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Anglicisation of Irish Surnames. Rev Patrick Woulfe. Irish Names and Surnames. 1923. The various ways in which Irish surnames have been anglicised may be enumerated under the following heads: Phonetically. By translation. By attraction. By assimilation.
Irish boys names A–D, their meaning, history and usage; Male Irish names E–M, their origins and popularity; Irish baby boy names N–Z, common and rare. Irish girls names Irish girls names A–D, their meaning, history and usage; Irish baby girl names E–M include the names of some fiercely strong women of legend; Traditional Irish female ...
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This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
An anglicization is a name normally spelled in Irish Gaelic that has been re-spelled into English to make the pronunciation easier for English speakers. Some of them are more common than their Irish counterparts (like Finbar for Fionnbharr). Some have fallen into obscurity (like Derry for Daire).
Eoghan, an ancient and rather common Irish name, explained as meaning ‘well-born’; still in use [1920s], but generally anglicised Eugene. The Revival of Irish Names (1886) from the Irish Fireside suggests that the meaning of Eoghan is ‘youthful warrior’ whereas John O'Hart in Irish Pedigrees, differs again by giving the meaning of ...
1923. 1. SYSTEMATIC CHANGES. Irish pronunciation preserved .—In anglicising Irish names, the leading general rule is, that the present forms are derived from the ancient Irish, as they were spoken, not as they were written.
Nov 9, 2015 · These two examples illustrate the most common ways surnames were anglicised, phonetic transcription and translation, both almost always treating the O or Mc prefix as irrelevant.
