https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 14:56:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087991 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:12:08 +0000 matador84 2087991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an O' last name and it would be super annoying as a first name. I would say 75% of the time people out the letter after the apostrophe as a lowercase and it drives me crazy!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087982 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:50:43 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2087982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an O last name as my maiden name and got comments about my Irish name often enough that I was kind of glad to change it! I would not use it as a first name but I know Irish names are really popular so I'm not too surprised. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087962 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:31:24 +0000 lamariniere 2087962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only heard of O' for Irish last names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087481 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:27:04 +0000 Reese 2087481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not feeling the O' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087372 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:10:49 +0000 LuLu Mom 2087372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stiletto_mom: I'm not opposed to last names as first names (I have an Emerson which means Son of Emery) but I think the logistics of having to spell out the apostrophe would get really old and hard for a little kid, I just pictures my 5 year old niece trying to say it, and I think it would upset her when people didn't "get it." I do love the three names without the O' in front of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087368 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:07:40 +0000 cookiemomster 2087368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually know a person with a teenaged-son named O'Shea. Honestly? Not a huge fan of first names that use punctuation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087338 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:39:09 +0000 ShootingStar 2087338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Nope nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087328 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:32:48 +0000 Mommy Finger 2087328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Irish names are my jam. Can't get enough of them. But I agree with the others that I don't like the O'. From your list, I would like the names Connor, Callaghan, and Ryan.</p> <p>A good friend of mine's maiden name was an O' name. She dropped the O' and gave the name to her son. So instead of O'Shea, she named him Shea. Not his actual name but the example works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087321 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:28:16 +0000 littlejoy 2087321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a girl named O'Malley. I LOVE it, but for legal/logistics/tests/work/etc., I wouldn't do it. I was an "McC---" before marriage, and even that little C big C was hard for people to understand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087305 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:21:33 +0000 .twist. 2087305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: From experience, it is a pain in the ass to have one in a last name, let alone in a first name. Can't even imagine that circus! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087294 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:18:15 +0000 Ree723 2087294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly? I think punctuation marks have no place in a first name. Hyphens I can live with (ie Mary-Anne) but anything beyond that is a bit too out there in my opinion and is bound to lead to lots of confusion as the child grows up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087171 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:25:16 +0000 mrscobee 2087171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not saddle my kid with an apostrophe in his first name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087144 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:18:24 +0000 .twist. 2087144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think last names are on the rise is meant for last names that sound like first names. O with an apostrophe just seems really bizarre. But, whatever floats your boat! </p> <p>I am Irish and my maiden name is an O' name. I would be pretty perplexed to see someone using it as their first.</p> <p>To keep my maiden name, we dropped the O and the rest is L's middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087132 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:13:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 2087132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the apostrophe would be really confusing in a first name. Like pp already said, it can even be confusing in a last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087110 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:08:04 +0000 Torchwood 2087110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to high school with an Orion, but that's after the constellation, not Irish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087103 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:05:02 +0000 simplyfelicity 2087103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't but I am also not a fan. I would prefer an Irish name instead. Plus, the kid would have to spend a lot of time explaining that their first name wasn't their last and their last wasn't their first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087064 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:56:39 +0000 reverie 2087064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it would be pretty confusing from like a scantron / resume standpoint to have an apostrophe like that in the first name.... I work with a large database of peoples names and it is hard to find if people are coded as oconnor or o'connor as last names already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2087015 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:48:56 +0000 psw27 2087015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't think of it as a first name option... interesting. I personally wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't do a lot of things that others do :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086969 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:36:12 +0000 LibbyLou 2086969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have never heard of this! I like Irish names, see the appeal of "son" names like Emmerson, Anderson, etc, so maybe this could happen. ?!? Surnames are huge now, so I guess why not if it's your cup of tea. Not a trend I would use though.<br /> @shutterbug I know there are some names with apostrophes but I don't disagree with your sentiment. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086937 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:23:57 +0000 Shutterbug 2086937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of anyone with an O' first name. I think as a general rule, apostrophes don't belong in first names, haha (though maybe there's an instance I'm not thinking of?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086934 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:22:56 +0000 Alivoo01 2086934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree they're more last names than first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086932 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:22:48 +0000 yoursilverlining 2086932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never seen O- as a first name, just as an (Irish) last name. Not my cup of tea for a first name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086928 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:22:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 2086928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only heard of them as last names, and honestly only care for them as last names. They don't translate well to a first name, and making the kid have to spell out his name forever just seems mean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086927 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:21:43 +0000 stiletto_mom 2086927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a rise in using last names a firsts recently.<br /> Even things like Jackson, Emerson etc all imply -son of ______. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086921 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:18:34 +0000 autumnlove 2086921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ice Cube's name is O'Shea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086915 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:16:52 +0000 Mrsjets 2086915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a fan - but I've never been drawn to Irish/Celtic names </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086913 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:16:33 +0000 MaryM 2086913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>O' means of...like son of. So I think it'd be exceptionally odd to use an O name as a first name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086901 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:12:05 +0000 photojane 2086901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They're definitely Irish. They're last names to me... I wouldn't use one as a first name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086899 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:11:23 +0000 meredithNYC 2086899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As far as I know, O' names are always Irish? I usually don't mind last names as first names, but in this case it just feels a little weird? There are so many great Irish first names out there, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/o-names#post-2086896 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:09:07 +0000 stiletto_mom 2086896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a few of these types of names on another forum:<br /> O'Connor<br /> O'Callaghan<br /> O'Ryan</p> <p>Have you heard of other O apostrophe names? Is it specifically Irish? What do you think of them? </p>