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"Declan"

I have never heard of such a name ... how is it on so many of your 'D' lists?
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Re: "Declan"

  • One of the Atlanta Bumpies who is also in the same birth month as me used that name. Reese Witherspoon named her son that, that's the first I heard of it. It's just NMS, but seems to be popular these days.
  • I worked at a daycare while I was in grad school and we had the cutest little boy named Declan and his sister was Carys (pronounced Care-iss).  The family was Irish, so they are both Irish/Gaelic names. 
  • I first heard it on a TV show, Mysterious Ways or something like that. It stuck with me. I'm not sure why it's so popular now.
  • It's an Irish name that, like Aidan, has become more and more popular.

    I have a cousin named Declan and he lives in SC and no one has any clue what it is and how to say it.  His middle name is Robert.   Once at the Doctor's office they called out for a "De Clan Bob".  Uh, yea.

    It's pronounced Deck-lan. 

    ETA: It was one of my fave names in College when it was kind of an obscure Gaelic name.  I still like it but won't use it b/c of it's popularity.  Kind of like Maeve.  I obsessively love Maeve and I know 2 babies that were just born and named Maeve.   

  • imagemrsjanks:
    One of the Atlanta Bumpies who is also in the same birth month as me used that name. Reese Witherspoon named her son that, that's the first I heard of it. It's just NMS, but seems to be popular these days.

    I thought her son's name is Deacon, not Declan?

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  • imagenaylon511:

    It's an Irish name that, like Aidan, has become more and more popular.

    I have a cousin named Declan and he lives in SC and no one has any clue what it is and how to say it.  His middle name is Robert.   Once at the Doctor's office they called out for a "De Clan Bob".  Uh, yea.

    It's pronounced Deck-lan. 



    That helps, I was saying "Dee-Clan" and thinking, "wow, they all really like that?"
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  • Haha, maybe you're right about Reese.

    I always said Dee-clan too.

  • imagekatiedom:

    imagemrsjanks:
    One of the Atlanta Bumpies who is also in the same birth month as me used that name. Reese Witherspoon named her son that, that's the first I heard of it. It's just NMS, but seems to be popular these days.

    I thought her son's name is Deacon, not Declan?

     You're right, it's Deacon. I googled :)

    I just recently heard Declan for the first time. DH suggested it as a name and I like it, especially since we both have some irish in us. It doesn't flow well with our last name though, so we probably won't use it. 

  • It's Deck-lan... and has anyone seen Leap Year with Amy Adams???  The guy character in the movie is Declan too!
  • imagetrickeytricky:
    imagenaylon511:

    It's an Irish name that, like Aidan, has become more and more popular.

    I have a cousin named Declan and he lives in SC and no one has any clue what it is and how to say it.  His middle name is Robert.   Once at the Doctor's office they called out for a "De Clan Bob".  Uh, yea.

    It's pronounced Deck-lan. 



    That helps, I was saying "Dee-Clan" and thinking, "wow, they all really like that?"

    That's what I thought too. I kept reading it the first time as Declaw. 

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  • It's the name of a director of photography that we work with (all these artsy types have some weirdo names) and that was the first I heard it, and then one of our director's just named his kid that as well. It's growing on me.
  • imagenaylon511:

     

    I have a cousin named Declan and he lives in SC and no one has any clue what it is and how to say it.  His middle name is Robert.   Once at the Doctor's office they called out for a "De Clan Bob".  Uh, yea.

      

     

    Where in SC is he?? I can totally imagine the people down here have difficulty with his name. My MIL told her friends that my name was pronounced differently since most Laura's are lauwrah's - seriously, I had never ever thought of my spelling as being pronounced differently - but she did save me from a bunch of southern drawl!

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    imagenaylon511:

     

    I have a cousin named Declan and he lives in SC and no one has any clue what it is and how to say it.  His middle name is Robert.   Once at the Doctor's office they called out for a "De Clan Bob".  Uh, yea.

      

     

    Where in SC is he?? I can totally imagine the people down here have difficulty with his name. My MIL told her friends that my name was pronounced differently since most Laura's are lauwrah's - seriously, I had never ever thought of my spelling as being pronounced differently - but she did save me from a bunch of southern drawl!

    It's actually my cousin's kid.  They are in Columbia - just had to look up on FB, lol. 

  • I really like the name Declan (definitely pronounced Deck-lan) but I tend to like Gaelic names.

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  • I have a slight obsession with celtic things, so I love Declan!  I know DH would never name our kid it because we're not Irish.  I was this.close to having our dog named Declan, but DH didn't want our future kiddos calling him *** when they couldn't pronounce Declan.  Maybe our next doggie.
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