Can you pick the Irish form or cognate of the name given?

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Irish-English Name Dictionary Quiz

by nightfloat

Created Sep 16, 2012 in Language
Featured Nov 3, 2012
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	Colchester91:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 17:23 GMT		18 points
	Interesting quiz although I've never come across an 'Honora' nor a 'Columba' before. I felt they were both weird inclusions or perhaps I just don't get out enough.

	Gillmacs:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 17:26 GMT		28 points
	Weird that George becomes Seoirse. The only person I know called Seoirse is a girl...

	johnspartan4187:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 17:40 GMT		-2 points
	This quiz appears to be full of inaccuracies. A few spellings seem to be off and I'm not sure about a few of the answers. You should have included more obvious ones like Paul = Pól. Great idea nevertheless!

	Stran:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 17:44 GMT		8 points
	Even though I come from 'the oul country' I didn't recognize all of these. Still, you live and learn every day on Sporcle! :-)

	Meltha:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 17:55 GMT		3 points
	I had both an Honora and an Eamon in my family tree, so yes, the names definitely do exist. Actually, that's the first time I've ever run across another Eamon, though the spelling is different (my grandfather's kid brother).

	cavaliergirl18:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 18:42 GMT		6 points
	Fantastic quiz!

	Rob42:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 19:36 GMT		3 points
	Excellent and fun quiz, and generally easier than expected. However, there were a few banana skins, mainly names beginning with either f or g.

	shanekelly:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 20:16 GMT		2 points
	Got seoirse and séafra mixed up with Saoirse and Siofra (girls names. Few answers seemed a bit of though, Jonathan is usually translated as Sean and William generally becomes Liam. Great idea for a quiz though

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	FoolishCatalyst:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 21:17 GMT		7 points
	Some of these are very odd... However, as somebody who's middle name is legitimately Proinsias, I'm willing to believe that they might be right.

	kromclovinfasho:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 21:47 GMT		1 point
	Whoa, Irish is officially the weirdest language I've ever encountered. Also, Owen = Eógan.

	robthewookie:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 22:17 GMT		0 points
	Good quiz but I thought Eoin was the Irish for John though

	deugea:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 22:33 GMT		17 points
	Does anybody else have Adhamh, Eabha, Eamonn, and Iomhar at the end of the list and not in alphabetical order? It caused me to miss one at the beginning of the quiz because I assumed they were all alphabetical. Is it a glitch in mine alone, or are other seeing this as well?

	General:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 23:27 GMT		4 points
	As an Irish born Australian who's middle name is "Fergal" I loved this quiz. :)

	Equium:	Nov 3rd, 2012 at 23:51 GMT		17 points
	@Deugea: Ádhamh, Éabha, Éamonn and Íamhor all begin with letters with accents above their initial first letter. In some languages, these letters come at the end of the alphabet anyway (such as å, ä and ö in Swedish), but as Sporcle will use an English alphabet, letters such as é and í will automatically be moved to the end of a list in alphabetical order as they do not count as part of the alphabet.

	willwoodlen:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 00:10 GMT		5 points
	nightfloat: I'm with you on the Catherine/Caitlin/Kathleen topic. And I would never have gotten Seoirse/George if I didn't have an Irish cousin, born George, who goes by Seoirse.

	jago706:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 00:29 GMT		2 points
	Alexander/Alastar... Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Alastaire Cooke... hmmm, interesting.

	Glim:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 01:08 GMT		10 points
	Thanks for lots of time. This is definitely one of those quizzes you want to think about and not be rushed. I like to battle time on many quizzes but sometimes you just want to be able to get through all the options. Good job!

	tornadokelly:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 01:39 GMT		-3 points
	26/26 for this bare!!!! :D

	deugea:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 01:51 GMT		6 points
	@Equium: thank you! I didn't realize that the accent would redistribute the alphabetization of the names. I love learning new things every day on Sporcle!

	chikka2:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 06:44 GMT		7 points
	I wish there were a way to hear how these beautiful names are pronounced

	Xolotl123:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 10:29 GMT		1 point
	I would guess that Saoirse would mean Georgina, since Seoirse is George. @Robthewookie It is, from what the Internet says, including Google Translate and Wikipedia.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 12:14 GMT		9 points
	I like these cognate name quizzes, they are nice. Now we need someone to do a German version. Paul=Paul, Peter=Peter, Katharina=Katherine, Stefan=Steven. Oh, and Hans=Jack.

	ammunition:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 13:54 GMT		13 points
	Anyone else read out all the names in an Irish accent while doing this quiz?

	irishailish:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 14:16 GMT		2 points
	Nice quiz! Some of the names though are ones I've never even heard of like Columba and I don't know anyone called most of the others :s Fluent in Irish though so I worked them out :)

	gazg:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 19:09 GMT		1 point
	im from ireland and got 43. Don't know anything about gaelic language so not too bad i suppose

	Zossima:	Nov 4th, 2012 at 20:13 GMT		5 points
	@Xolotl123: I would have guessed that Saoirse, as a name, comes from the word for freedom in the Irish language, which is also "saoirse". A lot of people seem to confuse Seoirse and Saoirse though, even here in Ireland.

	samcash13593:	Dec 4th, 2012 at 00:00 GMT		2 points
	Columba is not a common name but there was a Saint Columba who I believe came from Ireland to Scotland, so in her homeland she would have been called Colm. Anyway I loved this I call for a Welsh one, our names are much easier although some are very similar to the Irish.

	14dedeol:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 14:27 GMT		3 points
	Love your quiz. It was a fantastic puzzle :)

	stormyclouds:	Mar 8th, 2013 at 16:17 GMT		1 point
	Bhí sé éasca, mar is féidir liom caint as Gaeilge. [use Google Translate]

	Sackgirl:	Mar 8th, 2013 at 17:32 GMT		2 points
	The 'P' names kinda sound like your saying them in English but with a cold: Pilib, Peadar, Pádraig. ;D

	EmeraldBoa:	May 19th, 2013 at 18:46 GMT		1 point
	58/58 with four minutes over. Do I rock or do I rock? It's lovely to see how the vowels come together. My dad occasionally goes through bouts of trying to learn Gaelic (Scottish) so I've picked up a little pronunciation by overflow.