# Ireland: most popular baby names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163 "2004-05-20T12:01:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163/21 "2004-05-20T14:58:01Z")

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Wow, Maeve is only the 77th most popular girls name.

Huh.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163/22 "2004-05-20T22:51:28Z")

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well, poo, i can’t open the link.

please, tell me bigseach is on the rise. it is my most favourite irish name.

for some odd reason no one has listened to my suggestion to use it.

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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163/23 "2004-05-21T00:08:55Z")

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Thanks – I’d never have guessed! Was there ever a time when Gaelic was pronounced as it was spelled?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-most-popular-baby-names/246163/24 "2004-05-21T00:43:17Z")

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> [@Neidhart](#):
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> Was there ever a time when Gaelic was pronounced as it was spelled?

It is. English is the one which has weird pronunciations.

[http://www.standingstones.com/gaelpron.html](http://www.standingstones.com/gaelpron.html)

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