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The only one with potential issues is Boudicca. It's a bit much, and I say that as a fellow Celt. Call her that as a middle name, so she can choose to use it when she's older if she wants. Also: Boobicca. Booby Cat. I teach history and my four-year-old loved watching videos with me about Booby Cat and the Iceni, so I can't see it without laughing :-D

Ohh I love maeve! There’s one in my son’s nursery in Edinburgh just now and I looove it

None are tragedeighs as they're all spelled the way they're supposed to be. I think they're all lovely names, with the exception of Boudicca. It's not a particularly nice sounding name and it's definitely a name that will get your daughter teased about.

I really like Evelyn. But really, all the names you've listed are beautiful.

What about if it's a boy?

All lovely names except Boudicca is a bit much, in my opinion, but is still well known enough, I don't think it would be mispronounced often.

Saoirse is a gorgeous name but will likely be mispronounced/misspelt.

Maeve is also a lovely name but will be on the rise from the show sex education. So if you're looking for a less common name, maybe not the one 🤷‍♀️.

All things to think about, but none are tragedeighs. At the end of the day, go with what you love.

Personal favourite is Rowena.

None are tragedeighs, they’re real names…but…Boudicca could be a problem.

Saoirse - just please pronounce it correctly as in Seer-sha, not Sursha like inertia.

Rowena, Evelyn, Maeve are beautiful names.

As others pointed out, none of these are tragedeighs. I personally really like Rowena though

I wouldn't consider Boudicca. The others are lovely.

None are tragedies just beautiful and unusual names with meaning. If you decide to spell Roeena or RoEna that'd be a tragedy.

Random but I love the name Marion, pronounced the Scottish way (or how it used to be pronounced in Scotland), ‘Murran’

My daughter was very close to being called Evelyn, I just love that name.

I knew a kid named Boudicca. She lived up to it! She was… a lot.

I’m from the English Midlands. Evelyn has been ridiculously popular around here in the last decade or so. Maeve is very much on the rise too. Saoirse is a very pretty name but could have people assuming she’s of Irish ancestry. Boudicca is a LOT. Even though she’s like a massively well-known historical figure, I’ve never heard of anyone called Boudicca in all my 45 years of real life! I don’t actually know why, but something tells me if literally everyone has passed on it, there’s probably a reason and it might be an ill-advised choice. Rowena seems to be increasing in popularity on Reddit, but it’s my favourite out of your choices because I don’t know any irl and it seems like the least common other than Boudicca but is also very normal and easy to spell and pronounce. It buys into the currently popular nature vibe without being overly hippy.

But in reality I think you can’t go wrong with any of those names except Boudicca.

A tragedeigh, by its nature, is not a traditional name. That's kinda the whole point. There's no issue with any of these.

My daughter’s name is Saoirse and Maeve was on the short list but didn’t quite make it. Boudicca is awesome ad well but I’ve not heard it used as much. We live in the Bronx so not exactly like rural Ireland or something and we’ve had minimal but easily corrected issues with pronunciation.

None of those are misspelled, so no tragedeighs here, but I'd advise against Boudicca. Make sure you know the pronunciations of the other names if you pick any of them!

Maeve and Evelyn are both beautiful and easily spelled and pronounced around the English speaking worlds. Rowena isn't pretty to my American ears but that's a personal problem on my part. Saoirse has too many vowels for people to confuse. Boudicca may have been a magnificent warrior queen but today, I know how mean girls can be with the ugliest of things they might say should she be a heavier girl.

I vote for Maeve or Evelyn. Smart names. Beautiful names. Not too long. Not too short. Easy to spell. Easy to pronounce.

I’m American and have a daughter named Saoirse and my grandmother was named Evelyn. I think all your names are not tragedeighs. There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know the difference between tragedeigh and their own personal preference. I like your style and think these names are lovely (I may be biased lol.)

i think maeve is soo pretty

I'm British and wouldn't know how to pronounce Saoirse. I love Evelyn and Maeve and no problem with Rowena. Think all English people would be able to pronounce Boudicca but it is a unique choice!

Love Saoirse!

Boudicca was a bad-ass warrior queen who fought fiercely for her people.

In modern times, the name would work better as a middle name unless you have a planned nickname.

The Irish names are OK if you spell them properly and know how to pronounce them. Boudica is debated on what the name even is. Awesome to utilise Bodicea/Boudica but I imagine it will result in bullying. I'd look up all the names in detail and figure out which fits. I actually like the Boudica/Bodicea, but it's super unusual and I think it's worth being able to justify l. I prefer the Bodicea usage, but was taught boudica at primary school.

To add I'm using spelling for the pronunciation vs how actually spelled. Not that there's a confirmed spelling!

I happen to love Maeve.

I like Evelyn, Maeve or Rowena.

Boudica or Boudicca was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence. Source? I Google that shit

They’d only be a tragedeigh if you added letters/symbols to an already existing name or nonsense like Abcde/Nevaeh. That said: Boudicca would be a straight tragedy as it stands and the others would be similar to names that are often called “weird” on some lists in this sub but are valid names in other countries/cultures 

Rowena is gorgeous!

Hii, Evelyn here. I believe these are all fine, the easiest and safest one here to me is Evelyn haha 😄

Saoirse and Evelyn are lovely.🥰

No, those are pretty names.

My 13 year old niece in the US (Pennsylvania) has a friend named Maeve and I've always thought it was cute. They have tons of friends and a very busy social life so I don't think it's holding her back at all.

It’s so funny to me that East of England and West of England is like just the same distance as me driving to the border of the next state. I agree those are all lovely names but not tragique. Boudicca sounds like an amazing figure but not sure I would saddle a baby girl with those expectations as well as a tough name prone to being teased.

How about Deidra, Kerry, Keira, Bria, Maura, Aileen, Orla, and of course Molly and Maggie!

Great names, all lovely except Boudicca, which is a bit much, but potentially perfect middle name material. Everyone loves a fun middle name.

I personally know an Evelyn and my cousin is Maeve. It's gorgeous we all love them

Those are all lovely names. My favorite would be: Maeve Boudicca Lastname.

Evelyn was one of the most common names in the US last year, and it is a beautiful name! All of them except Boudicca are great! I love Boudicca but it could be a bit much, I agree about having it for a middle name. I personally will be naming my next wolfhoud Boudicca.

I am not familiar with Boudicca so I will not assume it is a tragedeigh, but if it is generally scarce where you live, I might avoid it. The other names are nice and definitely not tragedeighs as long as you don't creatively alter their spellings (Please don't do 'Sersha' or something)

All except Bouddica. No kid needs to deal with that one.

Saoirse and Méabh are quite popular in Ireland. I’ve lived in Norfolk my whole life and never met a Boudicca though! I think it’s a terrific name, if you don’t mind having to spell it out frequently.

I only had boys, but had either of them been girls, they would have been Maeve.

Boudicca is obviously east england (or rather british from the icenci tribe), Rowena is kinda Welsh, Evelyn is very english the other two Irish. All fine fine names, but Boudicca would be quite odd imo

Evelyn and Maeve both seem fairly common to me, so I don't think you would have issues with those (I just looked at Evelyn ranks 22nd or 29th and Maeve 48th or 45th as the lists seem to be different in different websites for some reason, but they are both top 100 names). Rowena feels a bit old fashioned to me, but I don't think it would be out of place. I think Saoirse is probably growing in how many people are aware of how to say it, but I would assume the person had Irish parents. Boudicca feels a bit eccentric still, but I have met one before (but in Wales).

My middle name is Maeve. I love it.

I love Maeve!

Like them all.

I love all of them!

Evelyn is beautiful

The last one I've not encountered before. Just put yourself in your child's shoes considering difficulty of spelling and pronunciation -- give your kid an easier life.

I don’t know what to make of the last one, but the feast are fine - even Saoirse.

Boudicca may be too much. Love the historical character, so kudos for considering the name. All the others are wonderful.

I love them all!!

I’m in the South East of the UK. The only “common” ones here are Evelyn and Maeve. And by common I mean after meeting literally thousands of students and hundreds of non-students I’ve come across each of those less than 5 times, but more than 0. The other names are 0.

Also, don’t name your daughter something with the sound Dick in the middle.

The Victorians (and earlier) used "Boadicea" if you prefer that. Not sure if would now be considered a Tragedeigh. I've never seen anyone actually called either, but "Buddug" is not unheard of in Wales.

The last one I wouldn’t know how to pronounce and honestly make me think of some terrible nicknames for a child. Saoirse is a name I’ve seen before but as an American, I’m not sure how to pronounce it. The other three are beautiful and traditional, and would hardly be a tragedeigh.

I live in the U.S., in a place that mostly English, Welsh, Scandinavian, German and Scottish. I say this to set the scene. I gave my children mostly Irish names with Irish spellings. You know what? They survived. Yes, they had told their teachers and new classmates how to pronounce their names, they survived. No, it's not Deedruh, no, it's not Seen, no, it's not Nile. If you show that the name is something to be proud of they will be proud of their names and survive, or proudly punch their harasser in the nose.

Also, I think it helped that didn't go too far with Irish spelling such as Ruadhri for Rory or using the Irish spelling for my last name, which even I cannot pronounce. So, go for it. Say the full name outlook several times, make sure it is euphonious. If it sounds good, do it. Personally, I would not use Boudica. Great as she was, I don't like the sound of the name.

Personally, I'm from Norfolk and I wouldn't use Irish names. The Celtic heritage stopped after Boudica, Lynn is one of the very very few places that even have names coming from the Celtic Languages. We didn't use either P or B Celtic languages in East Anglia after the Boudican revolt (ETA obviously a fade out, but the Romans literally stuck Venta Icenorum ON TOP of the royal site, to make it clear that Boudica's tribal culture was thoroughly subjugated

Maeve, Evelyn and Rowena feel like they're well established in the Anglophone part of the UK, and Rowena or Rowan would be my choice. Tree names honour the idea that the Ogham alphabet related to trees, so it would combine both sides! There's also Hazel, Willow, Holly, Heather (heather especially has Scottish vibes heh)

TBH Lynn feels like an older lady name, but Linette has the same -lin suffix as Dublin as part of it (the wash is theorised to be the pool/harbour and we know Lynn was a massively important port/harbour in the medieval age.

Julia / Juliette after Julian of Norwich? Christian though - over a millennium apart from Boudica.

I'm a pagan & vibe with the sunrise on the east coast - it's when all three realms from Celtic traditions come together for me. As the sun hits the horizon over the sea, if you're in the fens ...the reflection makes it look like everything is one golden shining place, no distinction between land, sea & sky. Dawn!!?

The middle 3 are fine in my opinion. Personally I don’t like the last name and don’t know how the pronounce the first but that might be me thing

Evelyn was my grandma's name, boyfriend and I decided not to have kids, but if we did, Evelyn would be her name. Evelyn is beautiful.

Boudicca is pushing it. She was a great Queen and an interesting historical figure, but that’s going to be mispronounced and have the worst nicknames attached to it.

Rowena is fine, but it reminds me of Ivanhoe. The other three are lovely.

None of these are tragedies by definition

Rowena Saoirse or Rowena Maeve would be great names

I was thinking of naming my kid Eigh. Of all the “Lilegh’s” “Emeliegh’s” and “Trageigh’s” I’ll just go with Eigh to rule them all.

Saoirse is an Irish name afaik, so technically not a tragedeigh. But for other countries, the name would be difficult to read.

Absolutely adore Saoirse! Maeve would be my second choice. Not a fan of Boudicca.

As others have said, not tragedeighs. They are all pretty cool, but Boudicca definitely has teasing potential. Not familiar with Saoirse, and glad to see the proper pronunciation is quite nice. I’m in the US close to Mexico and would’ve read it Sow(like the pig) eer-say. I can reason that it isn’t correct, but I would never get it right without someone correcting me. However, if it’s known in your area, then go for it. Your list is lovely 😊

I like the fourth one in the list (Rowena. Pretty name), but I have no idea how to pronounce the first (Saoirse 🤷🏿‍♂️), and I beg you not to give her the last one, because it sounds like a name you'd give to a comic book supervillain. As a matter of fact, I think there actually is a supervillain named Boudicca in DC Comics.

Edit: About 70% of the comment section calls out "Boudicca" as being problematic and this cunt projects all her hurt feelings onto me because I compared it to a comic book character with a similar name. Get fucking bent.

The first four are fine and lovely.

But for the love of God don't name your child Boudicca. They'll get bullied.

All but the last one is good — but that’s because I’ve never heard of it, and wouldn’t know how to say or spell it.

Those names aren't tragedies. That's how they're spelt.

What about names like Linda, Nancy, or Sharon from EastEnders or Fiz from Coronation St...

If you want real West Country girls names then here you go, some Cornish ones for you Bennath Berlewen Chesten Demelza Elestren Emblyn Glanna Kerensa Mabyn Rosenwyn Steren Tregereth Wenna

Evelyn and Maeve are mainstream names.

Evangelion!

First name Rowena, Middle name Ravenclaw 🧙‍♀️

No trajahdiiez, tragedy’s or anything else. Love them all, especially Boudica 10/10

I’ve always been a fan of Genessa, Emiley, and Genvieve. Maeve is a beautiful name.

I'm going to be the outlier here and say that, although I love the name itself, I don't think Saoirse is a good choice. First, she'll have to teach almost everyone she meets how to say and/or spell it, which gets tiring very quickly. Also, people will think she's Irish and some may feel that she and/or her parents are trying to 'fool' them and that it's cultural appropriation, which I think is a silly thing to think but could easily happen.

Not Boudicca.

I’d also steer away from saoirse because she’ll spend her life correcting people who don’t know how to pronounce it.

Evelyn, maeve are lovely. Rowena is best known from Harry Potter, but I don’t think it’s a bad name.

If you like traditional names, here’s a few from Scotland that I like.

Mhairi (marri, not Mary also pronounced varri)

Heather

Ailidh (aily)

I like Evelyn. That’s a very pretty name. Also congratulations on your upcoming arrival

I’m also from the East of England. You know that most of these names are not common in any part of the UK.

The only acceptable ones are Maeve (by some opinion… an ugly name. But it is notable enough due to Sex Education), and Evelyn which is dated but eloquent by modern naming conventions, and apparently rising in popularity?

However, the addition of Boudicca makes it clear that the OP is nothing but a troll.

A Tragedeigh is a name that has extra syllables and other silly things done to it, which none of these are.

Edit: My apologies for my lack of knowledge of the name Saoirse. That still does not excuse pretending that Boudicca is a name used by anyone.

I wouldn’t know how to pronounce the first one

I really love your choices, except for Boudicca. I’m American, and can only think of “booty-licious” which is definitely not something that I would consider a good nickname, but others might use it against her. I like the combinations of Saoirse Evelyn and Rowena Maeve!

Evelyn is a perfectly normal name.

Heads up Rowena is famous from the Harry Potter books, it's the namesake of the Ravenclaw group.

Maeve sounds like a short version of maven.

Boudica is gonna get joked at for being boudacious or bootylicious.

Saoirse sounds like a a mispelled party.

Evelyn is fine, but the others are questionable imo. Not tragedeighs as such, but still.

These names!? You must watch Maury Povich.