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Jedswims
Member Username: Jedswims
Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 09:05 pm: |
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my daughter's name is spelled Meaghan what is the correct phonetic pronunciation |
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Lucy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 09:10 pm: |
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It's Meggin. How do you pronouce it? |
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BRNí (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 08:05 am: |
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Is it even an Irish name? |
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Jedswims
Member Username: Jedswims
Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 08:50 am: |
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we pulled it from a book of Irish girls names |
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BRN (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 02:12 pm: |
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I asked the question as it does not sound like an Irish name at all. Medial consonants tend to soften and drop out in Irish. A number of sites suggest it is Welsh, this one for example: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/megan.shtml Name books are often dodgy. Some time ago, someone told me with complete beleif that Cormac was the Irish form of Charles. |
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Llorcan
Member Username: Llorcan
Post Number: 23 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 03:04 pm: |
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Megan is a Welsh name. I think it was the name of the daughter of Prime Minister David Lloyd George. A lot of American name book authors have unilaterally decided that it is an Irish name based on the fact than it sounds like Regan and other Irish names ending in -gan. The -gh- is a further attempt to make it look more Irishy. It is a pet form of Margaret (Meg) similarly Bethan is a form of Elizabeth (Beth). It may not be cringeworthy but it certainly is an Americanism. The Irish form would probably be Peigín (Pegeen). (On the positive side it is still a name of Celtic origin.) |
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Dennis
Member Username: Dennis
Post Number: 1778 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 07:44 pm: |
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Nach aisteach an rud é go gcuireann daoine ainmneacha ar a gcuid clainne nach raibh in úsáid ag a muintir riamh, gan na hainmneacha sin a thuiscint a chor ar bith? Chuir mé stuaic ar fhear a bhí ag obair san oifig chéanna liomsa nuair a mhínigh mé ciall an ainm Cameron, a bhí seisean agus a bhean díreach tar éis baisteach ar a n-iníon nua. Cúig bliana déag ó shin a tharla sé seo. Is dócha go bfhuil an t-ainm sin as faisean faoin am seo. Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.
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Riona
Member Username: Riona
Post Number: 602 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 03:12 am: |
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It is a nice name and as said above it is Celtic even if not Irish. Beir bua agus beannacht |
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Pangur_dubh
Member Username: Pangur_dubh
Post Number: 138 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 06:47 am: |
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Cameron = Cam Shrón Agus cad faoi Campbell? Cam Béul? Fuaimníonn Megan díreach mar mheigealleach caoire nó ghabhair im thuairimse. Is fuaim ghránna í i mo chluasa. Ach de gustibus non est disputandum. |
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Aonghus
Member Username: Aonghus
Post Number: 3940 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 08:35 am: |
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