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Discussion on Name Pronunciation
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Member:
aannk
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Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 2:02 pm:
Does anyone know how to pronounce gaelic? Lilly produced two viable embryos from our third embryo transfer attempt (yay!!). I "gave" the second embryo to my trainer, but I have a good chance of finally getting my Lilly / Voltaire baby finally.
I believe next year will be a "D" year for the Dutch registry, and I have a bunch of gaelic names that I like that start with D but I am terrible at pronouncing gaelic.
On another note, I want to name my puppies which are due in a month gaelic too.
If there is a web site or a list somewhere, that would be great, but having someone here know would be even better.
Anyone?
Alicia
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karent
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Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 6:10 pm:
Here is a site of gaelic and celtic names which gives the name and meaning. Hope this helps...
https://lowchensaustralia.com/names/celtic.htm
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canderso
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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 7:11 am:
Alicia, why not post the names and I am sure folks will do their best to help out. There are also different branches to the language (e.g., Irish, Scots) so specifying would help.
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Member:
aannk
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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 11:27 am:
Karen,
I already went to that site, but they don't have pronunciations. I got a lot of info off there, though.
OK, here are the names. The D ones are for the horse, all others are for the pups.
Dillynaidd - Beautiful, elegant
Digyffro - Calm serene tranquil
Dafydd (m) - Welsh for beloved
Dallas (e) - Welsh / celtic for wise
Darin - Celtic – gaelic for precious present
Devlin (m) - Celtic for brave, fierce
Dillon (m) - Celtic for faithful
Duer (m) - Celtic for heroic
They may seem obvious, but gaelic is not like english. I want to make sure I know how to pronounce them.
Here are the puppy names.
Aplin – Blond
Cadarn – prowerful, steadfast, robust, strong
Glwys – fair
Mirain – fair, beautiful, comely
Moibeal – lovable
Mwyn – mild, tender, courteous, loving, kind
Rhyswr – champion
Urddol – honoured, dignified, exhalted, noble, knightly
I do have a bunch I already know how to pronounce, and I have enough to name all 6 (or 7), but I want to make sure I don't like some of these better.
Thanks all!
Alicia
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Member:
mitma
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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 2:36 pm:
Alicia,
I am also drawn to Gaelic/Irish/Celtic/Scottish origin names! I have no idea how to pronounce most of true gaelic, unless it is a name that has been incorporated into the English language. If you listen to any Irish folk-type music (Enya, etc...) you will occasionally hear Gaelic being sung and I think it's so lovely! Anyway, I have always relied on the huge numbers of "baby name" websites out there to help me with choices. Try www.babynames.com, www.babyzone.com, www.americanbaby.com, www.babycenter.com or www.babynameworld.com. I also stumbled onto a very informative site, www.behindthename.com, which does indicate pronunciations... perhaps this could be helpful to you??? Good Luck!
Martha (and Riley, Ciara, and Rorie... three of my equines with Irish/Gaelic origin names!)
P.S., I think a few lovely "D" names in Gaelic/Irish are Darcy ("dark") which works for either gender, and Donovan ("dark warrior")... and I do love both Devlin and Dillon!
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canderso
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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 8:28 pm:
Ok so here is a thought - if you aren't sure how to pronounce them, think of what an announcer might do at a show? Gregory is out of a mare named Croagh Pride. "Croagh" is actually pronounced "Crow"... but can you imagine what might happen? I tested the name with folks at my barn and got pronunciations ranging from Krowg to Krew-ah, to some choking/hacking kind of cough sound.
So I suggest you go with names that are pretty obvious.
But I have sent your list off to my friend who is a fluent scots gaelic speaker. I will leave it to Imogen and Catherine to respond to the others ...
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Member:
aannk
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Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 12:22 am:
Martha,
I am drawn because my grandmother was welsh, but it helps dog wise because collies are originally from scotland!
Cheryl,
Dogs names are not announced in shows, just the number. The horse will just have a gaelic name for the dutch name, which will not be the show name. The show name will be "Poetic".
Alicia
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Member:
leslie1
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Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 11:58 pm:
I too love the gaelic names... I named my kitten Caelyn ( slender and fair ).
its pronounced Key-lynn. But everyone reads/says
Kay-lynn.
Good luck and let us know what you choose
leslie
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