"Guide for Christian names
approved by Holy Church for baptism."
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ENGLISH |
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Adamus |
Adam |
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Hierimias |
Jeremiah |
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Adria |
Adrian |
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Honoria |
Honor |
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Alicia |
Alice |
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Hugo |
Hugh |
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Aloysius |
Lewis |
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Iohannes |
Johannes |
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Ambrosius |
Ambrose |
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Ioannes |
John |
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Andreas |
Andrew |
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Jacobus |
James |
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Anna |
Ann |
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Jerominus |
Jerome |
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Antonius |
Anthony |
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Jno |
John/Johannes |
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Barnabus |
Barnaby |
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Joanna |
Joan |
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Bartolomaeus |
Bartholomew |
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Joannes |
John |
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Beniaminus |
Benjamin |
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Josephus |
Joseph |
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Brigitta |
Bridget/Bridie |
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Julianus |
Julian |
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Caecilia |
Cecily |
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Katalina |
Catherine |
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Caelia |
Celia/Sheila, |
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Laurentius |
Lawrence |
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Catalina |
Catherine |
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Lucas |
Luke |
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Catherina |
Caitlin |
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Marcus |
Mark |
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Cecilia |
Cecily |
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Maria |
Mary |
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Christopherus |
Christopher |
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Marianna |
Mary Ann |
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Clemens |
Clement |
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Martinus |
Martin |
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Coelia |
Celia |
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Matilda |
Maud |
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Cornelius |
Cornelius |
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Mattheus |
Matthew |
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Danielis |
Daniel |
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Matthia |
Martha |
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Davidus |
David |
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Mauritius |
Maurice |
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Dionysius |
Dennis |
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Micaelis |
Michael |
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Edmondus |
Edmund |
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Nicholas |
Nicholas |
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Edwardus |
Edward/Ned |
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Oliverus |
Oliver |
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Elena |
Ellen |
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Onoria |
Honor |
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Eleanora |
Eleanor/Ellen |
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Patricus |
Patrick |
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Eliza |
Lizzy |
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Petrus |
Peter |
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Elizabeta |
Elizabeth |
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Philipus |
Philip |
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Eugenius |
Eugene/Owen |
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Ricardus |
Richard |
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Felicia |
Phillis |
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Robertus |
Robert |
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Franciscus |
Francis |
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Rosa |
Rose |
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Francisca |
Frances |
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Stephanus |
Stephen |
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Georgius |
George |
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Terentius |
Terrence |
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Gulielmus |
William |
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Thoma |
Thomas |
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Hannoria |
Hannah |
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Timotheus |
Timothy |
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Helena |
Helen |
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Tobias |
Tobias |
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Henricus |
Henry |
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Xtopherus |
Christopher |
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- Agnus = The girl's name Agnus \ag-nus\ is a variant
of Agnes pronounced AG-ness. It is of Greek origin, and its
meaning is "pure, holy". Latinized form of the Greek name Hagnes,
from the feminine form of "hagnos"
- Catterine = Catherine.
- Jas = an abbreviation of James.
- Iho.", the abbreviation for "Ihohannes" (latin for
John) during the Middle Ages.
- Jno/Ino = John/Johannes
- Elinor = The girl's name Elinor \e-li-nor\ is a
variant of Eleanor and Helen.
- Jeremiah = Dermot.
- Jeremiah = Jerimy.
- Nancy derives from the Hebrew name
Ann, which means "grace." It was originally used
as a nickname, but began to be used as a proper
name from the 18th century onwards.
- Jacobus = Pronounced: yah-KO-bus.
Latin form of Jacob, still used by the
Dutch.
- Gretta = Greta, and Gretchen are all
diminutives of Margaret / Margretta / Margarethe
/ Marguerite. The original (greek) means
"pearl".
Usually only the first name was in Latin, all other
details were in English, except when the priest wanted to add a
comment . The entries in Latin were only continued for a generation
or two in the mid 19th century and then only in some parishes.
Otherwise all entries were in English.
The above list (Source: M. Purcell) is much like
the directions issued to Roman Catholic priests to aid in recording
baptisms and marriages, comments on status (illegitimate etc.) were
also recorded in Latin they were not encouraged to record names or
comments in the Irish language. Parents were encouraged to select
Christian names from this approved list or they could select names
from Saints recognised by the Roman Catholic church. Baptism could
be refused if name was not approved by priest, this remained the
case up to recent times .
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Source: M. Purcell, M. Brennan, Ron & Sue
Clement etc.
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