What do you think of these names for my baby? ?

Question

If I have a boy, I was thinking of calling him Aidan Mahlon Donovan and for a girl, Mackenzie Claire Donovan. My baby will be 100% Irish so I wanted to select something that would reflect his/her heritage. Thoughts?

Answer 1

LOVE THEM NOT TO COMMON

Answer 2

very nice names

Answer 3

It is nice to stick to your heritage and those names are very nice. Congrats on the baby!

Answer 4

Great choices

They sound brilliant

I love the Irish name

Mairead for a girl

Pronounced Mar-Raid

Its gorgeous

Your choices are great though

xx

Answer 5

Very unique! Aidan is more common than ever buuut its not as common as tyler, austin, john. I like them alot!

Answer 6

I take it you're Irish American? From what I know, Irish people in Ireland would never name their child after a surname. Mackenzie would be laughed at.

As for Aiden, it is way too popular, there will be 5 other Aidens in his class.

I love Irish names, you should really honor your heritage with a proper name.

Siobhan

Sinead

Roisin

Niamh

Kiera

Finn

Kieran

Killian

Lochlann

Check out http://www.babynamesofireland.com/

Answer 7

really like them! My baby girls name is going to be Alanna, which is also irish :)

Answer 8

wowwwwww i loveee those names. i would not change them at all, but if you are looking for a second irish name, my favorite is Erin :)

Answer 9

They're both adorable!! They will definitley sound Irish too. I love the names Aiden and Mackenzie! Good choices!! Congrats :)

Answer 10

if the name's representing Ireland, then yes! The names totally fit!  

Answer 11

I like Aiden Mahlon, but I think Claire Mackenzie sounds better.

Only my opinion though :)

Answer 12

I always liked these names:

Boy : Seth

Girl : Ayla

Answer 13

love them, very true to irish traditional names, but still unique and personal

good job, its a hard decision for eveyrone!

Answer 14

I absolutely love Mackenzie Claire!  So pretty!

Both names are great!

Good Luck!

Answer 15

The boy name is good but I don't like the girl name Mackenzie how about Claire Mackenzie instead?

Answer 16

I love Mackenzie Claire! Aidan is cute, but I'm not sure how to pronounce Mahlon.

Answer 17

really cute!!  

Answer 18

I like the boys name but not sure about Mackenzie for a girl cos i know 2 boys named that, what about finding something really pretty like Neve but spelled the irish way?

Answer 19

Both names are very nice, i especially love the name if you have a boy! =D

Answer 20

I really hate the name Mackenzie. Overall they are nice though.

Answer 21

MacKenzie is not used as a first name in Ireland. I don't think it's even that common a surname. There are lots of pretty Irish names around so if you really want something Irish, I suggest you look around.

If you look at the top baby names from 2006, the most popular Irish girls names from that list are

Aoife (eefah),

Ciara (keera),

Caoimhe (kweeva),

Niamh (nee-uv),

Aisling (ashling),

Saoirse (seesha),

áine (awnya),

Clodagh (cloe-da).

The most popular Irish boys were

Seán (shaun),

Cian (key-in),

Oisín (usheen),

Eoin (owen),

Cillian (killian)

Liam

Ciarán (keerawn)

Cathal (coh-hull)

Fionn (f-yun)

http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/d...

In terms of names you would be able to pronounce, you might want to look at anglicisations of names. I'll suggest you a few of those too along with some easier Irish names:

Boys:

Kieran

Brian

Declan

Rory

Conor

Kevin

Ronan

Aiden is good too

Girls:

Maeve

Ashling

Molly

Kiera

I hope these help :)