Modern Irish childrens names

Sergei Malatov

Joshua..
Travis....
Keegan...
Christian...
Dylan...
Wade...
Justin...

Thoughts?

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

Links234

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

They grew up, became obnoxious assholes, and nobody wants to give their kids an asshole's name.

****ing Kevin, ruining it for everyone as usual. Thanks Kevin, you bastard! :rolleyes:

4zn76tysfajdxp

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

Or Pádhraic, Dáithí, Seán, Seosamh etc, right? Right?

Sheep Lover

Funnieog and Sneachta are two personal favourites

Sergei Malatov

The Irish names are coming back in vogue in fairness.

But it's a hipster thing more than anything else.

I bet the people calling their children Iarlaith aren't remotely fluent in Irish.

Sergei Malatov

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Funnieog and Sneachta are two personal favourites

I'm partial to Gobnait.

lameusername

A fada here a fada there

agent graves

Latifah
Shaniqua
Latoya
Laquisha
La'Kisha
La'Tanya
All legit irish name

Kevin McCloud

Riannaie

lameusername

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Riannaie

Phonetically?

Kevin McCloud

lameusername wrote: »

Phonetically?

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

Arsemageddon

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

The Irish names are coming back in vogue in fairness.

But it's a hipster thing more than anything else.

I bet the people calling their children Iarlaith aren't remotely fluent in Irish.

Irish names are a hipster thing and the parents probably can't speak Irish??

In the interest of your personal safety I'd suggest you don't publicly voice this theory in west Belfast, Connemara, Ring, etc

riffmongous

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

Joshua..
Travis....
Keegan...
Christian...
Dylan...
Wade...
Justin...

Thoughts?

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

Sounds like Cleetus from the simpsons listing off his kids

Paramite Pie

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

David, John & Joseph are Hebrew names in origin.

Patrick is Roman for Nobleman (Patricius).

Only Kevin and Keith are Irish origin. But that damn 'K' is foreign, I tells ye. Letter of "the gall" so it is.

Nothing new having trendy names here -- I've seen some bizarre names in the old census records when researching family trees. Not Irish names either but odd names that'd put American 19th century "Virtue" names to shame!!

We've always been influenced from overseas -- and then the Irish names make a big comeback.

5starpool

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Irish names are a hipster thing and the parents probably can't speak Irish??

In the interest of your personal safety I'd suggest you don't publicly voice this theory in west Belfast, Connemara, Ring, etc

I never knew people would be violent just because they were accused of not speaking a language. Who knew?

lameusername

Kevin is Irish?!?!

Cripes.

Arsemageddon

5starpool wrote: »

I never knew people would be violent just because they were accused of not speaking a language. Who knew?

When combined with 'you just do/think that cos your a hipster' it's a rather ignorant thing to say.

Merkin

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Funnieog and Sneachta are two personal favourites

Or Uachtar reoite

Filmer Paradise

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

I'm partial to Gobnait.

If my parents called me that, I'd have them shot...............
















In public!

Wompa1

Merkin wrote: »

Or Uachtar reoite

or Milsean or Madra Rua!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Many parent's go for the ancient Irish vibe these days.

Cuchulainn/Setanta.

Ferdia

Iarlaith

Eunan

Tiernan

Macdaragh, this name makes no sense if the fathers name is not Daragh.

NIMAN

Or the other ancient Irish names of Kai, Kayden, Savannah, Piper, Bell and Asia.

Badly Drunk Boy

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

What happened to Patrick, David, John, Joseph, Kevin, Keith?

While some aren't actually Irish names, they were traditionally popular here. Although I wouldn't have thought Keith to be of Irish origin, or overly traditional or common until that last few decades.

lameusername wrote: »

Kevin is Irish?!?!

Cripes.

St Kevin was big in the 6th and early 7th century. Used to hang out in Glendalough.

Sergei Malatov

NIMAN wrote: »

Or the other ancient Irish names of Kai, Kayden, Savannah, Piper, Bell and Asia.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that these names are becoming more prevalent as the internet becomes more omnipresent.

I wonder where they get these names?

Oh yeah... internet porn.

That's what you get I suppose when you have children ending their school cycle having no ambition other than collecting dole, social welfare, benefits, popping out babies and hanging out in Paddy Power.

Nodin

NIMAN wrote: »

Or the other ancient Irish names of Kai, Kayden, Savannah, Piper, Bell and Asia.

Beyoncé is a traditional irish name, and shite on any who say different.

Nodin

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that these names are becoming more prevalent as the internet becomes more omnipresent.

I wonder where they get these names?

Oh yeah... internet porn.

That's what you get I suppose when you have children ending their school cycle having no ambition other than collecting dole, social welfare, benefits, popping out babies and hanging out in Paddy Power.

....subtle, so so subtle.....

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Wompa1 wrote: »

or Milsean or Madra Rua!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPH4Mv06Lig

Cupan Tae...?!

Gwynplaine

When my friend told he called his child Mogue, I laughed in his face, I thought he was joking. Then again, I should have known, his other children are called Fiacra and Caoimhe.

eet fuk

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Many parent's go for the ancient Irish vibe these days.

Cuchulainn/Setanta.

Ferdia

Iarlaith

Eunan

Tiernan

Macdaragh, this name makes no sense if the fathers name is not Daragh.

Iarlaith and Tiernan are cool names imo.

pmasterson95

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that these names are becoming more prevalent as the internet becomes more omnipresent.

I wonder where they get these names?

Oh yeah... internet porn.

That's what you get I suppose when you have children ending their school cycle having no ambition other than collecting dole, social welfare, benefits, popping out babies and hanging out in Paddy Power.

Asia is actually a country. If you equate Asia to being a pornstar then you yourself are watching to much porn and must have failed Geography, and possibly described yourself.

eet fuk

Gwynplaine wrote: »

When my friend told he called his child Mogue, I laughed in his face, I thought he was joking. Then again, I should have known, his other children are called Fiacra and Caoimhe.

What's wrong with Fiachra and Caoimhe?
I think Caoimhe is one of the most beautiful names going. I love the spelling and how it sounds!

eet fuk

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Asia is actually a country. If you equate Asia to being a pornstar then you yourself are watching to much porn and must have failed Geography, and possibly described yourself.

Ummm....country?

Call me Al

There's always Aifric for a girl too!

pmasterson95

eet fuk wrote: »

Ummm....country?

****ing auto correct hahahaha.

eet fuk

pmasterson95 wrote: »

****ing auto correct hahahaha.

Sure.....

Gwynplaine

eet fuk wrote: »

What's wrong with Fiachra and Caoimhe?
I think Caoimhe is one of the most beautiful names going. I love the spelling and how it sounds!

I think they're terrible. Any irish name is terrible, stupid spelling an unpronounceable.

fussyonion

Most Irish names sound awful and don't roll off the tongue nicely.
They also conjure up images associated with them.

Exhibit A: "Sinead"; I think of a girl with a snotty nose and a plain face.
Exhibit B: "Ciara"; I think of a spiteful teenager with a tendency to roll her eyes at any given opportunity.
Exhibit C: "Caoimhe"; A D4 blonde with black roots and a penchant for Uggs.
Exhibit "Roisin"; A rosy-cheeked short girl with a bad temper.

eet fuk

fussyonion wrote: »

Most Irish names sound awful and don't roll off the tongue nicely.
They also conjure up images associated with them.

Exhibit A: "Sinead"; I think of a girl with a snotty nose and a plain face.
Exhibit B: "Ciara"; I think of a spiteful teenager with a tendency to roll her eyes at any given opportunity.
Exhibit C: "Caoimhe"; A D4 blonde with black roots and a penchant for Uggs.
Exhibit "Roisin"; A rosy-cheeked short girl with a bad temper.

That's a pity, but ya can't help if you don't like something.

Out interest, what names do you like?

5ub

I hear Plúr na mBan is very "now"

_Kaiser_

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I think they're terrible. Any irish name is terrible, stupid spelling an unpronounceable.

I definitely think that there's a correlation between "the good times" and Irish names getting popular again.. it was the same about a decade ago and it's happening again now that we're "the fastest growing economy in Europe" and driving around in brand new (PCP financed) 151/2-reg cars!

But yes I find the "more Irish" names a pain to pronounce - Caoimhe is a perfect example.. HTF is that "K(w)eeva"

fussyonion

eet fuk wrote: »

That's a pity, but ya can't help if you don't like something.

Out interest, what names do you like?

Britknee
Laquisha
D'angelo
Lill-Eee RoseMay
Jocasta
KrisstabellJ
And of course, Assumpta*

Seriously, I like a lot of names, just not a lot of Irish ones.

*Sarcasm alert

Pherekydes

fussyonion wrote: »

Most Irish names sound awful and don't roll off the tongue nicely.
They also conjure up images associated with them.

Exhibit A: "Sinead"; I think of a girl with a snotty nose and a plain face.
Exhibit B: "Ciara"; I think of a spiteful teenager with a tendency to roll her eyes at any given opportunity.
Exhibit C: "Caoimhe"; A D4 blonde with black roots and a penchant for Uggs.
Exhibit "Roisin"; A rosy-cheeked short girl with a bad temper.

Em, all teenagers are snotty-nosed, plain, spiteful, eye-rolling, bad-tempered and like uggs.

Most Irish girls' names are beautiful and roll beautifully off the tongue.

Except Gobnait.

Pherekydes

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

But yes I find the "more Irish" names a pain to pronounce - Caoimhe is a perfect example.. HTF is that "K(w)eeva"

The 'a' and the 'o' form a diphthong. Two adjacent vowel sounds in the same syllable.

dairina1991

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Asia is actually a country. If you equate Asia to being a pornstar then you yourself are watching to much porn and must have failed Geography, and possibly described yourself.

Asia is a continent....

Brian from Bray

The best Irish names are


Brian
Miley
Jim
Mike
Tom
Hank
John

My favourite Nevaeh.

One that annoys the Hell out of me - Caitlin, pronounced Kaytlin

Conall Cernach

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Asia is actually a country. If you equate Asia to being a pornstar then you yourself are watching to much porn and must have failed Geography, and possibly described yourself.

I can't think of anything witty enough to reply to this post. Anyone want to help a brother out?

Dyr

The you have the hipster boutique names that sound so delightfully olde tyme landed gentry

Randolph
Isabella
Quentin
Eliza

There should be a lad with a hurl at the registry office specifically for these parents

Paramite Pie

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I think they're terrible. Any irish name is terrible, stupid spelling an unpronounceable.

Gywn is spelt stupidly aswell.:pac:

I'm not fluent in Irish in any means but I've never struggled with the spelling or pronunciation of Irish names.

It's like telling someone named Juan that their name is spelt wrong or stupid just because it's not pronounced like it looks. There is no correct sound for any letter.

Irish spellings are actually more consistent than English overall (but so is every other Euro language!)

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

But yes I find the "more Irish" names a pain to pronounce - Caoimhe is a perfect example.. HTF is that "K(w)eeva"

Why would you spell it with a K? A hard 'C' exists in both English & Irish for starters.
The (mh) is more obvious and familiar to most people who learned Irish in school. It's the Caoi that throws them off.

Unlike English, group vowels in Irish always represent ONE syllable. People often try to pronounce each one separately.

BROAD vowels

a-o-u

These vowels when following a consonant always make a 'W' sound in between them. Think of how the Japanese add a 'uh' sound at the end of many words -- the Irish originally couldn't say these vowel sounds any other way so a '-w' as subconciously inserted in between. This doesn't typically happen with 'o' as much -- I guess they struggled less with that sound.

Example;

Bí sounds like bee (to be)
Buí sounds like bwee (yellow)

Combination vowels like 'ae', 'ea' and 'ao' are diphthongs. In any language these are confusing. Dialects add extra confusion.

In Irish, the 'ao' often sounds like an 'ee' sound. Maybe they once had more distinctive sounds but pronunciations tend to shift or sometimes simplfy over time (we see this in English too).

So;

Cao would sound like kwee using Irish language phonetics. I'm no expert but the 'i' is added to either so inflection (?) or because the second syllable ends with a Slender vowel (an 'e' or 'i'). It's a grammar thing anyways most likely.

Second syllables will usually just have a 'uh' or 'eh' sound depending on the vowels (broad/slender) in the first syllable.

CelticRambler

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

The Irish names are coming back in vogue in fairness.

But it's a hipster thing more than anything else.

I'm not sure my mother would be mad keen on being branded a hipster, and she was giving us Irish names in the 60s & 70s (had hipsters even been invented then?) :pac:

Until quite recently in France, there was a list of approved names and you couldn't have anything that wasn't on it. Then they abolished the rule and people went mad, mostly picking all the worst American celebrity names that make the OP's list look tame. They've calmed down now ...

The little fella who used to live down the lane (82.5% French, 12.5% Portugese) was called Tyrone, pronounced teeeeeronnnnnnnnn.

joe_six_cans

Deleted User wrote: »

My favourite Nevaeh.

One that annoys the Hell out of me - Caitlin, pronounced Kaytlin

two of my cousins called their daughters by that name

find it a very boring name , jack has become too common also