there are already great grandad, grandad, uncle, and cousin named james. and grandad uncle and cousin all live together so i thought james was too much. my husband is a stuart so i was also thinking mabey shaun?
2006-11-20 09:37:20 · 26 answers · asked by acohelms 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
I love the name Seamus, but was not allowed to name my son that, because his daddy has a dog named Shaymus when he was younger. We went with Eian, keeping with the Irish roots.
The only drawback for Seamus is that many people (at least where I am, in middle America) will probably mis-pronounce it. But then again, with the popularity of Harry Potter (in which one of the classmates is named Seamus Finnegan), many of the children he would go to school with would recognize it.
If you go with Shaun, I'd spell it 'Sean' or 'Shawn' because I just don't like the way it looks with the 'au' in there, but that's just a weird me thing.
2006-11-20 16:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by Queen Queso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Seamus and I like Shaun but I like the Irish form spelled Sean. That is my sons name.
2006-11-20 20:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Blondi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Seamus, and with that spelling. Shawn/Sean/Shaun is so commom. Although, if I went with that I would spell it Sean. The other spellings are not authentic. Seamus may also get the nickname "Shea" which I also love. What a strong, masculine name with such character!
2006-11-20 17:43:11 · answer #3 · answered by hiyaandpeaceout 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seamus is the Gaelic name for James. I have a nephew named Seamus. I think that it is a fabulous name. Good luck.
2006-11-23 16:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Seamus, its different without being silly, stuart is a bit too old sounding
2006-11-21 03:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love the name Seamus - was my dad's nickname (he was a James obviously).
But Shaun is also a nice name - just more common.
Just my .01
-dh
2006-11-20 17:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seamus is SO Irish! Very cool. He could go by "Shay" for a nickname.
2006-11-21 00:47:18 · answer #7 · answered by AMEWzing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Seamus better than Sean.
2006-11-21 06:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Shaun personally- it means confident
2006-11-23 22:55:29 · answer #9 · answered by helperwhoneedshelp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like them we were thinking of naming our next baby if a boy those names but we decided on Hamish the Scottish version of James as my husbands dad is a Scot, and my hubby's name is James my sons name is jack buster James, so yeah they are really cool.
2006-11-20 20:44:56 · answer #10 · answered by nell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋