How do you pronounce "Eoin"
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should move to scotland then, the people are much nicer here plus we would be able to pronounce niamh without blinking!23degreesdream wrote:That's a cool name. our baby daughter arrived a few weeks ago and we toyed with alot of irish gaelic names but worried about people having trouble pronouncing - Niamh (Neev) is another one or Siobhan (She-vorn) - great names thoughTechboy wrote:It's deffos owen haha. My girlfriend's name is irish gaelic. Roisin. Pronounced row sheen.
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From my research, the Irish pronunciation of Eoin is "Owen". If this paper doesn't explain the issue thoroughly, I don't know what will except verification from Marcus himself:
http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml
http://medievalscotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml