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Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 1

Sho - employed again!

Pregnant colleague is looking for names for her impending daughter.
She would prefer something with a bit of a Celtic feel, ending in "n" because her sons both have name ending in N.

Her husband isn't keen on the current office favourite of Caitlin.

So - does h2g2 have any suggestions?


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 2

Icy North

There's the Australio-Celtic names:

Noreen, Doreen, Maureen...


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 3

Sho - employed again!

she's seriously considering Joleen - I'm resisting the temptation, so far, to defenestrate her smiley - smiley


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 4

bobstafford

Here are a few

Branwen Adaryn Aeronwen Aeslin Aileen Aislin

Aibhlinn = wished for child
Caireann = little friend

Many more at http://pagannames.witchipedia.com/celtic/p/4smiley - smiley

Hope it helps smiley - smiley


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 5

Icy North

Maybe you could try to convince her that Cookeen is a Celtic name?

Or Canteen, Potheen, Umpteen, Mujahideen….


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 6

Sho - employed again!

one of the caveats is that Celtic spelling is a bit... different to German or French spelling. So it needs to be something that does't look completely different written down to how it sounds.

Icy, I'm going to try her with Mujahideen...


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 7

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I know many women named Megan, which is probably Celtic.


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 8

swl

Gillian


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 9

Pink Paisley

Siobhan, which for some reason is pronounced Shivaun.

Does Lauren count?

PP.


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 10

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Good catch, PP. I just read a murder mystery with a detective named Siobhan. smiley - ok


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 11

Pink Paisley

I don't know if it is a good name though. The only person I know called Siobhan a pain in the bum.

PP.


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 12

~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum

What about the single syllables like Ann and Joan and Fern.
smiley - biggrin
~jwf~


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 13

highamexpat

Ceinwen Welsh girls name.


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 14

ITIWBS

Eileen, Kathleen, Charlene


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 15

swl

Could go all Game of Thrones -

Catelyn, Brienne


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 16

Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk

Gretchen?


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 17

Pink Paisley

I have always thought that the LOTR names, in particular the Elvish ones are rather Celtic.

Have we had Arwen? Earwen? Ivorwen? Luthien? Mairen? Melian? Morwen? Uinen?

I would suggest that Sauron may not be suitable for a girl. But you know.....these days......

PP.


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 18

bobstafford

Aralyn = with song USA
Acelin = Sweedish
Helen


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 19

You can call me TC

Our boss called her daughter Arwen. So it's allowed in Germany.

The Welsh ones. A girl in my class at school had three sisters. They all had Welsh names: Bronwen, Cainwen, Earwin, (can't remember the other one, and I'm not sure about the spelling)

Doreen
Maureen
Kathryn
Karin
Maren
Anything with -Ann at the end
Marion
Susan


Girls names ending in n... can anyone help?

Post 20

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

There seem to be a lot of names that end in n. smiley - smiley


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