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Even though I have Irish heritage on both sides of my family, I really have no idea what this traditional Irish naming pattern is meant to be. Possibly because I'm something like a 12th generation Canadian with more English and at least as much Scottish as Irish in the mix.My mother's maiden name is Reid, which is a pretty common Scottish name - it's actually a sept of Clan Donnachaidh, one of the oldest of all Scottish clans. I think Reid (or Reed) would make a rather nice middle or even first name for a boy, but I'd probably only use it as a middle name (especially since my two sons have Biblical/Hebrew fist names, so Reid would kind of be the odd one out). And, as much as it takes away from the Scottish-ness and familial authenticity of the name, I actually prefer the Reed spelling.Edited to add:Assuming this (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cregan/patterns.htm) is the patterns you're talking about, my first son would have been Stanley and my second Kenneth. Honestly, that would be super confusing, imo, to have first names be those of such close relatives. Maybe if I could use the middle names, David and John, but those are just kinda boring, imo.

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