Irish American names of a certain era

[Anonymous]

Brian
Patrick
Michael
Shaun

Peggy
Colleen
Margaret
Maggie
Molly
Kathleen
Maureen

[Anonymous]

Maura
Sheila
Peggy/Margaret/Maggie
Nora
Mae
Mary
Kathleen/Katie

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne

I never met an Irish-American Deborah or Suzanne or Sharon. Theresa yes, but add the h.

Not PP, but funny because my Irish-American Aunts are Deborah and Suzanne.

[Anonymous]

My husband’s northern Illinois Irish Catholic family had these names in that generation:

Robert
Michael
Sean
Patricia (Patty)
Rose

[Anonymous]

Girl:
Siobhan
Brigid
Nuala
Sheila

Boy:
Aemon
Declan
John
Patrick
Tommy

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Anonymous wrote:I need help coming up with names that evoke names like Kathleen, Eileen, Bridget. Think like the names of the eight children in a mid-century Irish Catholic family in Indiana. I know that sounds so niche but it’s a whole genre of name and I’m trying to compile a collection because I’m really into them. I feel like all the double barrel Mary names (Mary Ellen, Mary Kate, Mary Beth) fall into this bucket as do some more classic/mainstream Irish names like Deirdre but not more current ones like Saoirse. Let me know if you have any to add! Boys or girls but girls tend to be more distinctive. I know there are a bunch but I’m struggling here to come up with them so any help is appreciated

Haha my mom was born to Irish parents in Cleveland in 1932, second of 8 kids. Their names are Johnny, Kathleen, Maureen, Eileen, Edward, Rosaleen, Joan and Patrick. My poor Aunt Joan always wanted an "een" name so I'd also add Colleen to the list.

[Anonymous]

From my family:

Gerald
Jerimiah
Patrick
Michael

Mary
Marie
Catherine
Moira
Patricia
Patrice
Marian
Marion

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The 10 child Irish family in my ancestry living in the midwest at the turn of the Century:

Peter
Ellen
Mary
Patrick
Margaret
Bridget
Owen
Thomas
James
Michael
Anthony
Helen

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne

I never met an Irish-American Deborah or Suzanne or Sharon. Theresa yes, but add the h.

No “h” for my Irish-born mother named Teresa. I would strike that requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I need help coming up with names that evoke names like Kathleen, Eileen, Bridget. Think like the names of the eight children in a mid-century Irish Catholic family in Indiana. I know that sounds so niche but it’s a whole genre of name and I’m trying to compile a collection because I’m really into them. I feel like all the double barrel Mary names (Mary Ellen, Mary Kate, Mary Beth) fall into this bucket as do some more classic/mainstream Irish names like Deirdre but not more current ones like Saoirse. Let me know if you have any to add! Boys or girls but girls tend to be more distinctive. I know there are a bunch but I’m struggling here to come up with them so any help is appreciated

How about from a nine children, mid-century, Irish, Catholic family from Illinois?

Most of the nine are already stated; I would add Eileen, Kevin, and Timothy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne

I never met an Irish-American Deborah or Suzanne or Sharon. Theresa yes, but add the h.

No “h” for my Irish-born mother named Teresa. I would strike that requirement.

I don't have a dog in this T(h)eresa fight but Irish-born names and Irish-American names are not the same. OP is looking for Irish American naming conventions specifically.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone said “Colm” for a boy yet?

In my family, the boys:

Colm
Jack (nn for John)
Nicholas
Michael
Patrick (more especially, Patrick Joseph. I have two of those)
James

The girls:
Catherine
Elizabeth
Ellen
Teresa
Kathleen
Nora
Noreen
Eileen
Margaret (nn Peg)
Mary

[Anonymous]

Walter
Emmett
Claude
Russell

Hattie
Nellie
Sarah
Louise
Jane
Cassie

[Anonymous]

Worth noting that it is traditional in the Catholic faith to name children after saints. The website https://sanctanomina.net/ is fun to peruse for those interested in baby naming of the Catholic variety!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Worth noting that it is traditional in the Catholic faith to name children after saints. The website https://sanctanomina.net/ is fun to peruse for those interested in baby naming of the Catholic variety!

My Irish SIL's priest initially told her he would not baptise her fourth child, because she wasn't given a saint's name.

Seriously.