ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2105 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2105 ************************************ 2 Jul 2000 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked us to suggest a 15th or 16th century Irish Gaelic feminine given name similar to , and an appropriate form of the clan name . Here is what we have found. Unfortunately, we have found no late-period Irish woman's name that sounds anything like . If you'd like to look at some other possibilities, you can find some lists of names in these articles: Women's Names in the Annals of Connacht: 1224-1544 http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/mari/AnnalsConnacht/ Dated Names Found in O/ Corra/in & Maguire's Irish Names http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/mari/ocm/ Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century Irish Names and Naming Practices http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/tangwystyl/lateirish/ Some of these names, especially in the last article, were recorded in English or Latin forms. We can tell you the equivalent Gaelic forms. As we noted in our previous report [1], the modern Irish surname derives from the early medieval masculine given name . That name was later spelled , so a plausible late-period form of the clan name is [2, 3]. The corresponding feminine form is . That name would have been pronounced approximately \EEN-y@n ee OH-hai\ in your period, gradually shifting to \NEE OH-hee\ by the end of the 16th century. The symbol \@\ represents a schwa, the sound of the in . We hope this letter has been useful. Please write us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Effrick neyn Kenneoch and Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 3 July 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Academy of S. Gabriel report 2057 http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2057 [2] Woulfe, Patrick, _Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames_ (Kansas City: Irish Genealogical Foundation), s.n. O/ Fathaigh. [3] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. Fothud.