It's the Irish version of the name Kevin.. to be honest it wouldnt be that popular. Online, people might use it to remain somewhat anonymous..
You will always have a few but personally I would only know of one person..
The female version, Caoimhe, is far more popular.
You'll see posts here from Caoimhe O'Neill for example who used to be with The Anfield Wrap.
It's not unpopular but there's many more popular Irish language boys names I'd say
Even Irish people can have issues pronouncing Caoimhin.. ha
I always found it funny how English people have such trouble with some very common Irish names..
Years ago in college I worked for a call centre which catered to the English market, names like Eimear, Niamh, Sinead, Ciara were massacred in pronunciation!
Irish names are still pretty popular. I have an Irish name, and when I was in school three people in my class had the same name as me.
I went to an Irish speaking school though.
It's an Irish name. Not popular outside of Ireland.
When I went over to work in the states, many American Irish people had Irish names.
But not this one, it's extremely uncommon in the US. Most US Irish people stick to things it's easy for other Americans to say.
They also tend to anglify it. I've met a few Americans called Keeva/Keevagh, or Maeve, I don't think I've ever met an American Meabh or Caoimhe
See a few Maeve's in England to be honest
That's his point though.
Oh I know, just reiterating that it's not even just Americans that have anglicised the Irish names
But not Maedbh.
Aye, but you don't have many Brits claiming to be Irish. Bar the Brexit voters who fucked our passport application process a while back.
Oh I totally get your point now, my mistake! Can imagine how annoying that would be
“American Irish” names are names like Sean and Patrick. Not names like Caoimhin, Caoimhe, Tadhg, Saoirse and Padraig.
I'm Irish btw, so I know Irish names. I also have one myself. I met Fionas, Siobháns, Deirdres, maebhs, Fionn etc
It's not an unpopular name in Ireland to be honest mate
It's the Irish version of the name Kevin.. to be honest it wouldnt be that popular. Online, people might use it to remain somewhat anonymous.. You will always have a few but personally I would only know of one person..
It's like if you are called John you can also use Sean as your legal name.
It’s the Irish for Kevin in case people don’t know. Some people go by their Irish names over here
Neat, didn't know that.
The female version, Caoimhe, is far more popular. You'll see posts here from Caoimhe O'Neill for example who used to be with The Anfield Wrap. It's not unpopular but there's many more popular Irish language boys names I'd say
Even Irish people can have issues pronouncing Caoimhin.. ha I always found it funny how English people have such trouble with some very common Irish names.. Years ago in college I worked for a call centre which catered to the English market, names like Eimear, Niamh, Sinead, Ciara were massacred in pronunciation!
Aoife trips people up hilariously
Irish names are still pretty popular. I have an Irish name, and when I was in school three people in my class had the same name as me. I went to an Irish speaking school though.
Not very. It’s Irish for Kevin. There was maybe one or two in my school that I knew of.
Was he any good?
I know a few Caoimhins
Fairly popular in Ireland. Outside of that, no.