Help...irish names for quads!!

[mumnikki]

Hi I need some Irish names for quads.
Two boys and two girls.
Surname O'Brien.
Must be unique(not in top 1000) and different.(no Niamh or Connor)

Few ideas:
Saoirse(seer-sha)(G)-Dh & I love it! Perfect for 1 of our girls, any nn or mn?
Rafferty(Raff-ur-tee)(B)-love it wiv nn Raffy BUT any different spellings wiv RaffERty not RaffARty? Any mn?
Finnegan(Fin-uh-gan)(B)-love it wiv nn Finn/Fionn(Raffy&Fionn?) wat bout spelling Fionnegan? Any mn?
Caoimhe(key-vah)(G)-not sure if I like it or not, opinions? I like spelling! Any mn?
Ruaidhri(Roo-a-ree)(B)-again not sure,opinions? Any nn or mn? Other spellings?
Tiarnán(Teer-nan)(B)-not sure,opinions? Any nn or mn? Other spellings?
Aoife(ee-fa)(G)-Dh & I love it BUT too matchy wiv Saoirse? Opinions? Love spelling! Any mn?
Sinead(shi-naid)(G)-we love it BUT Saoirse & Sinead too many s? Opinions? other spellings? Any mn or nn?

I know some of you won't like the names due to mispronunciation issues from spelling but Dh & I love it.
We live in Ireland so it will not be a problem.

Thank you SO much for help!!

[mumnikki]

I know Finn/Fionn and Aoife are in top 100 even though I said not in top 100 but wanted to see your opinions.

[niteowl13]

I don't know how popular these are in Ireland, but here are some interesting names I have come across:

Boys: Bartley, Bromley, Ronan, Colm, Conan, Cormac, Riordan, Dermot, Desmond, Phelan, Fintan, Cillian, Quinlan, Doyle, Teige, Ultan, Aengus, Ardan, Hogan, Driscoll, Ivor
Girls: Aine, Aideen, Bedelia, Cliona, Clodagh, Liadan, Fidelma, Fianna, Tieve, Emer, Orla, Muirenn, Damhnait, Roisin, Siofra, Saraid, Mavourneen, Una, Iona

[mumnikki]

I don't know how popular these are in Ireland, but here are some interesting names I have come across:

Boys: Bartley, Bromley, Ronan, Colm, Conan, Cormac, Riordan, Dermot, Desmond, Phelan, Fintan, Cillian, Quinlan, Doyle, Teige, Ultan, Aengus, Ardan, Hogan, Driscoll, Ivor
Girls: Aine, Aideen, Bedelia, Cliona, Clodagh, Liadan, Fidelma, Fianna, Tieve, Emer, Orla, Muirenn, Damhnait, Roisin, Siofra, Saraid, Mavourneen, Una, Iona

I love the name Siofra for a girl but does Saoirse & Siofra sound to matchy?

[joblossom]

I think your names are fab! I want to use the names Rafferty and Oisín if I were to have sons.

How about Oonagh or Maeve for girls. Sorry having a complete mental block on Irish names!

[captainkirk]

A girl I know named her boy Keevan which is the male form of Caiomhe/Keeva - Looked up the Gaelic spelling and it's Caoimheán. I like Finnegan but reminds me of a rhyme someone used to sing in primary school.
As someone mentioned above, not sure on the name popularity in Ireland - I'm from Glasgow so a good few Irish Gaelic names pop up now and then.
For girls, I'm pretty sure Orlaith (Or-la) is popular though, as it's rising here.
How about Aerin (Ae-rin or Eh-rin) - apparently it means Ireland, according to Thinkbabynames.com
Brannagh (Bran-nah), Caoilainn (Cay-lin), Caragh/Caera (Car-a), Darcy (Dars-ae), Maebh (May-v), Rhari (Rory)

this is the site I seen a few on - http://www.babynamesofireland.com/irish-girl-names


Boys - I quite like Seamus with nn Shay. It's cute. But you're pretty much sorted with boy names by the looks of things!

[kateinlouvain]

Dia dhuit,
Well...If you are set on something super unusual, I do like your idea of using the surname Rafferty. As you´re Irish I generally would recommend against asking Americans for Gaelic name ideas. All those Irish name lists for Americans are full of errors. Just look at some of the broad/slender vowel errors and pronunciation errors above. Trying to avoid top ONE THOUSAND using Gaelic names in Ireland sounds really really hard. Do you mean that literally? By the way, I do love Orla in all its spellings as one commentor suggested. What about Eilis or Sibeal (no fada button here sorry) ? I was just thinking of unusual gaelicisations of names. Like your ideas anyway and I would never worry about being too matchy, but that´s just me.
Good luck!
Kate

[ashthedreamer]

Congratulations on your quads! I'm quite American and know very little about Gaelic names, but I do really like Tiarnan (sp? I've always seen it spelled Tiernan in America, but if you use the original spellings for all the others, I would definitely keep to the traditional here!), Rafferty, Finnegan, Ruaidhri, Aoife, and Saoirse. Most of the Gaelic/Irish names I like and can think of will probably be to mainstream to you... but I have a friend who lives in Ireland and is a member of this site, so I'll PM her for you and see if she has any great ideas to pass along. For what it's worth, I think Rafferty, Finnegan, Aoife, and Saoirse would be perfect for quadruplets!

Good luck!

[zoey_c]

I know that these may be in the top 1000, but what about Riley? I love that name! How about using it for a girl? Rhylee maybe?
I also like: Liam, Brody and Declan.
Not too sure about girls names, i do like Kiera and Tallulah though.

Let us know what you pick! Good luck and Congrats!

[ozdust]

Not sure the popularity but here are some suggestions......

Male:
Gannon- Fair-skinned
Arlen- pledge
Keir- dark skinned
Curran- hero
Daly- advisor
Galen- calm
Tierran- lordly
Cian- ancient, enduring
Eoghan-born of the yew tree
Ferris- rock


Either:
Morgance
Carlin- little champion
Eadoin-blessed with many friends
Fallon- in charge
Ronan- little seal

Female:
Keelin- slender, fair
Aislinn- inspiration
Aine-pleasure delight
Ailis- truth
Liadan- gray lady
Maeve- cause of great joy
Maille- form of molly
Maire- bitter
Meara- merry
Muireann, Muirenn- sea white, sea fair
Niamh, Niav- radiance, brightness
Siobhan- god is gracious
Tullia-quiet and peaceful
Eilis- consecrated to God