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Help[Opinions] I hope this explains it! :)
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Well, I'll get my Irish naming book for this one!
Most real Irish names come from the old Gaelic such as Aidan (from Aodhan), Kieran (from Ciaran), Bridget (from Brigid), Enya ( from Eithne) .
So fake would be anything that isn't directly from the old Gaelic and those fall loosely into two catagories.
Irish Nicknames, Irishizations & Fakes, let me explain! :)
Irish nicknames came about in the 1900's when immagrints from Ireland to America wanted to a bit of their homeland so they used Irish nicknames, from regular names, for nicknames and then as first names! Examples: Annie (from Anne), Kate/Katie/Kitty (from Katherine), Nelly/Nora (from Eleanor), Molly (from Mary), Maggie/Peggy (from Margaret), Mike/Mickey (from Michael), Liam (from William), Pat/Paddy (from Patrick).
Now, Irishizations are Gaelic versions of other names like: Caitriona is a Gaelic form of the Latin name Catherine, Sheila is a form of Latin Cecilia, Siobhan is a form of Joan the feminie form of Hebrew name John, Maire & Moira are forms of the Hebrew name Mary & Miriam, Sean is a from of Hebrew John, Daibhead the Gaelic form of Hebrew name David, and Padraig is a form of the Latin name Patrick and Patrice (St. Patrick wasn't actually Irish he was really a slave from England who when he ran away from his Irish master later went back to Ireland as a missionary/preacher).
Fakes are names that people usual think of as Irish but they really aren't like Owen & Megan which are really Welsh and Fiona which is really from Scottish Gaelic! :)
Here are some really Irish names!
Brian
Kevin
Niall / Neil
Leary
Connor
Dermot
Keegan
Keeley
Alma
Ceara
Deirdre
Derval
Niamh
Sheena
Tara
Most real Irish names come from the old Gaelic such as Aidan (from Aodhan), Kieran (from Ciaran), Bridget (from Brigid), Enya ( from Eithne) .
So fake would be anything that isn't directly from the old Gaelic and those fall loosely into two catagories.
Irish Nicknames, Irishizations & Fakes, let me explain! :)
Irish nicknames came about in the 1900's when immagrints from Ireland to America wanted to a bit of their homeland so they used Irish nicknames, from regular names, for nicknames and then as first names! Examples: Annie (from Anne), Kate/Katie/Kitty (from Katherine), Nelly/Nora (from Eleanor), Molly (from Mary), Maggie/Peggy (from Margaret), Mike/Mickey (from Michael), Liam (from William), Pat/Paddy (from Patrick).
Now, Irishizations are Gaelic versions of other names like: Caitriona is a Gaelic form of the Latin name Catherine, Sheila is a form of Latin Cecilia, Siobhan is a form of Joan the feminie form of Hebrew name John, Maire & Moira are forms of the Hebrew name Mary & Miriam, Sean is a from of Hebrew John, Daibhead the Gaelic form of Hebrew name David, and Padraig is a form of the Latin name Patrick and Patrice (St. Patrick wasn't actually Irish he was really a slave from England who when he ran away from his Irish master later went back to Ireland as a missionary/preacher).
Fakes are names that people usual think of as Irish but they really aren't like Owen & Megan which are really Welsh and Fiona which is really from Scottish Gaelic! :)
Here are some really Irish names!
Brian
Kevin
Niall / Neil
Leary
Connor
Dermot
Keegan
Keeley
Alma
Ceara
Deirdre
Derval
Niamh
Sheena
Tara
This message was edited 11/5/2005, 12:54 PM
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I was told that names like Kerry, Shannon and Colleen, which were at one time popular girls names here, were not girls names in Ireland because they are place names (Kerry, Shannon) or the Irish word for girl (Colleen). Even Tara, which is popular in Ireland now, became a girls name in the US first.
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