Girl Name Poll

Re: Girl Name Poll

• Bringmemylongswordho member

  January 2016

  I voted for Saoirse Maeve, both it and Nora are nice.
  
  I also like Nora Frances, as the combo is a bit unexpected.
  
  All are nice, except the Rory combos. Rory is a great name, for a boy.

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• CharmBombExplosion member

  January 2016

  I really like Saoirse and Nora, but voted for Nora Claire.  Rory is great for a boy, but terrible on a girl.
  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  

  

  
  

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• Karenin member

  January 2016

  Thanks @Bringmemylongswordho! I know- the Rory thing is tough for me. My grandparents (from Ireland) weirdly named my mom that so it's her name and I struggle with the idea of using her name which I'd love to do (plus I love the name and this is our last so I won't have another boy) versus the fact that everyone who knows the name's roots knows it's a boy's name and might think I'm an idiot.

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• bbiutmcph member

  January 2016

  Have you considered Aurora nn Rory?  

  
  
  

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• Karenin member

  January 2016

  bbiutmcph that would be a great solution but I hate aurora b/c I always just think of sleeping beauty and Disney princesses.

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• magsugar13 member

  January 2016

  Can i vote for Maeve Frances oe Maeve Clair?

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• MamaWren919 member

  January 2016

  I love Nora. I voted Nora Clare, but I prefer Claire.

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• claireloSC member

  January 2016

  Obviously I'm biased but I prefer Claire as well.

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• ambercakes92 member

  January 2016

  1. Nora Clare
  2. Nora Frances
  3. Mary Frances

  

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• cyanope member

  January 2016

  I voted Nora Francis. It has a nice ring to it!!

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• Ebiejay member

  January 2016

  I actually really like Rory, but that's from being addicted to Gilmore Girls, where Rory was short for Lorelai. 
  I don't know any Noras, but the number of times I've seen it posted on the forums astonishes me, it seems to be very popular right now!

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• holocene member

  January 2016

  I couldn't decide between Nora Frances & Nora Maeve. 
  
  I went with Nora Maeve in the end because I think it's a beautiful combination and Maeve is my favourite Irish name.

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• eileenmcgoo member

  January 2016

  I love Maeve as a first name

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• Leah6120 member

  January 2016

  How do you pronounce Saoirse?

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• Sassenach1743 member

  January 2016

  Bringmemylongswordho said:

  I voted for Saoirse Maeve, both it and Nora are nice. I also like Nora Frances, as the combo is a bit unexpected. All are nice, except the Rory combos. Rory is a great name, for a boy.

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• MamaHolland member

  January 2016

  Nora Clare

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• OrangeFox member

  January 2016

  I would be curious to know if any of the names have significance... that might have tipped my vote one way or another. I voted Nora Maeve

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• little_bren member

  January 2016

  I know a little girl whose name is Victoria but goes by Rory. I personally don't like Rory or aurora because they are a mouthful. Saoirse is going to be butchered constantly both spelling and especially pronunciation. I voted Nora Maeve.

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• klirwin82 member

  January 2016

  Leah6120 said:

  How do you pronounce Saoirse?

  SEER-sha

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• groovylocks member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Saoirse Mave. Or if you want to be really super Irish, Saoirse Meadhbh.
  
  Edit: I'm not super Irish so I have no idea if I spelled that right...

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• Karenin member

  January 2016

  OrangeFox I forgot to mention our older two children are Liam and Brigid if that helps influence what sounds best.

  My mother's name is Rory (grandparents apparently went the Kennedy route of not caring about the fact that in Ireland it's a boy's name, even though they came over from Ireland- go figure). Other than that we just love the meanings of all of the names and we are a very Irish family hence the Gaelic names.

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• charbinx member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Ailis looks like Ay-lis
  Ailish is the proper spelling..
  
  I like Saoirse..

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• charbinx member

  January 2016

  I wouldn't call a girl Rory.. I'm from Ireland myself and it's most definitely a boy only name. Aoife (E-FAH) Aobhinn (Ay-veen).. Siobhan (Shiv-on) Caoimhe (Queeva) or Niamh (Neeve) are quite popular also.
  
  Nightmare for people to prenounce though

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• Karenin member

  January 2016

  Thanks https://forums.thebump.com/profile/charbinx ! Those other suggestions are lovely possible middle names too since I agree as first names they'll get butchered here- one of my sisters is Siobhan and no one ever says it properly! I always saw Ailish as the anglicized version and Ailis as the Gaelic- is that not true?

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• PhoebeJune1984 member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Nora or Rory. I am not a fan of Saoirse as a first name. In my area, it isn't a name that is used very often (I have never seen it, and none of my friends have either), and most people around here don't know how to pronounce it correctly. Maybe it is because I have a last name that is always pronounced incorrectly, but I don't want my kids to have names that aren't common enough, that they have to correct everyone. 
  
  There was a good example on Ellen today, and it made me think of this thread, when Saoirse Ronan was on as a guest and they were talking about how to pronounce her name: https://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/06/saoirse-ronan-ellen-degeneres

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• charbinx member

  January 2016

  I don't know but I don't know anyone who spells it Ailis.. Just Ailish and its prenounced the way you said.. Lovely name too

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• LNic5 member

  January 2016

  I'm torn between Nora Maeve and Nora Frances

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