Moses vs Aidan

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Rmulvany

Is Moses an accepted nickname for Aidan?

According to Roots it is but I don't really see/hear the link,

http://www.rootsireland.ie/help/first-names/

I'm following a family line in Wexford and Moses McGuire's census records, death records, children's birth certs all have him Moses McGuire.

However I can only find a matching marriage cert for an Aidan McGuire. Bride's name (Margaret Curren), date, locations all point to this being him.

pinkypinky

Hmm, I've never heard that one myself.

Rmulvany

Census shows that Moses and Margaret have, among plenty of other children, a son called Aidan, born c. 1906. There is a 1905 birth cert for their son who is called Moses so I'm gaining confidence on this one

L1011

If its in Wexford, I wonder if its a corruption of Mogue, which is interchangeable with Aidan

Are you sure they were called Moses and its not bad transcripts of Mogue?

Rmulvany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117993944#Comment_117993944

It's definitely Moses, but I'll bear that in mid for any other Wexford names I come across.

I've followed this line back and have found that three generations of them are know as Aidan/Moses McGuire. Must be a family tradition.

Karede

Moses/Mogue/Aidan are all an interchangeable form of the same name and very common in Wexford in particular. Ive a number of them in my tree and a nightmare to trace with their ever changing names.