Spelling: Traditional or Not...?

[_thelittlefairywren]

@ceilidh_rooney

…but that’s never really been something that bothered me. It’s honestly kind of fun to hear how people who have never seen my name before try and figure out how to say it

This is basically how I feel about my name too. It’s amusing more than annoying, and I’m thankful that I have a different name even if it means spelling it out all the time. I took hubby’s surname and it’s unique too, and I love it when people see my whole name and go “wow that’s cool!”

[_thelittlefairywren]

@choupette

I think if authentic Irish names like Sinéad and Siobhán are well-known in your area, then [name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f] would probably be fine. If Irish names are pretty much unknown where you live, then I would recommend [name_f]Keva[/name_f].

I think Australia is pretty diverse and there’s definitely both kinds of people where I live. I know a [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f], a [name_f]Sorcha[/name_f], and a [name_f]Niamh[/name_f] (although they pronounce it “nee-ma”, which annoys me no end… don’t know how they got that!) But then I also know someone that thought [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] was spelled “Shivaughn”

[foeva]

I prefer the traditional spelling. Mostly because when I see [name_f]Keva[/name_f], I immediately think of Teva, the sandal brand. [name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f] looks really pretty and ‘complete’.

[TeaJay]

I really do prefer the name [name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f]- it just looks better to me and I’m familiar with it. It’s just got a lovely spark to it and I wouldn’t necessarily relate [name_f]Keva[/name_f] to the same name. If I anglicized it I would go with [name_u]Keeva[/name_u] though because I might see [name_f]Keva[/name_f] as [name_m]Kev[/name_m]-uh.