What is the Irish version of Joseph?

Irish: Seosamh, Iósaf.

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What is the most Irish name possible?

O'Sullivan (ó Súilleabháin)

O'Sullivan has to be the most Irish name ever. Also known as simply Sullivan, is an Irish Gaelic clan-based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry.

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What does Seosamh mean in Irish?

In Gaelic Baby Names the meaning of the name Seosamh is: He shall add.

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What is the Irish version of John?

Sean (shawn/shaan)

Sean is the Irish version of the name John, and means 'God is gracious'. It can also mean 'wise' or 'old'.

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What is the Irish word for James?

Seamus Seamus means “supplanter” and is the Irish version of the English name James. One of the most well-known people with this name is Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in literature.

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What is the Irish version of Michael?

Micheal is a masculine given name. It is sometimes an anglicized form of the Irish names Micheál, Mícheál and Michéal; or the Scottish Gaelic name Mìcheal. It is also a spelling variant of the common masculine given name Michael, and is sometimes considered erroneous.

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What is the Irish name for David?

Answer. David in Irish is Dáithí.

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What is the Irish version of Thomas?

Tomás is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Irish (also in the archaic forms Thomaz, Thomás and Tomaz) given name equivalent of Thomas.

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What is Sean in Irish?

Seán means 'gracious' or 'gift from God'.

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What is the Irish version of Toby?

Toby is also an alternate form of Tobias. It is also used as a contraction of Tobin, an Irish surname now also used as a forename.

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What is to Patrick in Irish?

Patrick in Irish is Padraig.

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What is the Irish word for Lennon?

Lennon, a surname found throughout all of Ireland, is the anglicized form of O Leannáin, or O Lionnáin, which has also been anglicized as Linnane and Leonard. The Irish surnames O Lonáin (Lenane) and O Luinín (Linneen) have sometimes also been translated as Lennon or Leonard.

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What is the Irish version of Billy?

Answer. Billy in Irish is Liam.

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What is Ireland oldest name?

Hibernia, in ancient geography, one of the names by which Ireland was known to Greek and Roman writers. Other names were Ierne, Iouernia and (H)iberio.

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What is the oldest Irish surnames?

The earliest known Irish surname is O'Clery (O Cleirigh); it's the earliest known because it was written that the lord of Aidhne, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, died in County Galway back in the year 916 A.D. In fact, that Irish name may actually be the earliest surname recorded in all of Europe.

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Is Eamon Irish for Edward?

Eamonn or Eamon, Irish spelling Éamonn, Éamon, or Eadhmonn (/ˈeɪmən/ AY-mən, Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ]), is a masculine Irish given name. It is an Irish form of the English Edmund, or Edward, which are derived from Old English names containing the elements ēad ("prosperity, riches"), mund ("protector") and ward (guard).

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What is the Irish word for Jack?

Answer. Jack in Irish is Seán.

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Is Sean Irish for James?

Séamus (Irish pronunciation: [ˈʃeːmˠəsˠ]) is an Irish and Scottish male given name, of Hebrew origin via Latin. It is the Irish equivalent of the name James.

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Is Tim an Irish name?

Answer. Tim in Irish is Tadhg. The meaning of Tadhg is Shortened form of Timothy, meaning 'honouring God'.

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Is Thomas an Australian name?

Thomas is a common surname of English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Dutch, and Danish origin. It derives from the medieval personal name, of Biblical origin, from Aramaic תאומא t'om'a, a byname meaning 'twin'.

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What is the Scottish Gaelic name for Thomas?

Due to similarity in sound, Tadhg is often listed as an Irish equivalent of the English-language names Thaddeus, Timothy (Tim) or sometimes Thomas, but these names are not actually related.

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How do you spell Maeve in Irish?

Maeve, Maev or Maiv is a female given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish name Méabh, which was spelt Meadhbh in early modern Irish (pronounced [mɛɣv]), Meḋḃ or Meaḋḃ in Middle Irish, and Medb in Old Irish (pronounced [mɛðv]).

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What does the name Maeve mean?

Meaning:intoxicating; she who rules. Maeve is a baby girl name of Irish origin. Meaning “intoxicating” or “she who rules”, this name is commonly associated with Mab, Meabh, and Mave. Fans of Irish mythology will recognize Maeve as the Queen of Connacht and the Goddess of Love and Desire.

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