Given name
Mairsile
“the little warrior”
In Irish Gaelic use, Mairsile is a feminine form of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish Gaelic use, Mairsile is a feminine form of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
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Where it comes from
In Irish Gaelic use, Mairsile is a feminine form of Marcel. An origin associated with Marcel is Latin.
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The story
In Irish Gaelic use, Mairsile is a feminine form of Marcel. The history of Marcel gives this family its wider story. Marcel’s historical associations include a 3rd-century missionary to Gaul, martyred at Bourges with his companion Anastasius.
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Mairsile’s family of names
Mairsile is a feminine form of Marcel. In Irish usage, Mairsile has a conventional equivalent in the English form Marcella.
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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