Does the name Liam

Hopeful1!

make you think of a red headed allergic kid?  I am really conflicted about DH top name choice.  It would be Liam Thomas.  Do you think it screams irish?

JinglesChic

It is Irish but I've seen American boys with it. I don't know if they were all Irish by heritage.

mrsekins

It's one of those names that used to be foreign and obscure, but I've heard a lot of people using it lately.  You could get away with it because of growing popularity, but I myself am not into trendy names. (though I do like it.)

dairygirl19

Nah. It's mainstream enough now that it could apply to any little boy!

LMS05

LOL No, I don't think of an allergic red head.?

erinjcianciolo

not at all - i really like it.....

LizzieTim

Liam is one of our top 2 baby boy names... I really like it, it's definitely Irish but that is part of what I like about it.

It's funny cause Thomas is also a candidate for boy middle names...

good luck choosing!

EastCoastBride

It's Irish but I think it's so common now, that isn't an immediate connection anymore.

dpdw

Hopeful1!:

make you think of a red headed allergic kid?  I am really conflicted about DH top name choice.  It would be Liam Thomas.  Do you think it screams irish?

So you think all Irish are "red headed allergic kids"?  That's nice.

DarcyLongfellow

No, Liam does not sound like a red headed allergic kid.

Liam does sound very Irish.

If you name him William and use Liam as the nickname (since it is, in fact, a nickname for William and not traditionally a stand alone name), then the Irishness of the name will be diminished.  Which seems to be what you're going for here.

lilygirl

dairygirl19:

Nah. It's mainstream enough now that it could apply to any little boy!

Ditto.

naflmj

I think it is definitely Irish but I don't think red-headed Irish kid...then again it is my favorite boy name but DH hates it.

ToBeMrsT

I love the name Liam. It doesn't make me think of a redheaded kid.

LMS05

fredalina:

No, it makes me think of a tall, gangly, greasy-faced, brown-haired guy i went to high school with.? He's the only Liam i've ever known until recently, and it was pronounced "Limb".? Poor guy had hearing aids and wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, and the kids would talk really quiet to get him to turn his hearing aids up, then shout at him.?

Are you freaking kidding me? That is soo mean!! Were they raised by wolves or something? Who the heck does that?!

tct1219

for some reason i always think of a little asian boy. i think the first boy i knew of named liam must have been asian. it's nms anyway, i think of it as more of a nn.

nowayimpreggo

LOVE the name Liam.  Adorable as a little boy, but grows up with him as an adult.  Cute.  And, no, it doesn't sound like an allergic Irish redhead.   

andrea922

I can't get past the rude comment about a red headed allergic Irish boy...

berryblndgirl

Well, I don't think Irish = red-headed and allergic any more than I think Liam does. It doesn't strike me as a particularly Irish name, either. The only boy I know with this name is British.

bamalizzy

I love the name Liam, I've never met an actual "Irish" looking Liam (i.e. red hair) most Liam's I know are blonde haired blue eyed

Shelly888

Really what is wrong with an allergic kid, wow. ??

houndbaby

I like the name and it doesn't make me think of a red headed kid