Birth Announcements in Ireland.

[noahsark]

Here are a list of the more interesting inclusions in the Birth Announcements section in the National Irish newspaper, The Irish Times, over the past few months. {have starred my favourites}

Girls:
Phillipa Catherine Ely
Delilah Thulasi
Anouk Mary Rose
Harriet Belle*
Esther Camilla*
Beatrice Hamilton. (A sister for Scarlett and Stella)
Roxanne Elisabeth
Sienna Helena
Lara Florence
Niamh Beda Valerie (A sister for Aoibhín, Dáire and Déarbhla)
Afrah Saoirse* (sister for Anoushka Róisín) {love combinations of cultures here}
Siún Cian {not keen on Cian as a female name here}
Saorla Kathleen Elizabeth

Boys:
Benedict Diarmuid Julian*
Saul Benedict Denis
Cuán Blaise* (brother for Iseult, Ultan and Uilleac) {super Irish sibset, never heat of Uilleac before!}
Aodhán
Harrison William Patrick
Barney Bill* (brother to Sonny)

Twins:
Matilda Alice Beaumont* and Archibald Peregrine Arbuthnot*

[nono]

Loving Afrah Saoirse and Anoushka Róisín! I'm assuming that Afrah is a variant of Aphra. What an incredibly cool sibset.

I don't get Barney Bill and Sonny at all. Barney Bill just seems incredibly goofy and short-sighted to me. Barney William could have been cute.

[jasmine.lee]

Ok, firstly, I'm OBSESSED with Ireland right now, and dream of going there one day.
Secondly, I LOVE Irish names!! So thanks A LOT for posting this!!

~Jasmine

[mischa]

FYI - Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the first professional English female writers to have her work published so I've always loved this name of a trailblazer.