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From: SeanRuad~< >
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Christian Names in ireland 1
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:10:34 GMT


wrote:
: I work with a woman whose first name is SHALEEN. Her family is of Irish
: ancestry but she knows nothing about the origin of the name. Can anyone
: provide a clue. Is it a derivative of another name?
: TIA

looks like a diminutive of the Irish-Gaelic personal name Si'le
which was often pronounced "Sheela" -

regards, SeanRuad~ *{;-)

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