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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Gaelic Name

I just found my last name in Gaelic, in something I was reading: Suilleabhain. I knew Elizabeth was Eilis (AY-lish).

So my name in Gaelic would have been Eilis Suilleabhain.

My first name means "pledged to God" and Sullivan means "hawk-eyed one".

Perhaps my name means: promised to God, but seeing too clearly to stay promised.

This little site was helpful and fun: Name Nerds

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