Irish baby names getting more difficult to pronounce by the day

my three kid's are ciara aiofe colm patrick and dara siobhan i know darragh is a boy's name but it is also a girl's name in jewish and it mean's strong oak in both language's

your still high on dexy.......I don't care who is born there, they will probably make it a better place, when they displace the likes of you. It is none of my business what you think of anyone and I care even less. Your thicker than a bog trotting donkey. You were quoted from the BUNREACHT NA hEIREANN; you can choose to ignore it but the joke is on you. Just think, those despicable imps from across sea have the same rights as you; How can you live with that, you must wake up with nightmares but probably too dumb to know or care. I'll be in Dublin in the summer and I will ask the toothless woman that wears the raggy cloths and hawks tobacco on Moore Street where your stand is. Enjoy yourself as you go slipping and sliding back to the third world.

Regarding the author's orginal question, not the hate speech perpetuated by some below, in which Kerry asks, " What’s your opinion on Irish names? Should they stick to being easy to pronounce and recognizable, or get creative with traditional Irish spellings and pronunciations? What are your favorite Irish names?" here are my thoughts: I think parents whould continue to name their children only that with shich they are most comfortable. If those who have not studied Irish do not know how to pronounce the name, all they have to do is ask "What is your first name?" The Czech and Polish names in the north-central US and south-central Canada are not heavy on the vowels as in Irish, but they can have an entire word with no vowels (all consonants), so I just ask how to pronounce the name if I do not know. When the author asks if the parents should get creative with Irish spelling, one needs to be cutious. Yes, use the Irish (multiple vowels) spelling as long as it is accurate; but be careful when inserting more than what is called for in the name. When parents are too cretaive in thier spelling of the child's name, then the child will stand out not as Irish et al, but as one who has odd parents. (I am reminded of the child nicknamed "Zeek." When the parents disappeared before the child was in kindergarten, the teacher took it upon herself to teach him the standard spelling of "Zeke." Regarding my favorite Irish names, I have always been partial to Sean, Seamus, Éamon, Padraig, Brigid and Moira.

Re: "ciaradexy | May 27, 2012, 05:14 PM EDT By the way, I love my name and yet it has been butchered by some American rapper who pronounces it See-aira. Idiot." Yes it stings when someone mispronounces our name. Names are who we are. I am German so I get a lot of chances to hear my name mispronounced." If I never expect to see the person again, I say nothing. IN cases where it might be important, I tell the person how to rponounce my name. How do you pronoounce your name?

89, does it stick in your throat that children born here to migrants are considered more irish than kids born to irish people abroad? They may be considered irish by Americans, but here they are yanks. Upset much?

Sadly, a name does not have to be as different as the Irish names used as examples here in order to be butchered by teachers and the public alike. My maiden name was Jolynn Noel. No trick letters. Pronounced exactly like it looks---Joe Lynn Noel (the last name like the Christmas Noel). I began to dread the first day of school, because I knew that when the teacher was doing roll call there would be some new and exotic bastardization of my name. I have been called Jolene, Joanna, Jolanna, Johanna and Jollylynn. One teacher even skipped over my first name and called me by my middle name. Another time, I gave someone my name over the phone--Jolynn Noel. They paused and said, "How do you spell Jolynn if there's no 'l'?" So I say name your children what you like. Because unless their name is the same old Suzy, Johnny or Mary, no one is going to take the time to read and pronounce it right anyway. By the way, I am an American and I would personally rather see an old Irish--or any other cultural--name than some of the names that I've seen given to children in America. Why anyone would name their kid "PacMan" is beyond me; unless they were using the "Boy Named Sue" rationale.

Ahh 69er is alive, i live in the west end, mayfair to be exact, you wish you had me between your legs. I bet you stink. Have you got foreskin? Look up the oxford dictionary for slang words, if you have no proper english dictionary (oxford), google it, but use google.co.uk or google.ie you should get the proper spelling in english............. not made up.........................

wobby.....is knobhead, west end slang. If so I have have your knobhead swinging between my legs.

Earlier I had made a comment about anglicizing Irish place names, given names and surnames and found it irked one of the anglophiles on here. It was apparent this individual doesn't know the language of a country gives the country its identity. Likewise, Irish place names unveil features of the county's history and geography and the development of the language. When, for instance, an Irish place name or surname is anglicized the name becomes foreign to the local citizen and losses its Irish identity. This is another way the occupier tried to destroy the Irish race.

ciara..by.bay or IC Shill or whomever you are role playing at the time. You appear to be confused or need to be, "weaned off the dexy". Your repetitive loathing and ridiculing and your preoccupation with all things negative about the citizens of the US and their affinity for Irish culture, appears to have taken on the appearance of a compulsive obsession with you. That's fine, but for you to come on here 24/7 and project yourself as a spokesperson for a very narrow and negative view of the Irish is another thing. In point of fact, it is a slap in the face to the Constitution (BUNREACHT NA hEIREANN) and the laws of the Country. Article 2 reads in part....the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage. These words are codified into law by providing the right to Irish citizenship to the children and grandchildren of Irish nationals born abroad. Oinseach how does that feel getting stuck up your arse, knowing these people who you despise so vehemently can, if they so choose be granted Irish citizenship.

By the way, I love my name and yet it has been butchered by some American rapper who pronounces it See-aira. Idiot.

Klbutler, you'll find that the Irish and the British are very much friends and would sooner hang out together than the irish would with Americans for the very reasons you see on this site. You are racist backward-looking anti-british stereotype pastiches of how irish people were back in the dark ages. This is 2012. be happy in your American-ness and stop pretending to be irish. You have been rumbled.

89, the word 'Sh1te' is an irish term along with the word 'craic' and 'arse'. Get your info right. Youre American not irish so you wouldnt know these things.

calceltic, you're the ones living the lives of bitterness, persecution and hatred. You're the most two-faced people on the planet.

butler the UK has many different nationals, more so than your country. They did not butcher the language. I have no problem with Americans , just knobheads like 89west who seems to have a problem with the irish. Your another knobhead.