Girls names

Sneezy

How about:
Niamh (Gaelic: 'bright', Princess of the land of Promise who left with Ossian for the Otherworld),

Caoimhe (Gentle, graceful, beauty)

Aoife (Gaelic form of the name Eve. Aoife was a daughter of King Dermot of Leinster who married the Norman invader Strongbow)

Roisin (Gaelic: Rose, Rosaleen is a variant)

Aisling (Dream, vision

Saoirse (Freedom)

ailuro2

Sneezy wrote: »

How about:
Niamh (Gaelic: 'bright', Princess of the land of Promise who left with Ossian for the Otherworld),

Caoimhe (Gentle, graceful, beauty)

Aoife (Gaelic form of the name Eve. Aoife was a daughter of King Dermot of Leinster who married the Norman invader Strongbow)

Roisin (Gaelic: Rose, Rosaleen is a variant)

Aisling (Dream, vision

Saoirse (Freedom)

Sneezy, the trouble with Gaelic names is not everyone knows how to pronounce or spell them. DD has a Mairhi in her class (pronounced Varry) but DD just didn't really believe me till she got a Christmas card with her name written like that...

Our DD has a normal name that only has one spelling, yet she still gets some weird and wonderful spellings for it. I think it helps to keep it simple sometimes.:)

jackieb

ailuro2 wrote: »

Sneezy, the trouble with Gaelic names is not everyone knows how to pronounce or spell them. DD has a Mairhi in her class (pronounced Varry) but DD just didn't really believe me till she got a Christmas card with her name written like that...

Our DD has a normal name that only has one spelling, yet she still gets some weird and wonderful spellings for it. I think it helps to keep it simple sometimes.:)

When I named my daughter Rachel, I purposely gave her the simple spelling - yet she still gets Rachael.

peachyprice

Sneezy wrote: »

How about:
Niamh (Gaelic: 'bright', Princess of the land of Promise who left with Ossian for the Otherworld),

Caoimhe (Gentle, graceful, beauty)

Aoife (Gaelic form of the name Eve. Aoife was a daughter of King Dermot of Leinster who married the Norman invader Strongbow)

Roisin (Gaelic: Rose, Rosaleen is a variant)

Aisling (Dream, vision

Saoirse (Freedom)

I have to agree with Ailuro, any of those name, although sounding pretty, are really setting a person up for a lifetime of mis-pronounciation and mis-spelling.

JBD

peachyprice wrote: »

Oh, I don't know, some folks are just a bit dim. I have a very simple, four letter name, not that unusual, but not common either, it's never been in the top 20, there's a singer, an artist and perfume with the same name, it's always spelt the same, but still people ask me how to spell it quite regularly

I agree. I have a very traditional 4 letter name. It still has 2 different spellings and most people assume that it is spelt the other way. I would think a lot of people have to go through life spelling their names out, it's not really that big a deal.

JoeyG

I really like the name Ella, not sure if its a chav name now though

Sneezy

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JBD

JoeyG wrote: »

I really like the name Ella, not sure if its a chav name now though

Why does it matter? If you like something then you like it. Do you really have to worry about what other people think?
Sorry, not directed at JoeyG personally. Just a general observation!

amandada

jackieb wrote: »

When I named my daughter Rachel, I purposely gave her the simple spelling - yet she still gets Rachael.

Same here! It drives her (and me!) nuts!

heretolearn_2

I've always thought Rachel is pronounced 'Rack -el ' (as in fools and horses) not Ray-chel. Maybe that's why people are getting it wrong. If I hear a Ray-chel then I wouldn't think to spell it that way.