Irish Translation Forum

Lyse wrote:Is Noble the same in gaelic as it is in english??

thanks!

Er...no. Why would it be? They're completely different languages. English is Germanic. Irish is Celtic. They have very, very little in common, other than that they're both European.

Noble: Uasal

It would be useful to know how you want to use it, as Irish words can change significantly in spelling and pronunciation depending on how they're used in a sentence or phrase.

Redwolf

Lyse wrote:i thought they might have been the same cause all of the translators i used said they were, good thing i didnt listen!

my name means noble, and i was thinking maybe getting a tattoo of it but in gaelic. just brainstorming.

thanks much tho, you've helped lots!

There's only one automatic "translator' out there that does Irish...and it's shite. That would be Google, and it gives you the English because it doesn't KNOW the Irish. One of the many reasons it's a piece of crap.

What is your name? It may have an Irish form...and it also may NOT mean "noble." Name sites are often almost as bad as Google.

Redwolf

Lyse wrote:haha well im glad you stumbled on my post
my name is alyse
does it mean noble? or do i just like to get crappy info?
haha thanks for all your help!

Well, "Alyse" is just a "creative" form of "Alice," which is a German name. Name sites suggest that it may have "noble" as its root, but saying that it MEANS "noble" is a bit much. Ask a German speaker how to say "noble" in German, and I'm willing to bet it won't be "alice."

The Irish form of "Alice" is "Ailís." If you really want an Irish form of your name, that's the one to go with.

Redwolf

kevin45sf wrote:In modern German, "noble" is edel, but it has a related form, adel (still found in the German word for an eagle, Adler), and Alice may come from that form. I have seen a reference to it as coming from an old Germanic name, Adeliz, which apparently originated among the Germanic speaking Franks in France (who gave France its name).

Here's a funny for you:

My first name (Audrey) is an English name related to Alice.

My middle name (Ella) is related to Elizabeth.

So if I were to change my name to the closest related Irish forms, I'd be "Ailís Eilís."

Redwolf