Birth Announcements in Ireland

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

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

Twins:
[name]Matilda[/name] [name]Alice[/name] Beaumont* and [name]Archibald[/name] [name]Peregrine[/name] Arbuthnot*

Loving Afrah [name]Saoirse[/name] and [name]Anoushka[/name] Róisín! I’m assuming that Afrah is a variant of [name]Aphra[/name]. What an incredibly cool sibset.

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

Ok, firstly, I’m OBSESSED with [name]Ireland[/name] right now, and dream of going there one day. :slight_smile:
Secondly, I [name]LOVE[/name] Irish names!! So thanks A LOT for posting this!! :slight_smile:

~[name]Jasmine[/name]

FYI - [name]Aphra[/name] 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.