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S/O Alternatives to Aidan/ Liam
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What are you favorite, less common, Irish boy names?
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Re: S/O Alternatives to Aidan/ Liam
Ronan
Oliver
Dylan
Brendan
Sean
Kieran/Ciaran
Brendan
Dylan
Seamus
Fletcher
I loved Declan back when I was pregnant but I am hearing it everywhere now
Mr. & Mrs. - Est. 10.03.2009
TTC #1 since 06.2011 Me-24 DH-24
12.2011 SA = Normal
06.2012 First visit with OB/GYN
10.2012 Clomid 50mg + TI = BFN
11.2012 Clomid 50mg + TI = BFN
12.2012 Clomid 100mg + TI = BFN
01.2013 First visit with RE
02.2013 Clomid 150mg + TI = BFN
03.2013 Femara 5mg + TI = BFN
05.2013 Femara 5mg + TI = BFN
06.2013 Femara 7.5mg + TI = BFN
*Taking a break*
Seamus
Rory
Cillian
Rafferty
Flynn
Ewan
Eamonn
Quinn
Lachlan
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
Eoin (Owen, Ian is Scottish version...they're all variations of John...as is Sean)
Oisin (O-sheen)
Brendan
Callum
Cuan
Kerry
Rowan (though I was told this is Welsh)
Conchobhar (Connor, jk)
Tadhg (Tig)
I used to love Declan but it's going to turn into Liam
YEAH EAMONN!
Eamonn is awesome, one of my neighbors just used that.
DH is full Irish and wanted to use Rory or Kieran for a boy. We decided to go with more common and not Irish in origin but used by Irish. We have a Martin - we call him Marty, Emmett & Owen (I know Owen is popular right now, but not in our area. All DH's relatives and our old Irish neighbors love it and say its a great, rarely used name... I should tell them to sign up for TB because its on here all the time!).
Another neighbor has a Hugh, which I absolutely LOVE and was tempted to use anyway because it's a family name for DH.
So, my list would be Eamonn, Rory, Hugh, Emmett
I know a friend of a friend from Ireland named Fionn (pronounced like Fiona without the A).
where do you live? I only know one other IRL!
also, is Emmet Irish
edit: no but I can see why you mentioned it as an alternative to Aiden/Liam
Live in Illinois... I stated Emmett is not Irish in origin but used by Irish. Martin & Emmett have German origins I believe, but are commonly used by the Irish... at least that is what my in-laws tell me and they have both names used on both sides of their family going back several generations. So, basically they are family names.
I live in an area with lots of Irish families and they tend to lean toward classic names like Michael, Daniel, Patrick. But there are also a few Liam, Conors, Aidans.
I love Lachlan and Callum