"Guide for Christian names approved by Holy Church for baptism."

You see these quite often in old parish records.

LATIN	ENGLISH	LATIN	ENGLISH
Adamus	Adam	Hierimias	Jeremiah
Adria	Adrian	Honoria	Honor
Alicia	Alice	Hugo	Hugh
Aloysius	Lewis	Iohannes	Johannes
Ambrosius	Ambrose	Ioannes	John
Andreas	Andrew	Jacobus	James
Anna	Ann	Jerominus	Jerome
Antonius	Anthony	Jno	John/Johannes
Barnabus	Barnaby	Joanna	Joan
Bartolomaeus	Bartholomew	Joannes	John
Beniaminus	Benjamin	Josephus	Joseph
Brigitta	Bridget/Bridie	Julianus	Julian
Caecilia	Cecily	Katalina	Catherine
Caelia	Celia/Sheila,	Laurentius	Lawrence
Catalina	Catherine	Lucas	Luke
Catherina	Caitlin	Marcus	Mark
Cecilia	Cecily	Maria	Mary
Christopherus	Christopher	Marianna	Mary Ann
Clemens	Clement	Martinus	Martin
Coelia	Celia	Matilda	Maud
Cornelius	Cornelius	Mattheus	Matthew
Danielis	Daniel	Matthia	Martha
Davidus	David	Mauritius	Maurice
Dionysius	Dennis	Micaelis	Michael
Edmondus	Edmund	Nicholas	Nicholas
Edwardus	Edward/Ned	Oliverus	Oliver
Elena	Ellen	Onoria	Honor
Eleanora	Eleanor/Ellen	Patricus	Patrick
Eliza	Lizzy	Petrus	Peter
Elizabeta	Elizabeth	Philipus	Philip
Eugenius	Eugene/Owen	Ricardus	Richard
Felicia	Phillis	Robertus	Robert
Franciscus	Francis	Rosa	Rose
Francisca	Frances	Stephanus	Stephen
Georgius	George	Terentius	Terrence
Gulielmus	William	Thoma	Thomas
Hannoria	Hannah	Timotheus	Timothy
Helena	Helen	Tobias	Tobias
Henricus	Henry	Xtopherus	Christopher

Agnus = The girl's name Agnus \ag-nus\ is a variant of Agnes pronounced AG-ness. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "pure, holy". Latinized form of the Greek name Hagnes, from the feminine form of "hagnos" Catterine = Catherine. Jas = an abbreviation of James. Iho.", the abbreviation for "Ihohannes" (latin for John) during the Middle Ages. Jno/Ino = John/Johannes Elinor = The girl's name Elinor \e-li-nor\ is a variant of Eleanor and Helen. Jeremiah = Dermot. Jeremiah = Jerimy. Nancy derives from the Hebrew name Ann, which means "grace." It was originally used as a nickname, but began to be used as a proper name from the 18th century onwards. Jacobus = Pronounced: yah-KO-bus. Latin form of Jacob, still used by the Dutch. Gretta = Greta, and Gretchen are all diminutives of Margaret / Margretta / Margarethe / Marguerite. The original (greek) means "pearl". Usually only the first name was in Latin, all other details were in English, except when the priest wanted to add a comment . The entries in Latin were only continued for a generation or two in the mid 19th century and then only in some parishes. Otherwise all entries were in English. The above list (Source: M. Purcell) is much like the directions issued to Roman Catholic priests to aid in recording baptisms and marriages, comments on status (illegitimate etc.) were also recorded in Latin they were not encouraged to record names or comments in the Irish language. Parents were encouraged to select Christian names from this approved list or they could select names from Saints recognised by the Roman Catholic church. Baptism could be refused if name was not approved by priest, this remained the case up to recent times . Source: M. Purcell, M. Brennan, Ron & Sue Clement etc. Please report any links or images which do not open to mjbrennan30@gmail.com The information contained in these pages is provided solely for the purpose of sharing with others researching their ancestors in Ireland. © 2001 Ireland Genealogy Projects, IGP TM TOP OF PAGE