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Re: Irish Names (rather quick)

by hawaiigirl500

7/26/2006, 4:11 PM

in reply to a message by Jacqueline

I like Colleen

It says on this website that colleen is english. last time i checked it ment little irish girl.

This message was edited 7/26/2006, 4:12 PM

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- Chrisell +4

7/26/2006, 6:08 PM

Yes, colleen is an Irish *word* meaning "little girl". Colleen is used as a name in English-speaking countries other than Ireland, but not *in* Ireland because it's a word there.

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- Aine (poetic_freedom) +3

7/26/2006, 10:51 PM

My best friend in Ireland, Maeve, has an older sister named Colleen and I also know of two other people who live there named Colleen. It is used, though not common.

- Chrisell +2

7/26/2006, 11:46 PM

Fair enough. I remember another poster a while back who named her daughter Colleen, and whose Irish grandparents kept asking her "when she was going to give the colleen a real name?"!

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- Lauren B (guest) +1

7/27/2006, 2:15 AM

I remember that post, and I think it may have been a bit of an exaggeration on the part of the poster- maybe they said it as a joke, or something? I also know more than one Irish person named Colleen. There's also the singer Colleen Nolan, from the Nolan Sisters, who is Irish.

- Lauren B (guest)

7/27/2006, 2:17 AM

Just to clarify...

I just re-read my post, and it sounds like I'm trying to be argumentative with you, Chrisell. I'm not, I'm just agreeing with what Aine said!

- Jacqueline (patchy) +1

7/26/2006, 4:14 PM

I like it too

WDYTO the name Eileen or Kathleen?

~Jacqueline~

- Bear (guest)

7/26/2006, 5:10 PM

I love both Eileen and Cathleen. I prefer Eileen because it is less common, but both are wonderful.

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