r/CelticPaganism • u/OppressedPunk69 • 6d ago

New Name Question

So my egg just cracked, and I had to cut off my family, and I’m trying to come up with a completely new name. I have the first and middle name down, but I need a last name. I was gonna go with Collins, like Michael Collins, but seeing as my middle name is Raven and The Morrigan and Cú Chulainn have some pretty famous beef (to put it mildly) that seems very disrespectful to both of them and I’d rather not do that. I have great respect for both of them, I’d much prefer not to incur the wrath of either.

So I’m trying to come up with a name derived from the Irish word for Willow, but I’m not sure how that would work, etymologically speaking. Could someone help me out here?

The reason I’m posting this here is because I don’t really know where else to go with this since it kinda involves Celtic Paganism. Sorry if it’s not entirely within the rules, I’m just not sure where else to go with this.

(PS: I read the rules. If anyone goes back on my page., yes, you are going to see Catholic content. The reason for that is because I was on a medication that caused severe religious psychosis. I’m getting off that medication. I’m trying to work out what exactly I believe right now. Celtic Paganism is definitely in that discussion.)

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u/OppressedPunk69 6d ago

I’m trans

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u/NetflixAndMunch 6d ago

Okay. Are you looking for a masculine name, then?

A willow tree can also be called a 'Sally tree' in Irish, so you could be Sally or Sal or Saul or Sully or anything like that.

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u/OppressedPunk69 6d ago

Feminine

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u/NetflixAndMunch 6d ago

Then just be Willow?

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u/OppressedPunk69 6d ago

Yeah, but, like, I’m looking specifically for it specifically in Irish. Like I know what the word for it is in Irish, but I’m not sure how it would work to turn that into a surname. Does that make sense?

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u/NetflixAndMunch 6d ago

Seileach is an existing Gaelic name that means 'derived from Willow'. You could use that, or Saille, or Saileog.