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Help[Opinions] Tiernan / Tiarnán
Thoughts? Which spelling do you prefer? I have purged about half of my male list so I'm looking for some good new names to add, and Tiernan has been on my mind lately. I'm a little surprised that it isn't even in the U.S. Top 1000 given the popularity boom of other Celtic names (Aidan, Ronan, etc).
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I like it. I'd use Tiernan here in the States. Tiarnán would be more likely to be misspelled and mispronounced.
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I love Tiernan spelt this way.
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I was a bigger fan as a kid, kind of lost interest in it. Not a bad name, though. I like both spellings equally, but would probably use Tiernan just so it would be pronounced correctly.
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I've liked Tiernan since I first saw it, and I prefer the spelling I've used here.
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I'm surprised it's not more popular too. Maybe it's too reminiscent of tears and tyranny to have wide-spread appeal? Anyway, I like it, and I prefer the Tiernan spelling.
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The tyranny connection came up when Tierny was mentioned earlier this month. I can see why that might be a problem for some people, but I think it's less of an issue with Tiernan. (I also prefer that spelling).
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