What is Your First Name ?

mauzo

Lia_lia wrote: »

I have a very common Irish name. (not actually Lia!)

Never really liked it growing up because no one in countries outside Ireland I lived in could pronounce it.

I guess it's alright now. Still have to pronounce it about 10 times a day to American guests at the hotel I work in!

Caoimhe??

Precious flower

Clare like the county not Claire!:mad: I hate when people put the 'i' in! Even some relatives put the 'i' in though they know I don't spell it like that! My whole life people have spelled it with an 'i' even if they have already seen the way I spell it! :pac:

Barbieliveshere

Hardonraging wrote: »

I always wonder that when i met a girl called Sarah !!!

If i had a daughter i'd call her sarah, not in honour of thin lizzy tho, just cos ... well i'm not gonna say why ...

WHY!!




Do tell :pac: I need to check you're using my name honorably

Luap

luap

Raic

cynder wrote: »

When I grew up in the uk the pronunciation was an/thon/nee


When I moved back to Ireland it was ant/a/nee

Irish have trouble with the 'th' pronunciation.

I was just wondering how you pronounce Anthony? Nothing against your ma!

Actually, the th in Anthony is supposed to be pronounced like a t (like Thomas). The h was introduced based on a false etymology. More information here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_(name)#Spelling_and_Pronunciation

*Edit*
And I'm Seaghán. Seaghán is an earlier spelling of Seán and is pronounced the same way. I love the name Lasairfhíona; if I ever have a daughter I'll name her that.

cantdecide

smokedeels wrote: »

Aaron.

My folks didn't even get passed the first page of "the big book of baby names"

I don't have a middle name either, it seems they were not too bothered about my arrival.

My parents couldn't afford a name book but they had a dictionary. My real first name is Aardvark:(

holystungun9

Alfonzo.

Duggy747

Lia_lia wrote: »

I have a very common Irish name. (not actually Lia!)

Aisling?

Sinead?

Uh....

Tayto?

As for my name, for the right price I'll be whatever you want me to be, hot stuff............ooooo yeah!

herisson

Lia_lia wrote: »

I have a very common Irish name. (not actually Lia!)

Never really liked it growing up because no one in countries outside Ireland I lived in could pronounce it.

I guess it's alright now. Still have to pronounce it about 10 times a day to American guests at the hotel I work in!

Dearbhla?

shopaholic01

Barbieliveshere wrote: »

WHY!!




Do tell :pac: I need to check you're using my name honorably

Sarah was probably his first love, or 'the one that got away'.

Abi

Luap wrote: »

luap

I'll spell my name backwards, they'll never figure it out!! Muhahahahaha! :pac:

jubella

I'm Louise.
I like it, but I constantly get people saying "Jeez, Louise" or "Please, Louise" and laughing their heads off

Also I really don't like the urban dictionary definitions for my name! Especially this one:

"When a man leaves his 'remains' after performing a sexual act on the girl/boys jeans."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=louise

Colmustard

Some of you are girls whom I thought were boys and vice versa.

Tombi!

Anfernee but really it's Cady, pronounced like "Katie" but this one girl keeps getting it wrong and calls me "Cady"

paddyandy

O.P. every day i ask ' that one .

bluecode

I thought my name was insipid and unimaginative. So when I had two boys I was determined to call them something strong and impossible to slag, shorten or lengthen. We have quite a rare and old surname. So I called them Jack and Mark.

Several people have commented at how strong the names are. One thing for sure they will be the ones slagging the poor kids called: 'River', 'Conan' or any of the other trendy names doing the rounds.

Yer_Wan

Lia_lia wrote: »

I have a very common Irish name. (not actually Lia!)

Never really liked it growing up because no one in countries outside Ireland I lived in could pronounce it.

I guess it's alright now. Still have to pronounce it about 10 times a day to American guests at the hotel I work in!

Howya Aoife.

Galwayguy35

Do people know the Irish version of their name?

Micheál

WumBuster

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Do people know the Irish version of their name?

Micheál

Neil= Niall

Though I get called Nigel, Noel, Ned, Ian, Liam from time to time

Grayson

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Do people know the Irish version of their name?

Micheál

I hated that in school. They'd just take your surname, stick a Ni or O in front and then mash up the spelling so it sounds irish.

later12

AllWasWell wrote: »

I love the name Noah, If I have a son I'm calling him that

Oh please don't.

I blame Home & Away circa 2003 for the outbreak of this name. Similar offenders include Zach, and Seth.

Seems to be some sort of spillover between the old testament and perceived surfer names.

Killer Wench

Siobhan. And let me tell you, I got some very confused stares when I lived in Ireland.

CavanCrew

Caaaaaaaa-van. Get it right.

ihsb

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Do people know the Irish version of their name?

Micheál

Well I am plain old Jane in the English version of my name. Stupid plain Jane.

lookitsme

Rumpelstiltskin

jessiejam

cynder wrote: »

No,

But at one point I considered calling my daughter Mercedes but she Ended up with a name of a former eastenders character. ( I love the name, she also shares the name of an American girl doll)

Is your name Chastity and your daughters name is Cindy?
Mercedes is an awful name by the way. Poor child would have been scarred for life

flutterflye

I'm having a baby boy in a few weeks - just looked through this whole thread for inspiration.
Still no idea - don't want any of your names!

I hate my name.
It's Irish.
That's all I'm saying.

cynder

jessiejam wrote: »

cynder wrote: »

No,

But at one point I considered calling my daughter Mercedes but she Ended up with a name of a former eastenders character. ( I love the name, she also shares the name of an American girl doll)

Is your name Chastity and your daughters name is Cindy?
Mercedes is an awful name by the way. Poor child would have been scarred for life

No wrong soap...

mattjack

ihsb wrote: »

Well I am plain old Jane in the English version of my name. Stupid plain Jane.

I like that name, it's a name we had picked if we had a daughter... had a mob of male gurriers instead.

leonidas83

Leon

chughes

michellie wrote: »

Ahh I forgot that one! My bad.

I also go by the name Mammy or Mam....ALL day long.

Mam,mam,mam,mam,Mammy,mam!!

Did you forget another one? De lack

chughes

Princessxx wrote: »

My dad named me after some celebrity called samantha fox I had no idea who she was till i googled imaged her.....:o

I can think of two reasons why he gave you that name

rannerap

Saranne, Named after my great gran

Hardonraging

Sarannewrap wrote: »

Saranne, Named after my great gran

Is you're name really Saranne .... cos that's kinda abstract ye know ..

rannerap

Hardonraging wrote: »

Is you're name really Saranne .... cos that's kinda abstract ye know ..

Yup thats really my name! :cool:

Hardonraging

Sarannewrap wrote: »

Yup thats really my name! :cool:

Would it be insulting if i were to infer that we both might enjoy wrapping you in Sarannewrap... and perhaps discussing the works of j r r tolkien ?

rannerap

Hardonraging wrote: »

Would it be insulting if i were to infer that we both might enjoy wrapping you in Sarannewrap... and perhaps discussing the works of j r r tolkien ?

I hate the works of Tolkien so yes :pac: I'm a geek for many things, but not him!

Esoteric_

Sandra >.>

Hardonraging

Sarannewrap wrote: »

I hate the works of Tolkien so yes :pac: I'm a geek for many things, but not him!

Still we'll always have the wrap tho ..

Whatsernamex33

Siobhán. Yeah I know, what a name.

Mars Bar

Raic wrote: »

Actually, the th in Anthony is supposed to be pronounced like a t (like Thomas). The h was introduced based on a false etymology. More information here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_(name)#Spelling_and_Pronunciation

*Edit*
And I'm Seaghán. Seaghán is an earlier spelling of Seán and is pronounced the same way. I love the name Lasairfhíona; if I ever have a daughter I'll name her that.

How do you pronounce that?

Hardonraging

LyndaMcL wrote: »

Sandra >.>

Lynda suits you better !!

Esoteric_

Hardonraging wrote: »

Lynda suits you better !!

Lynda isn't my name either, tbh.

Hardonraging

LyndaMcL wrote: »

Lynda isn't my name either, tbh.

you just said it was sandra no ?

Scorpion Sting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0DbymPlpA

Esoteric_

Hardonraging wrote: »

you just said it was sandra no ?

I assumed from my screen name that people would assume Sandra was fake? It's neither!

Hardonraging

LyndaMcL wrote: »

I assumed from my screen name that people would assume Sandra was fake? It's neither!

Is it Cynthia ? that's an awesome name ..

JohnMarston

Robert Paulson

Esoteric_

Hardonraging wrote: »

Is it Cynthia ? that's an awesome name ..

I don't like that name. And no, it's not.

Wedgie

I was named after my cremated grandfather.

My name is Ash.