CountyCork-L Archives

Archiver > CountyCork > 2000-05 > 0957993353


From: "Shaun M Bresnahan" <>
Subject: RE: [Cork] regarding naming pattern
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 17:15:53 -0400
In-Reply-To: <004f01bfb6fe$6d6d6ee0$7c9f8018@ne.mediaone.net>


Jan;
It is not an aberration. The naming convention was;
First Son after paternal Grandfather
2nd Son after maternal Grandfather
3rd Son after Father
4th and subsequent Son's after next eldest Uncle
The exact same convention was used for girls, with Grandmothers and Aunts
used.
This convention was modified when the resulting name would mean that 3
people in one family had the same name. The superstition was that in the
case of 3 having the same name, one would die. When one of the people having
the name died, the name was reused on the next born child.
Regards, Shaun

This thread: