Girl names help needed! (Possibly Celtic?).

[aufaniae]

Not getting anywhere with names! Any help woud be much appreciated :)

Here are some we like, but none are "the one". Can you think of any along these lines? (DD will have Welsh, Scottish, English, Irish & Estonian heritage. Doesn't necessarily have to be any of these though!)

Eira
Sioned
Arianwen
Mhari
Mari
Marianne
Roisin
Sian
Cerys
Carys
Ceridwen
Etta
Esme

For DS I read 8 baby names books before finding "the one". His name is Scottish and fairly unusual in the UK, although the Irish version is pretty well known in Ireland.

Just done one book so far this time! Can you save me from having to read the other 7?!

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

Sorcha meaning 'bright' (Dorca for 'dark)
Brianna meaning 'strong one' or 'exalted'.

[rosiesmartypants]

Siobhan
Erin
Niamh

[DessieLou]

I know a Scottish lady called Triona (pronounced tree owner). Other suggestions...
Isla
Eilidh (pronounced Hailey without the h)
Catriona
Brea/bria (can't remember gaelic spelling, it involves GH somewhere!)
Bethan
Keeva (again can't remember correct spelling! Someone will correct me I'm sure but it starts Caom... :-S )

[berri]

Caoimhe

[DessieLou]

that's it! Thanks Gerri! :-D

[DessieLou]

bloody autocorrect. Thanks berri!

[MoppingMummy]

I love Mairi.

Or Nia / Nyah

[PPT]

Iona
Rhona

[OrangeLily]

Kathleen
Sorcha
Soircha (ser sha)

[aufaniae]

Some lovely suggestions here, keep em coming! :)

I absolutely love Nia. Only problem is DS's name is her lover in the legends! (The Scottish version of the name). It'd be like calling your DCs Romeo and Juliet so I think that's out

[aufaniae]

MoppingMummy do you say it Varry or Marry?

[MrsBungleBear]

Orla

[rubytutu]

Saoirse
Grainne
Roisin
Aoife

[HoratiaWinwood]

Eithne is top of my hypothetical girl list.

[LadyofWinterfell]

Meron. It's ancient Scot and means 'Beloved'. DD1 is Merren!

[airedailleurs]

Aoife

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aoife

Aoife \ao(i)-fe\ as a girl's name is pronounced EE-fya. It is of Scottish, Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Aoife is "beautiful, radiant". From "aoibh" meaning beauty. The name has also been associated with Esuvia, a Gaulish goddess, and was borne by several heroines in ancient Irish legend. Eva is the anglicized form.
Read more at www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aoife#buLUikVLySpTBGpm.99

[weegiemum]

Eilidh
Morven
Morna
Iona
Catriona
Rowan
Breahda
Kirsteen

[tethersend]

Faa

[aufaniae]

Meron's lovely, I'll have a think about that one ...

I think Brianna's nice, as is Briony, but then they remind me of the name "Brian" and that puts me off!

I was mulling over Rowan for a while but I think DP is not so keen.

Love Aoife and Siobhan but have friends with those names.

Aargh, this is hard!

[TomDudgeon]

Eleri

[aufaniae]

Eleri's lovely, I did consider it for a while before, but somehow it's just not "the one"!

[wigglesrock]

What about Cara?

[aufaniae]

Nice name but - I already know a little Cara too!

[wigglesrock]

Emer/Eimear?

[aufaniae]

These are all getting close! They're names I've considered but rejected for one reason or another!

I love Emer.

However I'm not at all keen on the meaning. In legend, she was the wife of Cú Chulainn, who was repeatedly unfaithful to her, which she tolerated and remained faithful to him.

Wikipedia says " Emer's only jealousy came when he was entranced into love with Fand, wife of Manannán mac Lir, the king of the great sea ... She decided to kill her rival, but when she saw the strength of Fand's love for Cú Chulainn she decided to give him up to her. Fand, touched by Emer's magnanimity, decided to return to her own husband. Manannán shook his cloak between Cú Chulainn and Fand, ensuring the two would never meet again, and Cú Chulainn and Emer drank a potion to wipe the whole affair from their memories."

IIRC when he died she was so grief-stricken she died at his funeral and was buried with him.

That is not the kind of role model I want to be giving to my DD!

Mumsnet would be screaming LTB at the original Emer!