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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin (איתן Eytan ) that means "firm, enduring, strong and long-lived". The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 4:31, Ps. 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr. 6:42 and 6:44, and 1 Chr. 15:17 and 15:19).
Braden is a given name that is popular in the United States and Canada. Its origin is confined to the British Isles and has two ancient sources. The English meaning of Braden is "broad valley" [1] or "broad hillside". [2] The name has a strong Saxon origin and is most commonly found in the English county of Sussex.
Donnchadh (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈt̪ɔn̪ˠɔ.xəɣ]) [1] is a masculine given name common to the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and chadh, meaning "chief" or "noble".
From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US. [3] In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia. [4]In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales, [5] and in Canada. [6]
The name also has cognates in the Irish Ríona and Manx Reina, both also meaning "queen". Some forms of the name are short forms of the name Lorraine and its variants. Some English versions of the name such as Rainna and Reigna are influenced by its similarity in sound and spelling to the words “rain” and “reign” and “rein”. Rain ...