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[Facts] Origin and meaning of Cashel?

by Ylva

8/6/2005, 9:57 AM

I saw this on a baby names sight, for a boy. I believe this name must be very uncommon. But I do know that there is a novel by George B. Shaw "Cashel Byron's Profession". So obviously Cashel is not a newly made-up name. Is it English or Irish?

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- Delma (imoyro) +1

8/6/2005, 2:39 PM

Caiseal (pronounced like Cashel) is an Irish word for castle. It is not used as a name in Ireland.

Cashel is also the name of a town in Tipperary (Ireland), famous for the Rock of Cashel.

- Ylva

8/7/2005, 2:28 PM

Thanks!

- Karen (guest) +1

8/6/2005, 11:26 AM

About Ylva, not Cashel... :)

I love the name Ylva, and I've never seen anyone actually named it before. You're from Sweden, right? This website says Ylva means "she-wolf" in Old Norse. I used it for a werewolf character in my young adult fantasy novel. How do you pronounce it? I've had varying opinions on this.

Now I'm rambling... ;)
Karen

- Ylva

8/7/2005, 2:27 PM

Yes, Ylva means female wolf. It is not uncommon here in Sweden. The male form is Ulf ("ulv" is an old name for wolf).

Well, the Swedish Y-ljud is not used in English. It is the same sound as the German ü-sound and the French u-sound. I guess English-speaking people would say "Ilva".

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