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[Opinions] Irish girls names suggestions
Can anyone suggest any Irish sounding girls names that would sound correct in the 1940's? Thank you.
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I don't have facts to back this up, but I'm guessing anglicizations of traditional Irish names were popular - Nora, Neve, etc."Les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur." -- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I love my Irish Naming Book!!! :)Okay, I checked my Irish Naming book which is full of history and it says it has a copyright! :(
Well, I'll just give you a general idea of what it says! :)From 1820-1920 is when the largest amount of Irish immigrants came to the United States, during which time they were still in the grip of Anti-Gaelic laws which prohibated the use of Gaelic including Gaelic names so most of the immigrant who came to America had standard names like Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth & Anne or anglicized versions of their favorite Irish names: Bridget instead of Brigid. And a lot of those new immagrants were anxious to trade their Irish sounding names in for names that sounded even less Irish like Bridget might have changed her name to Bertha or Beatrice to fit is with their new surroundings.Also Irish nicknames were often used as regular first names, peopel felt these names were closely related to the old sod in the 1920's
Annie -nn for Anne
Kitty, Kate or Katie - nns for Katherine or Kathleen
Maggie or Peggy - nns for Margaret
Molly - nn for Mary
Sally - nn for Sarah
Nelly, Nellie, Nora - nns for Eleanor
Patsy - nn for Patricia or Patience

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check on the search function for irish names and then look at the popularity of them
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i checked for you ...Here are the girls names that you would most likely see in the 1940s (in the United States)Deirdre
Doreen
Edna
Eileen
Noreen
Patsy
Sheila
Myrna
Nola
Nora
Mona
Kathleen
Maureen
MurielHowever these popular names you might be used to were not used widely until at least the 1950s.Erin
Kelly
Maura
Good Luck!
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