St. Patrick's Day Name Game

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone! This is a Create-A-Family (CAF) game I posted on Behind the Name's Game Board. In honor of the day here are some Irish names to create a family with. Use the names in the namebanks to give the family members first names and middle names. Each name is linked so you can click on it and find out how the Gaelic names are pronounced and their meanings. You can add or subtract children if you want.

Note: DH = Dear Husband, DW = Dear Wife, DS = Dear Son, DS/DS = twin dear sons, DD = dear daughter

DH:
DW:

DS/DS:
DD:
DS:
DD:
DD:
DS:
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DS:

Girls Namebank: 
Aideen Ailbhe Aileen Ailis Aine Aislin Aisling Aislinn Aithne Alannah Aoibhe Aoibheann Aoife Bebhinn Bedelia Bevin Biddy Bree Brianna Brid Bride Bridget Brigh Brighid Brogan Bronagh Caitlin Caitria Caitriona Caoimhe Cathleen Catriona Ciannait Ciara Cleena Cliodhna Cliona Clodagh Dairine Darina Dearbhail Deirbhile Deirdre Derval Dervila Dervla Devin Doireann Dorean Eabha Eadan Eavan Edna Eibhlin Eileen Eilis Eimear Eireann Eireen Eithne Emer Ennis Enya Erin Ethna Finnuala Finola Fiona FlannFlannan Gobnait Gobnet Gormlaith Grainne Grania Granya Honora Isibeal Kathleen Keavy Keelan Keelin Keeva Kelly Kennedy Kiera Laoise Liadan Lile Luiseach Maeve Maire Mairead Mairin Mallaidh Maura Maureen Mavourneen Meabh Moira Moirin Mona Mor Moreen Moyna Moyra Muireen Muirgel Muirgen Muriel Murphy Myrna Nainsi Naomh Neasa Nessa Neve Niamh Noirin Nola Nora Noreen Onora Oona Oonagh Orfhlaith Orla Orna Patsy Reagan Riona Rois Roisin Rosheen Sadb Sadbh Saoirse Saraid Searlait Shavonne Shea Sheila Shevon Sibeal Sile Sinead Siobhan Siofra Sive Slaine Sorcha Talulla Toireasa Treasa Una 

Boys Namebank: 
Abban Aengus Aidan Ailbhe Ailin Aindreas Alastar Alby Angus AodhAodhan Aonghus Aran Ardal Ardghal Bairre Barra Barrfind Barry Berach Braden Brady Brendan Brennan Brian Brodie Brody Brogan Cadogan Cainneach Cairbre Calvagh Caoimhin Caolan Carbrey Carey Carroll Carson Cathair Cathal Cathan Cavan Ceallach Cearbhall Cian Cianan Ciar Ciaran Cillian Cinaed Clancy Cody Coilean Coleman Colin Colm Colman Comhghall Conall Conan Conley Conn Connor Conor Cormac Cuan Cowal Daire Daley Dara Daragh Declan Dermot Desmond Devin Diarmaid Donal Donovan Doran Dougal Doyle Eamon Edan Eibhear Ennis Eoghan Eoin Faolan Farquhar Fearchar FergalFergus Fiachra Finbar Finbarr Finley Finnegan Finnian Fintan Fionn Gallagher Gilroy Grady Keane Keefe Keegan Keenan Kennedy Kevin Kieran Killian Laoghaire Leary Liam Lorcan Malachy Mannix Murphy Murdoch Naoise Neil Niall Ninian Nolan Oisin OrrinOsheen Padraig Patrick Riordan Ronan Rory Rowan Ryan Seamus Sean Seanan Searlas Shane Somhairle Sorley Sweeney Tadhg Teague Tiernan Tierney Tomas Torin Uilliam Uinseann


Example: This is the family I created.


DH: Ciaran Seamus 
DW: Orla Mairead 

DS/DS: Aodhan Daragh / Ardghal Diarmaid 
DD: Eimear Laoise 
DS: Oisin Tadgh 
DD: Caoimhe Roisin 
DD: Dearbhail Sadbh
DS: Colm Laoghaire 
DD: Saoirse Doireann 
DD: Meabh Caitriona 
DS: Finbarr Cillian 

Ciaran & Orla
Aodhan, Ardghal, Eimear, Oisin, Caoimhe, Dearbhail, Colm, Saoirse, Meabh and Finbarr




I hope someone might take the time to do this game on here. I love Irish names! :)
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Random Lovely Names

Here's a few names I've encountered today. 

I met a beautiful Christian young lady and her husband from France today, her name is Virginie. I've seen the name before but never met anyone with this name. I think it's lovely and I really like the sound! It's pronounced veer-jeh-nee. Any suggestions for middle names for Virgine? The girl pictured above looks a little like Virginie that's why I posted it. 

I also heard this morning sibling set on the radio today. Their last name McClellan:
Sophia (g)
Maria (g) [pronounced mah-ry-uh like Mariah]
Asher (b)

I really like their names with the last name, especially Asher McClellan. I don't really like Asher in general but I love this!


What do you think of these names?




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Funny Quote

“The young man waited impatiently for the lady to finish with the drugstore telephone directory. After she had turned page after page he said, “Madam, can I help you find the number you want?” “Oh, I don’t want a number,” she replied, “I’m looking for a pretty name for my baby.”
— Bell Telephone News




Well that's one way to find a nice name! It would probably just be easier to buy a name book from that same drugstore. This sounds like an older quote, I thought it was cute!

Another Reworking - Complete

 

Last night I changed some of the combos and their rankings. These names are listen in order of my favorites and I've added info for each combo.

Girls:

• Eleanor Sally - Amy has been my favorite for a long time but now whenever I think about my firstborn daughter I think of the name Eleanor. I've taken the plunge and listed it first on my list and changed the middle name from Mary (my great-grandmother's name) to Sally which honors my grandmother. The flow might be a little off but I really love this combo! 
• Amy Irene - I know the flow of this combo is a little off, I don't usually like vowels together but these both honor family members. 
• Julia Mary - I just adore the sweet sound of this combo isn't it just darling? Mary honors my great-grandmother and I love how the two names are old-fashioned yet timeless.
• Lena Beatrice - Lena honors my great-great-grandmother and Beatrice honors her daughter. I used to have Elena Beatrice on my list but I love Lena so much more and don't want to use it just as a nickname. 
• Lydia Pearl - just two sweet names that I've always loved.
• Sadie Arabella - I adore Sadie and Arabella and am not sure they work together but Arabella is more interesting than Elizabeth.
• Clara Adelaide - Clara is a name that recently my mom and I have both said we love. Adelaide is so sweet and I think the names sound nice together.
• Emma Claire - this is a combo I have loved for a long time. Claire is not my favorite but I think it goes very well with sweet Emma. 
• Jane Sophia - I love Jane to honor my dear Jane Austen and Sophia has really grown on me recently. In an attempt to name to three name combos I changed this from sweet Jane Sophia Elinor. 
• Evangeline Mercy - I love Evangeline and the different sound it adds to my list. Mercy is a family name that I love and I like how these two virtue names fit together. I'd use the nicknames Eve, Eva or even Evie - love them all!

Boys:

• Edmund Laurence - I've liked Edmund for a while now but recently after seeing a photo of a baby named Edmund I fell in love with the name all over again! I've also realized recently that Laurence is a name I really want to use because it honors my grandfather who I was named after. I love how handsome and old-fashioned this combos it!
• Simon Henry - two names that honors family. I love how it flows.
• Nathaniel Welcome - I love both names and they honor ancestors on my family tree. Welcome is a bit odd but it's also such a great name.
• Ciaran Michael - I used to have this at the top of my list but I'm not sure I'll actually use it. Because Michael is my surname I'd really like to use it even though this it's popular.
• Colin Stone - My dad's name mixed with my grandmother's maiden name which was also a surname on my family tree. I like the way this combo flows. Colin really belongs to my brother because it's his name too so he'll get to use it first. 
• Ian Matthias - I love both names equally but thought having Ian first flowed better.
• Jack Kenneth - Kenneth honors several family members in both of my parents families including my grandfather, great-grandfather, two uncles and a great uncle. It's growing on me and I actually like it with Jack.
• Silas Jasper - I just love both of these names and they sound nice together.
• Gideon Levi - I love Gideon and wanted Levi on the list. 
• William Ezra - William is a family name. I don't think I'd actually use this but it's a nice combo to bring my list to 10. 

What do you think? 

Reworking My Favorites

I've been doing a lot of work on my favorite names and have been forming combos with my absolute favorite names. These are names I would actually use and I've tried to put them in order of my favorites.

Top 10 Boys Combos:

Edmund Laurence

Simon Henry

Nathaniel Welcome

Ciaran Michael

Colin Stone

Silas Gideon

Matthias Ian

Jack Kenneth

William Ezra

Titus Jasper

I've really been in love with Edmund lately and Laurence is my grandfather's name, the grandfather who I'm named after so it's a name I really want to use. I've loved Ciaran for so long but I probably won't use it. The Simon and Nathaniel combos are two that I've loved for a long time and do hope to use.

Top 10 Girls Combos:

Eleanor Mary

Amy Irene

Sadie Arabella

Lena Beatrice

Lydia Pearl

Jane Sophia

Emma Claire

Clara Adelaide

Julia Sally

Evangeline Mercy

Amy has been my favorite name for so long but now when I think of having a daughter Eleanor is the first name that comes to mind. I just adore it! I changed my Elena Beatrice combo and put in Lena which I really love. I've also recently added Clara to my top ten; it's a name my mom and I both like and thought it went alright with Adelaide. I love the name Sadie because it's a form of my late grandmother's name, Sally. I'm not sure about Sadie Arabella but it's pretty close to being something I'd use. I love both names. 

So, what are your thoughts? opinions? Which are your favorites? Any changes you'd recommend?