Name question

Sorry I'm piggybacking as I'm coming in late here
"Buzzy Bee" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:50:02 -0400, Bóliath
wrote:
but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual!
Sophie wrote:
"Bóliath" wrote

LOL Colleen is as American as they get, I've never heard of an Irish
girl
with the name, only Irish-Americans.

Well, Colleen is more so an Irish-American name but I have come across Irish
girls named Colleen. My scout teacher's dd was Colleen and a knew one in
college too. I happen to think it is a lovely name.

Isn't that how Patrick is now? Friends tell me the only Irish men with
that
name are old.

That's rubbish IMO, I know plenty of Patricks of all generations here in
Ireland. Granted it wouldn't be as popular as it was 30-50 years ago but
there are quite a few kid Patrick's about. It's kind of having a bit of a
popularity surge, a bit like Molly.

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Marie

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On Sun, 09 May 2004 09:32:39 -0400, Ericka Kammerer
wrote:

Iuil wrote:

shrug My surname isn't Irish (it's anglicised German) but I have no
problems with putting a "real" Irish name with it.

Me either. I don't have any heartburn over mixing
names from different backgrounds. I do have a thing about
the names sounding good together (whatever that means! ;-)
but they don't necessarily have to be ethnically consistent
to me.

They kind of better not have to be for me, we've got a very Dutch
surname but I can't see us using typically Dutch first names for our
kids. In fact we have a Scottish boy, an anglicised Welsh boy and an
anglicised Irish girl.

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Cheryl
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