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Re: Irish Names (rather quick)
by Chrisell
7/26/2006, 6:08 PM
in reply to a message by hawaiigirl500
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.
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- 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.
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- 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.

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- 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.
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- 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!
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