Hi There, are there any useful resources out there for doing this? Many thanks...

Well there's no such thing as translating names into different languages. Names are names, plain and simple. There are, however, accepted analogues of names in different languages, such as Thomas / Tomás. There's a couple of directories on the internet of accepted name analogues between Irish and English, I'm sure someone could point you in the right direction.

Many thanks for the response... yes, I probably didn't need to use the word translating as what I'm after is a way of finding out what the Gaelicised version of my name is. I'll see if this forum throws up any interesting links... ;-)

Críostóir

I've found http://www.namenerds.com/irish to do a good job of explaining things - it even explains why certain names don't have real Irish "equivalents" but can be faked if need be.

Many thanks! Criostoir

I always thought it was Criostóir, without a fada over the first i, so that it wouldn't rhyme with "críost".

considering the meaning of the name, it makes more sense to have the direct correlation

Fear na mBróg, you have a point. I always thought it was Criostóir too... But as to rhyming with Críost, the name is really a version of Latin (perhaps some Greek?) which means Christ-bearer, is it not? So perhaps the síneadh fada over the initial 'i' may be permissible after all. Antaine makes this point more succunctly.

And in case this may seem a little 'unholy'or irreverent, Spaniards have no problems with calling their male children Jesús with no suggestion of irreverence. I suppose it could be argued that calling one's child after someone is a form of reverence anyway.

Is this just a cultural thing?

"Críostóir" an leagan "oifigiúil" in An Sloinnteoir Gaeilge agus an tAinmneoir. Ach tugaigí faoi deara go bhfuil "Micheál" ann chomh maith le "Mícheál", i gConamara ach go háirithe.

Maidir le "Jesús", tá giota faoi lánúin i gConamara a bhaist "Íosa" mar ainm ar a bpáiste san úrscéal Sobalsaol. Bhí an sagart go láidir ina choinne seo, ní nach ionadh, ach dúirt siad go nglactar le "Jesús" sa Spáinn gan dua dá laghad. Ba shuimiúil ar fad an rud a tharla díreach ina dhiaidh sin! ;-)

Ach, Dennis, nach n-inseoidh tú dúinn céard ab é?

Theip mo chuimhne orm. Ní Íosa a baisteadh air ach Jesus. Ach is cuma. Tá fear scothaosta a bhí "in ainm a bheith" i láthair ar an ócáid ag ríomh an scéil sa teach tábhairne:

"Chuaigh gach rud ar aghaidh go maith go dtí go raibh an sagart ag doirteadh an uisce ar chloigeann an pháiste." Dhoirt Patrick braon as a phionta isteach i ngloine Larry ar mhaithe le drámatacht.

"Coinnigh ort," arsa Larry. "Maith an fear."

Labhair Patrick go han-mhall, "'Jesus, baistím thú...' Ní raibh deis ag an sagart ainmneacha na Tríonóide a lua, mar gur tháinig dath dearg ar an uisce agus é ag titim síos sa mbáisín tar éis don sagart Jesus a thabhairt mar ainm ar an bpáiste."

"B'fhéidir gur salachar a bhí sa gcrúiscín," a smaoinigh Larry os ard, "nó meirg?"

[...]

D'ísligh sé a ghuth sular lean sé ar aghaidh. "Chuir ar tharla an oiread iontais ar an sagart, de réir cosúlachta, is a chuir sé ar chuile dhuine eile. Thum sé barr a mhéire sa mbáisín agus theagmhaigh lena theanga é. 'Fíon,' a dúirt sé, 'togha an fhíona. Tá Jesus beag tar éis fíon a dhéanamh den uisce.'"

Tá an scéilín seo bainteach leis an gcuid eile den scéal, ar ndóigh, agus ní déarfaidh mé níos mó ná sin. :-)