We went with an Irish name for our new daughter (mr. elc is Irish) - Neave - and boy do we get some looks and boy does it get butchered. We didn't realize it would be so hard for people to understand.
But we still love the name. She will always be our wee Neave.
I possess a very difficult Gaelic name that was given to me in 1954. It continues to make difficulties for me on legal documents, etc. Once people figure out how to pronounce it, they seem to love it. But I went through school being miserable with that damn name.
"We went with an Irish name for our new daughter (mr. elc is Irish) - Neave - and boy do we get some looks and boy does it get butchered. We didn't realize it would be so hard for people to understand."
And you spelled it the easy way. The only person I ever knew with that name -- which I think is a great name, BTW - spelled it the traditional way -- "Niamh".
OK, how is it pronounced, "neeve"? And maybe you will know this one: one of my favorite authors is Maeve Binchy. Please tell me how to pronounce Maeve!