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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am annoyed by the increased popularity of Irish names for 2 reasons.

1) DH is Irish, as in off the boat a few years ago.  And we did want to use traditional Irish names for our kids, but it's become too trendy.  FWIW, we went with a traditional Irish name for our 1st DD, but gave it an Aglican spelling so people wouldn't massacre it.

2) People are never going to pronounce traditional Irish names correctly.  I know a young kid name Colm who really wants to change his name to Collin because that's what people call him.  I mean I love the Aoife, if we were still living in Ireland.  But who the frick in the US is going to pronounce that correctly?

Love, love, love Nora.  I wanted that for a 2nd child but DH said no.  Now I cannot suggest for our 3rd because we already have 2 N names (not on purpose) and I refuse to use a 3rd N.[/quote]

My favorite Irish name is [b]Saoirse.  Aoife[/b] is also beautiful.  But you are right - destined to be massacred.

FWIW, I did not name my children Irish names.  However, each of my kids is named after an ancestor, and we do have Irish ancestors.  So my kids have Anglo and French names.  [/quote]

So how do you pronounce these names?[/quote]

Saoirse=Seersha 
Aoife=Eefa (kind of like Eva but with more of an 'f' sound)

(someone correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not Irish but I've heard those 2 names spoken before)[/quote]

I thought Aoife was Ay-fin, almost like with Aidan with an f.   (but I could be wrong)[/quote]

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