Gaelic (help me name the bairnie!)

[Squeaky McMurdo]

So we haven't thought of names yet and I'm 34 weeks along!

As our daughter's middle name is Aibrean (after her grandmother April) I thought I would look to some of you Gaelic speakers for inspiration on names that are forms of Cary (or related words like carry, lift, hold, ect) or Lynn (or that contain "lin")

No, I don't know what I'm having. It's a surprise.

Other names that if they could be Gaelicized (Gaelicified?) I wouldn't mind naming a child after would be my husband James David, and myself Chelsea Louella.

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[The Barry]

You'll find that a lot of contemporary names are anglicized forms of Gaelic names. Take mine, which is fairly simple: Barry is the English's bastardization of the Gaelic Barrie, which is probably a later derivative of some earlier Gaelic name.

[slohairt]

So we haven't thought of names yet and I'm 34 weeks along!

As our daughter's middle name is Aibrean (after her grandmother April) I thought I would look to some of you Gaelic speakers for inspiration on names that are forms of Cary (or related words like carry, lift, hold, ect) or Lynn (or that contain "lin")

No, I don't know what I'm having. It's a surprise.

Other names that if they could be Gaelicized (Gaelicified?) I wouldn't mind naming a child after would be my husband James David, and myself Chelsea Louella.

--Chelsea McMurdo--

Hi Chelsea,

The Irish form of James David would be Séamas Daibhid (pronounced SHAME-US DAV-IT), and the Scottish Gaelic would be Seumas Daibhidh (pronounced SHAME-US DAV-EE)

[wvpiper]

Just do a web search for 'gaelic baby names'
That's what we did

[Squeaky McMurdo]

I did, and came up with a couple with "car" or "lin" in them that I kind of like, but would rather name the baby after his/her grandpa Cary Lynn. I kept finding referances that "Cary" was derived from a Gaelic word for "love" but couldn't find what that word is.

[Old Hippie]

My daughter was an extraordinarily active baby who spent a lot of time playing football and tapdancing during gestation.

We named her after that exhibition of vigourous dancing, the ceilidh. Knowing that NOBODY would be able to pronounce it, we left the "dh" off to make it Ceili.

Of course, this was complicated by two things:

1. 60 years from now there's gonna be a lot of old ladies named "Kaylee," "Kaylie," "Caylee" or some other variant sitting in nursing homes. We inadvertantly tapped the trend. Shoulda named her "Ethel Louise."

2. She was born the year Whoopi Goldberg played in "The Color Purple." I spent a while correcting people that it wasn't "SEE-lee."

Despite it all, and without much prompting from her father, she's grown up to be a normal adult.

I'd say to minimize complications, write out the name and hand it to a random person. See if they can pronounce it. You know every teacher, nurse or public official for the rest of his/her life is going to have to read it off in public. I get a little sensitive about that myself because my name should be pronounced with an "sh" sound at the beginning rather than the hard "ch."

:ootd:

[TheKiltedWonder]

What about Aisling or Aislinn -- that'd get your "lin" in. It's means something like "dream", I guess..daydreaming is "aislingeacht".

Note: the "i" next to the "s" will make a "sh" sound (a voiceless, alveolar fricative -- to be a know-it-all). Therefore, the name's pronounced more like Ashling or Ashlynn depending.

[Squeaky McMurdo]

What about Aisling or Aislinn -- that'd get your "lin" in. It's means something like "dream", I guess..daydreaming is "aislingeacht".

Note: the "i" next to the "s" will make a "sh" sound (a voiceless, alveolar fricative -- to be a know-it-all). Therefore, the name's pronounced more like Ashling or Ashlynn depending.

That one's actually been at the top of my list for a girl's middle name since before I posted. I know it's supposed to be pronounced "ash" but I kind of fell in love with the pronunciation Ays-lin...which is probably how everybody that reads her name will say it anyhow.

But I have a strong suspicion this little one is a boy...
(I've had the inkling to watch the Star Wars and Jurassic Park series several times. lol)

[SoulFyre777]

Our little girl's name is Ailidh (pronounced AY-lee) Rose...

Here's what we did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZnGYln8HY

The one we ended up using was one we found ourselves but we got some great responses!

[Lachlan09]

As a father of two teenage kids, with many happy memories and future delights, how about these unusual Gaelic names ?-

Mònaidh-Mágnaid (phonetic - Munny-Magnit)

Dígh-à-pir Filairh (phonetic - Dypir-Fillir)

Dádaidh Slìp-naidh-mòr (phonetic - Dadday-Sleepp-Nay-More)

Còlaidch-fhìs (phonetic - Kollij-feez)