De-Anglicisation of Names

[TatterDel]

Unfortunately, my knowledge of Welsh is rather limited. I only studied it briefly at school. I studied Irish, Scottish Gaelic (briefly), and Welsh (briefly).
Sláinte!

WOW! Where did you study? What school? How amazing to have such an opportunity!
I know there is a Gaelic school in Nova Scotia, Canada. They also have a number of music classes there, i.e. pipping, harp...
I would love to send my husband there some day. Maybe when I become independently wealthy (hey, a girl can dream).

Thank you again for so much help. I was wondering which dictionary you used?
I had found the words on http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/search.html using MacBain's and Mac Farlane's dictionaries as I do not own a book.
MacFarlane's said:
"aidmheil
nf. pl.+ean, faith, religion, confession
leabhar aidmheil a' chreidimh
the book of the Confession of faith"
Not quite what I was looking for. I meant spiritual belief-faith/ trusting in God- faith.
"miadh
nm.ind. honour, esteem, respect, demand
mòralachd
nf.ind. greatness, majesty, honour"
I guess I should have used miadh according to this.

"meanmna
nm. g.v. +idh, spirit, mettle, magnanimity, bravery, courage
misneach
nm. g.v. -ich, courage, fortitude, spirit"
But here, I was referring to the courage and fortitude of the spirit.

I hope that clarifies things for others following this thread. I'm still not sure how I should correct my signature so it reads better.

[slohairt]

I took Celtic Studies at UCD, Dublin, Ireland many years ago. Also, my command of Irish is certainly not as great as it may appear. A hodge-podge of differing instructions in the three main dialects, parents who are reluctant to use the language, and a general lack of anyone to converse with has resulted in my Irish stagnating over the past decade. I still have a relatively good vocabulary, but my grammatical and conversational skills are very rusty.

The Scottish Gaelic dictionary I used was Edward Dwelly's. A bit antiquated, I suppose but it's the one I used in school. I believe they publish reprints of it every few years so it shouldn't be hard to find. If one wanted to learn to speak, read, and write modern Scottish Gaelic I wouldn't recommend it.