Brother for Claire - Irish/ French

Hey everyone! Expecting baby #2, a boy, and we are really struggling with names. [name_f]Sister[/name_f] is named [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and our last name is [name_u]Irish[/name_u] - McG*** : 2 syllables.

I’m [name_u]French[/name_u] Canadian and husband is [name_u]Irish[/name_u] and we live in the US. Name criteria is we need to be able to pronounce it easily in [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]English[/name_f] + I prefer non religious names.

[name_f]My[/name_f] top 2 contenders are [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] but husband likes neither.

Any suggestions??? Thanks!

Congratulations on [name_u]Baby[/name_u] #2!

Instead of [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] or [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], maybe…
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] / [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Julien[/name_u] / [name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u] / [name_u]Adrian[/name_u]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u] / [name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]

Some of these names are pronounced differently between [name_u]French[/name_u] and [name_f]English[/name_f], but work in both languages – hope that’s alright!

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[name_u]Welcome[/name_u]! Congrats on baby boy! :slight_smile:

Here’s a few suggestions (granted, I am not totally sure about the pronunciation but…maybe these will at least get the creative juices flowing!):

[name_m]Innes[/name_m]
[name_m]Conal[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] (love this with Claire)
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]

Hopefully these help :slight_smile:

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[name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_u]Leo[/name_u]

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Oh, that’s too bad [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] are out! They would be perfect for you.

How about:

[name_u]Leon[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafael[/name_m] or [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]

[name_m]Emeric[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]

[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]

[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]

[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] or [name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]

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[name_f]Claire[/name_f] and…

[name_u]Max[/name_u] / [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Keenan[/name_u]
[name_u]Killian[/name_u]
[name_u]Liam[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]

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Oscar and Hugo are great - give him a bit more time to warm to them, otherwise: Vincent :purple_heart:, Patrick :green_heart:, Thomas :blue_heart:, Isaac :yellow_heart:, Oliver, Leo, Louis, Owen, Finn (or Francis). Bernard? :bear:

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[name_u]Killian[/name_u]
[name_u]Liam[/name_u]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]

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[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] and [name_f]Claire[/name_f] seem like such a beautiful sibling set!

Some of my favourite [name_u]French[/name_u] boy names are
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Benoit[/name_m]

I love some [name_u]Irish[/name_u] names too !
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_u]Fionn[/name_u]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]

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[name_u]Harry[/name_u]
[name_u]Leo[/name_u]
[name_u]Leon[/name_u]
[name_u]Liam[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]
[name_u]Max[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u]

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[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u], [name_u]William[/name_u], [name_m]Preston[/name_m], Alexander/Alec, [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_m]Hugh[/name_m]

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[name_f]Romaine[/name_f]
[name_u]Maxime[/name_u]
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Chase[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jareth[/name_m]
[name_u]Garland[/name_u]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
Hareton
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Callister[/name_m]
[name_u]Cohen[/name_u]
[name_u]Connor[/name_u]

[name_f]My[/name_f] first idea was Cillian/Kilian - [name_m]Kilian[/name_m] is the [name_u]French[/name_u] variant of [name_m]Cillian[/name_m], but apparently this means “church” so I’m not sure if that’s too religious for you.

Maybe:

Leo/Leon
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathis[/name_m]
Augustin/Auguste/August
[name_m]Timeo[/name_m] (sort of feels religious, maybe, but it sounds like it stems from Timmaeus, not [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], and Timmaeus was one of Plato’s assistants?)
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Florin[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
Charlie/Charles
[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u]
[name_u]Julien[/name_u]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
Ambrose/Ambroise
[name_u]Aidan[/name_u]
[name_m]Mael[/name_m]

Good luck!

[name_f]Claire[/name_f] and [name_u]Brennan[/name_u]

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