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Baby name opinion

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    #62
    GalwayGrrrrrl
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    Jasminecat wrote: »
    Hi all, what do people think of the boys name Fiáin? Pronounced feen

    Just asked my 12 year old who is in Gaelcholáiste and he said Fiáin means wild as in “ferocious” like vermin! He’s prouncing it Fee-on (Connacht Irish)


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    #63
    AulWan
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    Classic example! Skip ahead to about 1:45 to the bit about names!



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    #64
    BarryD2
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    Perhaps I'm a bit boring, but what's wrong with Jack, Paul, Stephen, Michael, etc?

    Ah come on now, those names don't really cut the mustard if the child get involved in CCE Fleadhs and a grand Irish name would help with entry to the gaelscoil etc. Makes it clear you're not one them furriners! :)


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    #65
    antix80
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    GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »
    Just asked my 12 year old who is in Gaelcholáiste and he said Fiáin means wild as in “ferocious” like vermin! He’s prouncing it Fee-on (Connacht Irish)

    Hahaha


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    #66
    [Deleted User]
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    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Ah come on now, those names don't really cut the mustard if the child get involved in CCE Fleadhs and a grand Irish name would help with entry to the gaelscoil etc. Makes it clear you're not one them furriners! :)




    Call them Michael, and swap it to Micheal when you need to. Everyone's a winner.


    I just think a silly name, that nobody understands or even recognises as an actual name, is just giving some extra hardship to your children.


    For example, why not, instead of Fee-awn, call the child 'Finian'? His friends will shorten it to 'Fin' anyway, it sounds a tad Irish, but still easily spoken in English, can be pronounced by everyone (although I do think it's actually a surname? or a Saint name? Unfamiliar with it's origin but it's a lot better than the obstacle-course name that's being presented here).


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    #67
    Seamai
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    It's not a proper name, there a lot of made up and bastardised "Irish" names around. People should do the research and I don't mean consulting a baby name book (most of which are grossly inaccurate). One of my pet hates is Siofraidh / Siofra, if you were to look up some dictionaries the translation you'd get is "fairy child" while this may not be wrong, it's not accurate, it actually means "changling" which is quite sinister and creepy, when we were bold as kids my grandmother used to call us "saucy little siofraidhs".


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    #68
    iamwhoiam
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    AulWan wrote: »
    I don't know whether to laugh or be slightly offended by that Lee Mack video.... :D

    I did both !! I did laugh but yet was a bit annoyed


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