Someone mentioned Cahir way back in the posts, it is pronounced like ‘hair’ but with a hard c . The alphabet is broken!’. Our daughter is Avelin, which is originally spelled Eibhlhin/Eibhlin. Hi, can you Tell me how to pronounce Eireann? Thank you, Deirdre! My sister is called Séanchan. Life is tough enough! I love my name and all that it means but just wish people weren’t so ignorant with it’s pronunciation, the fada’s above the o and the i are there for a reason!! I know the bh makes a v or w sound, but its the beginning of the name that confuses me. My favourites are (for girls) For inspiration, I reviewed the top names … Silent letters are not big or clever. There is also a sister called Orla but I think they spell her name Orfhlaith something like that. There are still people who struggle to get their tongues around my name (unbelievable when they can say rihanna and beyonce) and now have people calling me Rosh and Rosie to make life easier! However, after looking at traditional names and their spellings I ended up choosing names for my boys that kind of sound and look Irish but really aren’t. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I hated my name in my younger years as a result, but grew to appreciate having a unique name in my teens. Also any ideas; my grandmother’s name was supposed to something “Maigh….” I think that it had “t’s” maybe more “g’s” and /or “d”-but since the midwife couldn’t spell it, she ended up as “Madge” or “Maggie” Also my son is called Roan ( Ro – an) and the amount of people that told me I had spelt it wrong because there was no ‘w’ . Whilst Aedhán seems pretty straight forward, to me, he’s been called Eden & Aid-han. Cathasaigh/Cathasach,- can pronounce but can’t put down in English! The letters simply have different sounds and put together in certain ways allow us to make full use of the traditional 18 letter irish alphabet. As it is, people always want to call him Kiernan, and I always have to tell them to take out the extra n. But they can generally pronounce it when they read it. It seems it’s opinion on what they think it should sound like but not necessarily correct to where the name is from. Is “aoi” prounced “ee” or “ay”? And it sure isn’t common knowledge (for English speakers). Some people think it should rhyme with Ryan, both with a hard and soft “C” — ie: sigh-an, kie-an. I guess I’m a trail-blazer as far as first names go! HAPPY CHRISTMAS SHAVVON FROM DEIELLE XX (dee-l). Firstly, I want to say that my name is mispronunced quite a bit… The funniest was Camm-ah-gee! Or how on earth does Caoilfhionn come out as Kee-lin? Is it a popular name? http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic&Mythology/Warriors&Heroes/Warriors/Males/Conlaoch-Mac-Cuchulainn/Page1.htm. I’ve noticed ‘bh’ makes a v sound, as in Maebh (Maeve) & ‘si or sí’ makes a shh sound (Siobhan being a good example of both). In the mid-1800s, Richardson wrote a book suggesting that the Irish Wolfhound and the Highland Deerhound were the same breed. one of my old mates names her daughter eabha (ay-va), her husband is irish, when i was talking to my older sister about it saying how i loved it, she was like thats not right thats not the irish spelling for ava, i was like um her husbands irish i think he’d know better than you. Colm can be pronounced either call-um (as in a phone call not cal) or cull-um depending on what part of ireland your in and Sadhbh is pronounced sive Sarah is not an irish but yes it does have an irish equivalent to it Sorcha pronounced Sore-sha or Sor-a-ka other nice irish names are Eibhilín/Eilleen – ay-leen. first and foremost I would like to thank everyone that is helping out with us illiterates =) my question is a bit backwards. The difference between the pronunciation of the name in the northern counties of Ireland has more to do with the Derry and Belfast accents than a deliberate difference in pronunciation. lol. A Bevin! Could you verify that for me please? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I’m so confused, is it just a regional one? I read up about him further into my book and it did mention that that is an alternative name for him. It comes up in Yeats a lot and I’ve asked several of my (American) professors and they gave me very different pronunciations. @Siânnon–thank you very much for your input. @M – I wonder if the broad bh in this case isn’t pronounced like a “w”? My parents decided not to spell my name Cliodhna as they thought it would confuse people so they spelled it Cliona. Ellise – el-ise. It should not sound like “Donald.”. Is Éireann ever used as a first name in Ireland? I think it’s that way with a lot of English speakers. ;) Is it like AID, or like EED, or AY-DUH, or something else entirely? I’m sick of my co-workers mispronouncing them but didn’t see them above (granted I didn’t look at all posts) but thought I’d add them. it is sweet that it means Jewel in Irish. Thank you, Frank, for always posting such helpful comments. The list of Ireland’s most popular baby names of 2011 was released yesterday, if you’d like to check it out. The name Edwin means rich friend, as explained in Behind the Name. For Donna – 10June2011 So just to throw my bit in! (You can hear various Irish people pronouncing Padraig at Forvo.) @Kaira-Mae – Seems like the wrong attitude to have, doesn’t it? Stiobhan I think it pronounced Shteevawn. I am not Irish but I’ve always loved the names Aiofe and Aileen/Eileen ! But i live in the US and so as not to confuse too many I chose to spell it Rauri (instead of ua, I chose to switch the u and a to au) so people might understand it was pronounced like Lauri. Most of the posts seem to be making fun of people and it is a little elitist. Indeed, from the early 1800s Liverpool acted as a staging post for Irish migrants on their way to North America or settling in England. But no. French names to be “different” because they speak, well, French. Ciara = just as Keira Knightley pronounces her name. I get annoyed when people call me neamph To the other Eimear- whereabouts in Ireland are you from? But if you read the Irish spelling as an English word, you get Kate-Lynn. Does anyone know how to pronounce Conlain? “White Spirit” “White Lady”. I am often Referring to an illustrious warrior, the name Herbert is pretty great, according to She Knows. Conaire – Conor I’ve never actually known. My name is Maura (pronounced More-uh). My first name is obviously easy but I’m always getting will-de instead of Wilde. Caitríona: Ka-Tree-Na Like I’ve never heard “Mother Teresa” before. My Donegal father pronounced it COR – muc. @Maire– Ditto! Maire – Moy -rah (Maybe work on teaching your tot to be generous, just in case.). @Stephanie – I’ve never come across that particular name, and I don’t know what it means, but based on pronunciations I’ve seen for uaithne and various -ionn names, I’d guess…OO-eh-nyon?

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