Thread: Girl names

I'm going to name my daughter "Lezbo."

I hope that keeps the guys away.

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

I'm going to name my daughter "Lezbo."

I hope that keeps the guys away.

You wanna keep the guys away? Dont give her a name like that!

Okay, you talked me out of it.

Shouldn't that be Lesbeau? That's far prettier & in keeping with the french influence in Canada!

This is a great thread, im glad i found it...anyways to get on topic, we are due in may here and as some of you will no im not from this here parts, North East Scotland to be precise.

WE chose Eilidh as our daughters name because we really liked it, its Gaelic and is a derivitive of Helen, ( there are about 24 of those names for helen), plus we couldnt give another child an easy name because of the one we gave our son!! Ruairidh, (Rory) for the sake of easy pronunciation and its also the english version.

Having read the posts i was well taken with the Gralyn , very out of the ordinary indeed, i love originality.

Regards,simon

How are you pronouncing that? When i read Eilidh, my southern english accent wants to make it sound like Eye Lid! I struggle terribly with pronunciation of traditional Scottish, Welsh & Irish names when i have to read them!

I believe it's pronounced AY-lee.

X

We wanted fairly unique names. my first girl (will be 3 in June) my wife picked first name Riley I picked second, Quinn. I liked the way they rolled together.

Second daughter ended up I picked both names. Makenna Sky. again, I like the way they sound together. we usually just call her Kenna.

I have two coworkers, Mexican, their names are 100% unique to my and their knowledge. Yunuen (you knew in) and Aglead (ag lee ad). sweet girls.

Red

Perhaps being Scottish I could interject something here. hopefully it might be helpful.

Originally Posted by coully

WE chose Eilidh as our daughters name because we really liked it, its Gaelic and is a derivitive of Helen, ( there are about 24 of those names for helen), plus we couldnt give another child an easy name because of the one we gave our son!! Ruairidh, (Rory) for the sake of easy pronunciation and its also the english version.

Eilidh is a beautiful name and as X says....

Originally Posted by xman

I believe it's pronounced AY-lee.

He is quite correct. But then again he is quite one for name pronunciation arent you X? Rightly so.

Ruairidh on the other hand is becoming more common and whilst the more modern pronunciation is 'Roar-ree', many maintain that the traditional pronunciation of 'Roo-ree' is correct. I would agree, but each to their own. Whichever way it is pronounced I guarantee his name will have to be spelt all the time! I get the same thing when I tell them my name is 'Sandy Ogilvie'. They say 'Um, can you spell that for me?' and I say 'Sure thing! S... A.... N...'

So...

Originally Posted by ben.mid

How are you pronouncing that? When i read Eilidh, my southern english accent wants to make it sound like Eye Lid! I struggle terribly with pronunciation of traditional Scottish, Welsh & Irish names when i have to read them!

I hope that little explanation helps you ben.

Thanks chaps. That's far prettier!