Latin names in parish records

pinkypinky

Most of these are very obvious, but it’s worthwhile writing them out for sure.

Petrus = Peter
Patricius = Patrick
Maria = Mary
Margarita = Margaret
Richardus/Riccardus = Richard
Edvardus = Edward
Gulielmus = William
Raymundus = Raymond
Georgius = George
Robertus = Robert
Joannes = John
Henricus = Henry
Brigida = Bridget
Geraldus = Gerald
Laurentius = Laurence
Stephanus = Stephen

From Irishgenealogy.ie

* Carolus - Charles
* Demetrius - Jeremiah, Diarmuid, Darby
* Gulielmus - William
* Honoria - Nora
* Jacobus - James
* Joannes or Ioannes - John
* Petrus - Peter
* Thaddeus - Timothy

pinkypinky

Francisca = probably Frances (feminine form)
Franciscus = Francis

Would people agree?

hblock21

What about the latin name for Johanna or Joanna?

pinkypinky

I've seen Joanna a lot, often spelt with one n though.

pedroeibar1

pinkypinky wrote: »

Francisca = probably Frances (feminine form)
Franciscus = Francis

Would people agree?

Yes.
I think the problem arises mainly with recording Irish names - e.g. Grainne would be Grace = Gratia. But how could you translate Cliona ('specially if it was spelled Cliodhna) or Aisling?
P.

P. Breathnach

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Yes.
I think the problem arises mainly with recording Irish names - e.g. Grainne would be Grace = Gratia. But how could you translate Cliona ('specially if it was spelled Cliodhna) or Aisling?
P.

It doesn't seem to have been much of a problem. Those names were not widely used in the nineteenth century. One of the reasons is that many of the old Gaelic names were not saints' names, and it was traditional (maybe mandatory) to use saints' names in baptism.

pinkypinky

Yes, mandatory. My grandmother was to be baptised Evelyn Veronica but the priest insisted on the other way around because Evelyn was not a saints name. She had different sets of people who called Evelyn and Vera for her whole life.

My own mother had to take either Mary or Bernadette for her confirmation because it was the centenary of Lourdes and the RC church in Ireland had mandated that they were the only 2 names every girl could take that year! And Mary was already her middle name!!

hblock21

A

Adalbertus - Albert or George
Adam (Ade) - Adam
Aedus - Hugh
Aemila - Emily
Agna - Agnes or Nancy
Agneta - Alan
Albertus - Albert
Alesia, Alicia - Alice
Alfredus, Aluredus - Alfred
Alicia - Alice or Elise or Alyssa
Alienora, Eleanora, Elianora - Eleanor
Aloisius - Aloysius or Louis or Luis
Aloysius - Aloysius or Lewis
Alvredus - Alfred
Amica, Amata, Amia - Amy
Anastasia - Anastasia or Nancy
Andreas - Andrew
Anna - Ann or Anne
Antonius - Anthony
Arcturus, Artorius, Arturus - Arthur
Audoenus, Andoinus, Oeneus, Oenus - Owen
Augustinus - Austin
Avelina - Evelyn


B

Bartholomeus - Bartholomew
Beatrix - Betteris or Beatrice
Benedicta (female) - Benedict or Benet
Benedictus (male) - Benedict or Benet
Bertrandus - Bertram
Brigida, Brigitta - Bridget or Brigid


C

Carolum, Carolus - Charles or Carl
Catherina, Katerina, Katharina - Catherine
Catharina - Catherine or Kathryn or Kathleen
Cecilia - Cisley or Cecily
Cecilius - Cecil
Christiana, Christina - Christine
Christopherus - Christopher
Constantia, Custancia - Constance


D

Daniele - Daniel
Denisia, Dionisia - Denise
Dionisius, Dionisus, Dionysius - Denis
Donatus - Duncan
Dorothea - Dorothy


E

Eadmundus, Edmundus - Edmund or Edmond
Eadwardus, Eduardus, Edwardus - Edward



more to follow.........

hblock21

E Continued

Elias - Ellis
Elisabetha, Elizabetha - Elizabeth or Beth or Betty
Erchenbaldus - Archibald
Eustachius - Eustace
Eva - Eve

F

Felicia - Felice
Francisa (f) - Frances
Franciscus (m) - Francis or Frank
Fridericus - Frederick

G

Georgius - George
Gerardus - Gerard
Gilebertus, Gislebertus - Gilbert
Giraldus, Geroldus - Gerald
Godefridus, Godefredus - Godfrey
Gratia - Grace
Gualterus - Walter
Guglielmus, Gulielmus, Guilhelmus, Guillelmus, Gulielmo, Gulielmum - William

H

Haraldus - Harold
Helena - Helen or Ellen or Nell or Aileen or Eileen
Henricum, Henricus - Henry
Henrietta - Henrietta or Harriet
Hereweccus, Herveius - Henry
Hieremias - Jeremiah
Honorah - Nora or Norah or (Jane or Jean or Joan)
Honoria - Honour or Honor
Hugo - Hugh

I

Isabella - Isabel
Ioannes - John

J

Joannes, Joannis, Johannes, Johannis - John
Jacobus - James or Jacob
Joanna, Johanna - Joan or Jane or Jeanne or Jeanette or Joanne or Sinead or Siobhan
Johanna - Jane or Joan or Jean or Honora
Josephum - Joseph
Josias - Josiah

L

Laurencia, Laurencius, Laurentium - Laurence or Lawrence
Lena - Helen or Ellen
Lucas - Luke
Ludovicus, Lodovicus - Lewis or Louis

hblock21

M

Malachias - Malachy
Marcus - Mark or Marcus
Margarete, Margreta - Margaret
Margeria - Margery
Maria - MAry or Maureen or Molly or Marie
Maria Anna - Mary Ann or Marian or Marianne
Mariana - Marion
Martinus - Martin
Mathaeus, Mattheus, Mathias, Mattias - Matthew
Matilda, Matildis, Matillis - Matilda or Maud
Mauricius, Meuricius - Maurice
Michaelem -Michael
Milo - Miles
Moyses - Moses
Muriella, Miriela, Mirielda - Muriel

O

Oliva - Olive

P

Patricius, Patritius - Patrick
Petrus - Peter
Philippa, Philippe - Philip

R

Radulfus, Radulphus - Ralph
Randolphus - Randal or Randolph
Reginaldus - Reynold
Reimundus - Raymond
Ricardus - Richard or Dick
Rugerius - Roger or Rory

S

Samuelem - Samuel
Stephanus - Stephen

T

Theodoricus - Theodore or Derek
Thomasum - Thomas
Timotheus - Timothy
Tobias - Toby

V

Vincencius - Vincent

W

Willelmus - William


END


The above is by no means a complete list.......

pedroeibar1

Found a very good French site with Latin expressions & abbreviations - click on the Union Jack to get the English meanings.
Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur

magzer

Marriage Record of Paul Cox and Rachel Thompson0001.jpg

Trying to read the words after the signatures. Can anyone work it out?

P. Breathnach

magzer wrote: »

Marriage Record of Paul Cox and Rachel Thompson0001.jpg

Trying to read the words after the signatures. Can anyone work it out?

It's not in Latin!

Both the bride and the first witness seem to have been illiterate, and signed with a mark. The words after the "signatures" look to me like "Witness C.Gamble" (the Registrar).

pinkypinky

Anyone have thoughts on Donati and Dionysii being the same name?

Found a family born to Margaret Byrne and both above names Maguire in 1830/40s Sandyford on Irish genealogy. One child here as example.

Dionysus I translate as Dennis but have never seen Donati being used interchangeably.

Vetch

pinkypinky wrote: »

Anyone have thoughts on Donati and Dionysii being the same name?

Found a family born to Margaret Byrne and both above names Maguire in 1830/40s Sandyford on Irish genealogy. One child here as example.

Dionysus I translate as Dennis but have never seen Donati being used interchangeably.

If you can believe what you read on the internet, Donatus is Duncan but in turn the origin of Duncan is the Irish name Donnchadh, so Denis.

spurious

I had a Neale was put in as Nigellus.

srmf5

Vetch wrote: »

If you can believe what you read on the internet, Donatus is Duncan but in turn the origin of Duncan is the Irish name Donnchadh, so Denis.

Before looking it up, I had thought that Donati could be the Latin for Donncahdh. This website gives the Latin for Donnchadh as Donatus (as we know Latin names could be recorded quite a bit differently in spelling by priests) and as you say, Donnchadh has been Anglicised to Denis.

DamoRed

pinkypinky wrote: »

My own mother had to take either Mary or Bernadette for her confirmation because it was the centenary of Lourdes and the RC church in Ireland had mandated that they were the only 2 names every girl could take that year! And Mary was already her middle name!!

She could, just to be contrary, have taken Mary again.

Did she have green fingers?