Whilst Aedhán seems pretty straight forward, to me, he’s been called Eden & Aid-han. I know it’s a form of Bridget but that name is quite common in the US and I’m looking for a unique name. A rule of thumb is that if a name contains J, K, Q, V, X, Y, Z it’s not a real Irish name as these do not appear in the Irish alphabet they are just Irish/ Celtic influenced spellings of other names. Also is that the only spelling of the name? I guess I’m a trail-blazer as far as first names go! Also if anyone can’t pronounce Bethan (Welsh) it is Beth-urn like Bethany without the ‘y’ but it is not short for anything ;]. I’m so confused, is it just a regional one? Ceirwan – Kayr-wan (very short A sound) 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. I wonder how many Irish lads today still use the old spelling? I have read it is the femaile form of Aidan and means “Little Fire”. Bev-een because of where the accent is placed. Thank you. There is a pronunciation offered on that wiki page above but we have no access to audio in here so I’m not sure if there is an option to listen to it. Its not a native Irish name as far as I’m aware, but an Irish-ised version of “Stephen/Steven.”. Siobhan- Sha- Vawn( my sisters best friends pronounces it like that! hence you have sinead = sheenayed, and sean = shawn. Sorcha has always said the same thing – it’s a family name, and they pronounce it the way they always have. I know the bh makes a v or w sound, but its the beginning of the name that confuses me. Also, I thought Padraig was pronounced PAWDRIG, not rag, and Padraic pronounced PAW DRIC. I’ve always longed to travel to Ireland. My names Aoife but I live in England ad people are aaaalways getting my name wrong and it annoys me sooo much but I have learnt to deal with it and be polite and say it with the correct pronunciation now x. Don’t know if this has been described before so apologies if I’m repeating anything. So this site has been v useful. I know the correct Irish pronunciation is kawtch-lin. I have a Devon, which you think would be a very simple pronunciation….but yet there are those who insist on calling her DEEvahn. are clued in. Rllen-Caitlin is pronounced Kate-lin I just read a book where a characters name was Colm. Re the pronunciation, I think it can vary. If not, how to you pronounce Ceire? Her name seems to be a variant of the Irish name Ríoghnach, derived from an Irish word meaning “queen.” Sources suggest that the “gh” is silent, but the “ch” is pronounced (like in loch). My parents were happy enough to refer to me as Terry, avoiding the confusion of either the Scots, Turlach or Irish, Turlough. Hi Kim, At the Commonwealth Games, a 14 years old swimmer named Sycerika McMahon made headlines in the press. Which is how we can get “orlah” out of Orfhlaith and “eerlah” out of Iarfhlaith. Currently we have 13330 Boys Names and 13692 Girls Names with Meanings in our English/British collection. Z isn’t typically a letter used in irish words unless it’s borrowed from another language but I may be wrong about that. I would hate a boring common name! @orfhlaith by the way my name is Niamh and you It’s so annoying! Bria i’ve encouraged them to correct people and not settle for a name that isn’t theres. I believe I’ve seen it as a last name online in ancestry.com written as “iowen”, but I am also assuming it is like “ione” because that was how it was pronounced. @Daisydoug Eileen is I-leen, To an earlier poster – Aisling is Ash-ling. Can anyone tell me how to pronounce Feagh. his name with the fada, as it is not “standard Australian English”, but I also have a Declan, and am SHOCKED at how many people have problems with it… seems so clear to me, DECK-lun…. Anyway) so it would work for a name if we have a girl. I’ve gone my entire life saying “Kate-Linn” and “See-ob-hahn” etc and no one has corrected me, unfortunately. More than just “rhymes with cave.”. It’s pronounced “shee-ch-oy-in”. Shofie – so-fie. I deal with Irish people name in my work and what I had been pronouncing is all the above name mention is quite different here! But it pronounced Oona. Siobhan is most definitely pronounced along the lines of “shiv-awn” or “Seo-vawn”, there is no “r” in the pronunciation at all. Calin- you might mean Cailin which literally means girl but is a name pronounced Ka-leen, similar to Coleen – If you are looking at it in the sense of a boys name it’s probably the same as Colin just spelt to look Irish. Do whatever you think your ideal player would prefer. Found inside – Page viiFigures 1 The Mercator Atlas of Europe [Maps.c.29.c.13]© The British Library ... with scenes of the beginning of the Civil War [Digital ID: Hollar_k_0632, ... I’m buying a house in Ireland named Clocha Liath. Just googled it and I can see it’s listed as a name of Irish origin and I’m baffled! What about Erin (air-in) for a girl or if you wannted still to stick with the Ireland part you could spell it But the lack of a fada means it’s pronounced “Anya”. Can anyone help me with Ciardha, Siuan, Ailbhe, Cathasaigh/Cathasach, and Faolan? Hi all, can you please tell me how to spell ‘Shenay’ in Gaelic. I have a friend named Molly Mairead, pronounced Ma-rade. Áine in Irish Gaelic is equivalent to Anne in English. And it sure isn’t common knowledge (for English speakers). Like Sean for Shawn, or Siobahn for Shavawn? & I’m still shaking my head on one of them- how in the word does one slaughter Ian? Our family pronounce it Cay-th-lyn (obviously Irish). region! Hi all! Hi. My name in most regions is lor-kan however we pronounce it low-r-cown. A famous bearer is American actor Brad Pitt (1963-). Also forgot to mention that Ailbhe is pronounced Al-va without much variation. @Deirdre – As a rule southern provences in Ireland would say Deer-dra and northern would say Deer-Dree so either is right. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. How about Brighid? Why do you people assume everyone should know how to pronounce a name that is not even close to what they’re used to? My name is Ciann, I am female, My name is pronounced See-ann. and last week a woman said: ‘Lilah’ like the name Lily. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fpUOhjTerA, And here’s little girl being introduced by a TV host as “ehv-lin” [0:06]: I was wondering, is a Dublin accent considered the ‘official’ accent of Ireland, in the way that London is ‘RP’ for England? It doesn’t look like any special Irish spelling, but then again neither does her cousin Stephen!). 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