DISCOVERY: 3 Brothers - Each named Bernard? - YES! : The Irish Naming Code

SOURCE : IRISH RESEARCHERS.COM

The Irish Naming Code: Hidden Patterns in Names 

Irish families have kept this strict pattern when naming their children for centuries

Irish families have maintained a distinct formula in their naming patterns   from as early as the 18th and 19th centuries. The formula helped them automatically determine what name was to be given to what number or  gender in their children lineup.                                                       

The pattern was as follows for SONS:

• First-born son: Named after the PATERNAL grandfather
• Second-born son: Named after the MATERNAL grandfather
• Third-born son: Named after the FATHER
• Fourth-born son: Named after the FATHER’S ELDEST BROTHER
• Fifth-born son: Named after the MOTHER’S ELDEST BROTHER

For DAUGHTERS, the pattern was similar:

• First-born daughter: Named after the MATERNAL grandmother
• Second-born daughter: Named after the PATERNAL grandmother
• Third-born daughter: Named after the MOTHER
• Fourth-born daughter: Named after the MOTHER’S ELDEST SISTER
• Fifth-born daughter: Named after the FATHER’S ELDEST SISTER

  Thus, it is TRUE that I can have three Bernard Lee's   

that are brothers! Fits the above formula PERFECTLY!

Great information as weaving ones way through the Irish Townland parish records with all the same names and born  .........three years apart - OH! Crazy sometimes!          This will assist greatly in combing through confusion!

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