Those searching RC registers may find this useful. They can be difficult to di-cypher
Irish Catholic Parish records were either written in English or Latin never in Gaelic Irish. The surname retains the English spelling or a phonetic variation – the same surname can be spelled differently in various set of records. It was written down as it sounded. Some Priests were also not fully conversant in Latin. Here are examples of spellings of the more regularly found first names in Irish Catholic Registers Adalbertus = Albert or George Adam (Ade) = Adam Aedus = Hugh Aemilia = Emily Agna = Agnes, Nancy Agneta = Agnes Alanus = Alan Albertus = Albert Alesia, Alicia = Alice Alfredus, Aluredus = Alfred Alicia = Alice, Elsie, Alyssa Alienora, Eleanora, Elianora = Eleanor Aloisius = Aloysius, Louis, Luis Aloysius = Aloysius or Lewis Alvredus = Alfred Amica, Amata, Amia = Amy Anastasia = Anastasia or Nancy Andreas = Andrew Anna = Ann, Anne Antonius = Anthony Arcturus, Artorius, Arturus = Arthur Audoenus, Audoinus, Oeneus, Oenus = Owen Augustinus = Austin Avelina = Evelyn Bartholomeus = Bartholomew Beatrix = Betteris, Beatrice Benedicta (f.)= Benedict, Benet Benedictus (m.) = Benedict, Benet Bertrandus = Bertram Brigida, Brigitta = Bridget, Brigid Carolum, Carolus = Charles, Carl Caterina, Katerina, Katharina = Catherine Catharina = Catherine, Kathryn, Kathleen Cecilia = Cisley, Cecily Cecilius = Cecil Christiana, Christina = Christine Christophorus = Christopher Constantia, Custancia = Constance Daniele = Daniel Denisia, Dionisia = Denise Dionisius, Dionisius, Dionysius = Denis Donatus = Duncan Dorothea = Dorothy Eadmundus, Edmundus = Edmund, Edmond Eadwardus, Eduardus, Edwardus = Edward Lena = Helen, Ellen Elias = Ellis Elisabetha, Elizabetha = Elizabeth, Beth, Betty, Erchenbaldus = Archibald Eustachius = Eustace Eva = Eve Felicia = Felice Francisca (sometimes double f.) = Frances Franciscus (m.) = Francis as in Frank Fridericus = Frederick Georgius = George Gerardus = Gerard Gilebertus, Gislebertus = Gilbert Giraldus, Geroldus = Gerald Godefridus, Godefredus = Godfrey Goisfridus, Gosfridus = Geoffrey Gratia = Grace Gualterus = Walter Guglielmus, Gulielmus, Guilhelmus, Gulielmo, Gulielmum = William Haraldus = Harold Helena = Helen, Ellen, Nell, Aileen, Eileen Henricum, Henricus = Henry Henrietta = Henrietta or Harriet Hereweccus, Herveius = Henry Hieremias = Jeremiah Honorah = Nora, Norah, (Jane, Jean, Joan!) Honoria = Honour, Honor Hugo = Hugh Isabella = Isabel Ioannes, Joannes, Joannis, Johannes, Johannis = John Jacobus = James or Jacob or Seamus Joanna, Johanna = Joan, Jane, Jeanne, Jeanette, Joanne, Sinead, Siobhan Johanna = Jane, Joan, Jean and Honora Josephum = Joseph Josias = Josiah Laurencia, Laurencius, Laurentium = Laurence, Lawrence Lucas = Luke Ludovicus, Lodovicus = Lewis, or the French spelling Louis Malachias = Malachy Marcus = Mark, Marcus Margareta, Margreta = Margaret Margeria = Margery Maria = Mary, Maureen, Molly, Marie Maria Anna = Mary Ann, Marian, Marianne Mariana = Marion Martinus = Martin Mathaeus, Mattheus, Mathias, Matthias = Matthew Matilda, Matildis, Matillis = Matilda, Maud Mauricius, Meuricius = Maurice Michaelem = Michael Milo = Miles Moyses = Moses Muriella, Miriela, Mirielda = Muriel Oliva = Olive Patricius, Patritius = Patrick Petrus = Peter Philippa, Philippe = Philip Radulfus, Radulphus = Ralph Randolphus = Randal, Randolph Reginaldus = Reynold Reimundus = Raymond Ricardus = Richard, Dick Rugerius = Roger, Rory Samuelem = Samuel Stephanus = Stephen Theodoricus = Theodore, Derek Thomasum = Thomas Timotheus = Timothy Tobias = Toby Vincencius = Vincent Willelmus, Guillelmus= William best wishes Robert _______________________________________________ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
