Monday, July 19, 2010

What was the most popular baby names in the 1700's in Ireland?

I think this is exactly what you're looking for (or I hope so)!


Congratulations to whomever is having the baby - I'm from an Irish family and I love the old names, too.





First names:


http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names...


(this article is a little difficult if you're not a historian, but it's informative...)





http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/irish.sht...


This website has lots of links - as soon as I started researching this I realized there are lots of options...basically, how Gaelic do you want to get?





surnames:


http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/...


...last names only.





good luck!

What was the most popular baby names in the 1700's in Ireland?
Umm, " Bloke and Lassie ? :)) "
Reply:Catherine, Bridget, Mary, Maria, Ann, Louisa, John, Patrick, Edward, Charles, Francis, Michael.


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