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[Opinions] Re: Irish Names

by Laurea

7/20/2007, 8:28 AM

1. I like some and I don't like some. I think some are fad-ish (like Mackenzie) and some aren't (like Fiona) - it all really depends on the name. If you choose something less common, then it won't seem like following a trend; but if you choose something more common, it doesn't matter what your heritage is because plenty of non-Irish are using it.

2. Some I like are Fiona, Bridget, Bedelia, Finola, Finley, Lachlan, Alastar, Declan, Aoife, Maeve. I probably like more, but I don't really think about the origin of a name, unless it's my own (Dutch mainly).

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- IrishGirl +5

7/20/2007, 8:49 AM

MacKenzie isn't Irish. I have never heard anyone over here called MacKenzie. I have always thought of it as an American name. :P It's a surname over here only.

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- Laurea +4

7/20/2007, 7:19 PM

It's an Irish surname, that's why it's Irish, even if people in Ireland are smart enough to leave it as a surname.

- Speranza +3

7/21/2007, 5:23 AM

AFAIK MacKenzie is a Scottish surname. It is an exceedingly rare surname in Ireland.

- poppylena +2

7/21/2007, 7:58 AM

That's what I thought

I've always associated it with Scotland (the Mackenzie Earls of Seaforth etc).

I didn't think it was used much in Ireland, thanks for that bit of info :)

- Chrisell

7/21/2007, 8:08 PM

Yeah, it's 100% Scottish

Although it's not out of the question that some of them have migrated to Ireland over the years.

I'm descended from the Earls of Seaforth, through my paternal grandmother whose maiden name was Mackenzie and came from that branch of the family.

- Speranza

7/21/2007, 12:39 PM

Yep - I have only known one family of Mackenzies - and their father was Scottish!

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