Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 10:10     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 10:05     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:50     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Walter
Emmett
Claude
Russell

Hattie
Nellie
Sarah
Louise
Jane
Cassie
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 09:49     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:47     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:45     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:44     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:40     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 09:37     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
From my family:

Gerald
Jerimiah
Patrick
Michael

Mary
Marie
Catherine
Moira
Patricia
Patrice
Marian
Marion
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 09:36     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 09:36     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Girl:
Siobhan
Brigid
Nuala
Sheila

Boy:
Aemon
Declan
John
Patrick
Tommy
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 09:30     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
My husband’s northern Illinois Irish Catholic family had these names in that generation:

Robert
Michael
Sean
Patricia (Patty)
Rose

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 09:26     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
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
Post 10/07/2021 01:25     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Maura
Sheila
Peggy/Margaret/Maggie
Nora
Mae
Mary
Kathleen/Katie
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 01:17     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Brian
Patrick
Michael
Shaun

Peggy
Colleen
Margaret
Maggie
Molly
Kathleen
Maureen