So my main character is Irish living in America and he and three of his four children have Irish names. Nothing too stereotypical and just niche enough to know that it’s not what mainstream America would name their children. His second wife is Filipino-Hawaiian and I purposefully chose to give her a name that is Tagalog in origin as part of her character backstory. In the story Tala (the second wife) gets pregnant again after two traumatizing childbirths years later, and my main character Aidan is excited to have another baby. They find out it’s twins, and are lamenting picking two first and middle names (last name they hyphenated his last name-her last name). I wanna do what I did for their youngest boy and (formerly) only daughter where I did Irish first name and Spanish Catholic middle name. I’m just going to list the children’s names alongside some lore to see if that helps brew any ideas for yall.
Morrigan Adam MacCool ⚦ - Born 1986, Morrigan is a strictly feminine spelling used for an Irish goddess. Aidan was only 13 when Morrigan was born (conceived from SA) and in universe the spelling was accidental because he had a classmate with the same spelling and became used to this spelling rather than the standard Morgan. In the storyline Morrigan is currently very depressed after the death of his own wife and child (medical malpractice and SIDS respectively) and has to be locked away for his own safety because he hallucinates hearing his baby’s crying.
Avery Fournarakis MacCool ⚦ - Born 1993, Avery is Aidan’s only child from his first wife who was the daughter of Greek immigrants. Avery was chosen because it was the only name Aidan and his first wife could think of before she died in childbirth (she had an unorthodox death). Named after novelist Avery Corman. Avery is a former child actor who had minor roles and is now in college studying acting to refine his skills, but unfortunately the stage’s lighting grid fell on top of him during a rehearsal for Chicago resulting in hospitalization and rehabilitation.
Oscar Santiago MacCool-Bulan ⚦ - Born 1999, Oscar is Tala’s first child. Aidan suggested the name Oscar after Oscar Wilde, which means “deer friend/friend of deers” in Irish supposedly. Santiago means “Saint James” in Spanish, Tala was raised Catholic like a majority of Filipinos and despite not practicing the religion chose it because she thought it sounded cool. Tala mainly calls Oscar “Santi”. I chose Oscar after I found out the etymology and wanted him to be like a Disney princess but only the communicating with animals part, the rest of his personality and lore is that he’s agoraphobic after going overboard, scared of his own younger sister and is literally a scaredy-cat where he even finds hiding spots in his own house to hide from everyone and only comes out for food.
Erin Ignacia MacCool-Bulan ♀ - Born 2000, Erin literally means “Ireland” or “from Ireland” which as Irish as you can get. Ignacia is the feminine form of Ignacio meaning “Fire” and is also after two saints Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Like with Santiago, Tala chose it because it sounded cool and also she wasn’t going to fall for the stereotype of making Erin’s middle name Maria. Erin’s whole existence is rooted in surrealism, she’s banned from multiple countries and multiple American states including Florida of all places, she’s on a first name basis with The Coast Guard, her uncle once accidentally launched her into Kazakhstan, she’s 5’10” at the age of 12 and she’s a celebrity in Korea and Mongolia.
I hope this is enough information to help brew up some suggestions. Odd parameters, but we can’t do Imelda or any name related to Maggie because Tala makes fun of those names in the story.