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Posted: 10 Apr 2003 8:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Jun 2014 4:40PM GMT
Can anybody help solve a Christian name problem?
I have noticed that both Scots and Irish families c1750-1850 (in particular) have often children bearing the same Christian name? the only logical conclusion I can draw is that perhaps the original child died young and the Christian name was reused? can anybody throw any light on this? many thanks.

Scottish Naming Patterns

Posted: 26 May 2003 10:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Apr 2005 5:26PM GMT
I received this from the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list at Rootsweb.
Hope it helps.

SCOTTISH NAMING PATTERNS

Males:
First-born son = father's father
Second-born son = mother's father
Third-born son = father
Fourth-born son = father's eldest brother
Fifth-born son = father's 2nd eldest brother or mother's eldest brother

Females:
First-born daughter = mother's mother
Second-born daughter = father's mother
Third-born daughter = mother
Fourth-born daughter = mother's eldest sister
Fifth-born daughter = mother's 2nd eldest sister or father's eldest sister

In some cases you will find that the order is reversed with the first and second children, i.e., the first-born son being named after the mother's father, and the second-born son after the father's father. If this is the case then the daughters are also
reversed.

Barbara Brown Allen
researching Brown, Blacklock, Morgan, Hughs, Cock, Rome, Dennison, Ferguson, Smilski, Kulikowski
Posted: 9 Feb 2009 1:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi

I've been researching my tree and discovered that many of my predecessor families had more than one child with the same name. It happens that the first child had died in infancy and so they gave the name to a child born after the death. It was always a custom to use the same names over and over down through the generations, which is not helpful for those of us resarching or trees!

Cheers

Diana
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