What are possible nicknames for "Cian" in Gaelic? My guess would be "Cianán". How about the name "Barra"?

Putting a "y" sound at the end of a name is a common technique in English for generating a nickname for of a certain first name, for example: Peggy, Mickey, Johnny, Hughie, Jenny, Paddy. What are the practices in Gaelic and do they differ across dialects?

How about surnames? Does "Ó Gríofa" have nickname form for example?

Well, roughly, the Irish equivalent of the English diminutive "y" is "-ín" or "-án," depending on whether the name has a broad or slender ending. So "Cianán" would make sense. The diminutive of "Peig" is "Peigín." And so on.

I'm not sure with a name ending in a vowel. I think that "Barra" is itself a nickname for "Fionbharr."

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Redwolf

I have been called a few kincknames in my time, I doubt they'd be any use to you though!

Cian.

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Someone named Ó Gríofa can be called An Gríofach (The Gríofa/The Griffin). You can do this with most surnames. Coincidentally, our friend Cian on these forums goes by the username An Cionnfhaolach which comes from his surname Ó Cionnfhaolaidh.


Is that "nicknames" or "kinkynames". If it's the latter, we definitely want to hear them (purely for educational purposes of course)

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very good Mick!

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