my sons name is declan,he is 8 yrs,i think its a beatiful name and my son loves being caled it.we live in scotland i"ll keep my fingers crossed for you

I will find out if I'm having a boy in 2 weeks, his name will be Declan Thomas if it's a boy! I'm surprised at the negative reaction I have had when people asked if I had a name picked out. I love it and didn't expect such strong responses.

I just heard the name and love it. I am spelling it Deklan and found that it means "man of prayer" I like strong boy names. I am only 8wks and hoping for a boy.

while i was pregent with my 1st i loved it then we had a girl,McKenna then we were expecting again, declan of course,but right beforeigave birth i kept thinking of another name Kelton,after many hours of labor we found out it was aboy, i was out of it and my husband hours later said we had a boy Kelton he is great and name fits perfect,i still love declan though.

i love the name declan it is my baby brothers name even though i am only 11 yrs old i want my baby boy's name to be declan as i love strong boy names.

I adore the name Declan. Although being unique seems to be the 'new thing' - the name is fine as is. Using different spellings takes away from the name, and in fact, makes it an entirely different name. That said... to each his/her own.

My new nephew, Declan, fits his name perfectly. He is the bearer of happiness and joy for my sister and brother-in-law. He is so cute and beautiful.

Cyndi Lauper named her son Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper. He was named after Elvis Costello who's real name is Declan Patrick MacManus.

I also have friends who 1 year old son's name is Declan Conner O'Leary. Now that's an Irish name!

I am 5 months pregnant and my partner picked the name declan for him, we just looking at other ways of spelling it as we want to be a little unusual. So if any of you have any ideas please let me know. I think the name is a great name the only problem is finding a good middle name for him lol

My Declan is eight years old and I still love his name. I hate when we are at the hospital and they read his name Dee-klan...that drives me nuts. I thought this was sooo original and told my son he would probably never meet another Declan...LITERALLY 30 minutes later I heard a mom at Declan's indoor soccer game call out "Declan" to a 2 year old. I had to call my son over and laugh telling him I lied and that boy's name was Declan as well. I have also since heard the name Declan at the McDonald's play place, he was 5 years old. Although I've ran into a few in my city, it's still a great name and have no regrets!!

My late husband and I discovered the name Declan in an Irish baby name book in 1989. It was a very unusual name at that time and our son just graduated from high school. He really likes having an uncommon name - although whenever we meet anyone from Ireland, they tell us it's very common over there. People always ask me where we got the name and we have gotten many, many positive comments. Friends of ours toured Ireland and there is a tower of St. Declan still standing in County Waterford. It's several hundred years old. We love this name!!

Yes, we spelled it Deklan! As if Declan wasn't different enough we spelled it with a "k". Either way it is a great name! We have met a few other Deklan's, but not many. Very strong boy name. I still love it almost 8 years later!

my son is 24 now and back in '84 it was unheard of here, apart from elvis costello i think. i think its a brill name. it was declan or finbar which i also like. declan gets dec from his friends and i am sure finbar would be shortened to fin which i quite like as well

My dad's cousin named her twins Declan and Owen. Adorable little boys they are.