The Irish naming pattern I am familiar with is as follows: First son named after paternal grandfather Second son named after maternal grandfather Third son named after his own father First daughter named after maternal grandmother Second daughter named after paternal grandmother Third daughter named after her own mother If a child died in infancy, the next child born, of the same sex, was often given the name of the deceased child. Hope this helps. Rachael -----Original Message----- From: Jean L. Mattox <74743.114@compuserve.com> To: IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:28 PM Subject: [MONAGHAN] IRL-MONAGHAN-D Digest V00 #19 >What I've picked up about naming children: > First male is named after the child's paternal g.father > The first female is names after the child's maternal g.mother > I believe the next male child is named after his father. > Next female child gets her mother's name > >But I don't recall hearing about a male child getting his maternal >g.father's name >Or, the female child being named after her paternal g.mother. > >Anybody got anymore ideas about this? >jean > > >==== IRL-MONAGHAN Mailing List ==== >If you'd like to read all previous messages that have been sent to this >list, go to the archives of the list that are located at: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/IRL-MONAGHAN-L/ >and >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=irl-monaghan > >