a trendy way. I wouldn't hate it for a boy.

If I had to use traditional Irish naming patterns (I'm assuming it's the naming after family thing)

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Boy - Charles
Girl - Lucy

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I would use my mother's maiden name for a boy MAYBE because it's Henry. But that would look really bad on a girl, because nobody would recognise it was an honouring surname. I don't really like the name Henry though, so I'm unlikely to use it.

I wouldn't use my mother's maiden name. It's also one of my surnames, and doesn't work very well as a given name. It kinda sounds like Veyron (as in Bugatti Veyron), just change the V in the beginning to a P.

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Aodhán Alastar & Niamh Aignéis

As in, traditional Irish spellings?

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I'd go for Brónach Fionnuala and Oisín Ruaidhrí.

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I wouldn't use my mother's maiden name (it's also mine); it's two, not unattractive, but bland words that just wouldn't work as a given name.

This message was edited 7/29/2015, 6:55 AM

I don't know what the traditional Irish pattern of naming is, unless it's just that the names are typically Catholic?
Maria Kathleen and James Patrick.

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I would not use my mother's maiden name, as it is a two-word, adjective-noun Indian name that just doesn't lend itself very well to middle-name use.