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GermanGlenfiddich
post Jul 26 2004, 05:51 AM
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from what i have read, every (english) name is translatable into gaelic, so can anoybody tell me what my name would be in gaelic?
we could make something big out of that, like "COME AND HAVE YOUR GAELIC NAME PUT ON A GOLDEN TAG - 20 BUCKS!" mine is

David Friemann (make it Freeman if its easier)

greetings

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Christophe
post Jul 30 2004, 10:06 AM
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I wonder what Christophe® would be? Hmm, nice idea...

Patrick isn't difficult for a start! ;) Padraig?
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post Jul 30 2004, 11:26 AM
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you've forgotten the fada, didn't ye? :P

Roidser, I know, bad luck over me for these words :rolleyes:

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post Jul 31 2004, 12:26 AM
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Dia dhaoibh,

David would be "Daibh�id"
and Freeman would be "Mac an tSaoir"

...so your name would be Daibh�id Mac an tSaoir.
"David, son of the Free".

Christophe / Christopher is "Cr�ost�ir" ;)
and Patrick is, as said before either P�draig or P�draic.

Here are some nice resources for names:
http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity/names.htm

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post Jul 31 2004, 09:03 AM
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sounds good, but how's it pronounced?
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post Jul 31 2004, 01:09 PM
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"Daibh�id Mac an tSaoir" [DAH ved mac anTIR]
(auch: Daibh�, Daibhead [DAH vee, DAH vid])

...it's always hard to render the sound of Irish in english phonetics...

Name translation:
"Freeman" can be rendered as Mac An tSaoir (Scots Gaelic: Mhic An t-Saoir).
It stems from irish: saoirse [SIR-sha] = freedom, with the "Mac" indicating "son of"
and the name getting a definite article, thus being "eclipsed" to "tSaoir" or "t-Saoir", which would be the Scots Gaelic spelling as well as the old Irish form.
(Celtic languages tend to change the beginning of the words to indicate gramatical constructions (lenition, eclipsis))

Other resources I've found:
http://www.namenerds.com/irish/
http://www.winshop.com.au/merv/mottos.htm
http://www.babynamesofireland.com/

Hope this helps... ;)


Sl�n...


...Oh, and this one of course:
http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/trans...opic8675-0.html
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post Jul 31 2004, 06:56 PM
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Alls I know is that mine is Seasaidh in Scots, but I don't know about Irish. It's Jesse/Jessie/Jessica, which is derived from Hebrew, 'God Exists', or 'God Sees', depending on whether you use Jessie or Jessica. I just took a whole week in West Virginia with Bridget Fitzgerald for Gaelic, but she didn't know what it would be in Irish.

My last name supposedly means, in Old English (yes, unfortunately MacFhuinnghuin is not my true last name... ancestral, though) 'They Who Live By The Hidden Well'... Where this hidden well was, I have no idea... Darnell. Fine Sassnach name >.< My Irish music compatriots seem to have gotten over it, though, lol. I read that the family is first recorded on the Scotland-England border, and quite very possibly Jacobite come the 1600's.

But if that even translates to Gaelic, the one who can come up with it will have my eternal grattitude and be acclaimed as a lingual genious o.o

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post Aug 1 2004, 01:17 AM
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Hm... as far as I know the Gaeilge version is similar...
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post Aug 1 2004, 01:41 AM
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"Siad a beith ina gc�nai (ag) / (ri thaobh) foinse fholaitheach."
literally:
"They being in their living (at) / (beside) the well hidden."

...just a "mental rambling" at a sunday morning while having my first cup of coffee. So I'll better cross-check my translation attempt... ;)
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post Aug 10 2004, 04:24 AM
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nice topic my sons name in gaelic is eoin aindr�as
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post Aug 13 2004, 11:48 AM
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It seems mine is"Cr�osto�r". How the bloody hell do you pronounce that?

Question for Roidsear perhaps?
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post Aug 13 2004, 02:33 PM
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I can't seem to find Jennifer anywhere. The closest I can find is Jenny which is Sinead.
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post Feb 5 2005, 07:37 PM
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[COLOR=red][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][B]hi, i was wondering if kayla gallaher in irish is o'calldiahan o'gallchobhair
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post Feb 9 2005, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE(Christophe @ Aug 13 2004, 07:48 PM)
It seems mine is"Cr�osto�r". How the bloody hell do you pronounce that?

Question for Roidsear perhaps?
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"Kree-stoor"

...difficult to resemble this in english phonetics...


"�o" is a diphtong that resembles "ee" like in "beer".
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post Feb 9 2005, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE(MacGowanRocks @ Aug 13 2004, 10:33 PM)
I can't seem to find Jennifer anywhere. The closest I can find is Jenny which is Sinead.
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The Name is of Cymric (Welsh) origin:

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Jennifer is a Cornish form of the Welsh names Gwynhwyfar or Gwynhwyfarra.
In English, we also know this name as Guenivere, King Arthur's queen.
It has never been translated into Irish. However, it it made up from
elements meaning "white; blessed; holy" and "smooth." Fionnait is an
Irish name meaning "white." This could be used as a semi-translation
of Jennifer. Jennifer is often (inaccurately) listed as meaning
"white wave" in many baby name books. I've gotten lots of e-mails
from irate Jennifers who like this meaning and want to stick with it.
If you like this meaning, then perhaps Muireann (MWIR in) would be a
good translation for Jennifer--it means "sea-white" in Irish.


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