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Question:Can anyone explain what the "oge" in this name means?

Donogh oge O'Dierma

The first time I saw "oge" I presumed it was what the O' stood for. I have had to rethink that supposition since this one also has the O' in the name.

I have been researching family history and found a list of pardons (circa 1609). I found this gentlemen and (several others) with this name variation and I would appreciate any information you can pass my way.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can anyone explain what the "oge" in this name means?

Donogh oge O'Dierma

The first time I saw "oge" I presumed it was what the O' stood for. I have had to rethink that supposition since this one also has the O' in the name.

I have been researching family history and found a list of pardons (circa 1609). I found this gentlemen and (several others) with this name variation and I would appreciate any information you can pass my way.

Oge is an Irish byname. It means, "the small." In some parts of Old Ireland it can be used to mean "Junior," but isn't always.

O' is a patronymic, as is Mc. O' means "grandson of" and Mc means "son of." Just for future reference.

Hope I helped.

My first thought was that it was an abbreviation for the name George, which is written "Geo", but the letters are in the wrong order. If I find the information for you I will edit my answer.
Is this the same list that you were looking through,
http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-St...

Og is the Irish for young. It is used in surnames like yours for eg the name Padraig Og O Sullaibhean would translate to young Padraig Sullivan
My guess is that the oge in your name is the old, bygone spelling for the og today.

www.behindthename.com says that names that sound similar to OGE include UGO, the Italian form of HUGH (Pronounced: HYOO ).
From Germanic "hug", meaning "heart, mind, or spirit". This name is also used as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic names AODH, ùISDEAN, and EOGHAN. Hugh Capet was a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty. Saint Hugh of Lincoln was a 12th-century bishop known for his charity. This was also the name of kings of Cyprus and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.

The closest to Donogh I could find here was DONAGH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Irish form of Donnchadh (see DUNCAN).
Duncan: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Donnchadh" which means "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic "donn" "brown" and "cath" "warrior". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'.

The prefixes of "O'", "Mc", and "Mac" are common in Irish surnames. These
are all references to ancestry.
Mac is the Gaelic word for "son". It is now often abbreviated to "Mc", but originally it was the longer word and normally followed by a space and then the surname. There is a tradition that Mac is Irish and Mc is Scottish, but this is false. Both variations are in wide use in both countries.
O is really a word all by itself, it means "grandson". Only in recent years has it been attached to the surname with an apostrophe.
In ancient Ireland, there were no fixed surnames. A man was known as the "son of" his father's first name. Occasionally a man would be known by his grandfather's name (by the word O) if his grandfather was especially noteworthy. Around the twelfth century, most all of Europe and England adopted standardized surnames. Irish families did the same.
The other distinctively Irish prefix is Fitz, as in Fitzgerald or
FitzAlan. This is a Norman French prefix, brought to Ireland by the Normans who previously had lived in England. It is derived from the French word "fils", meaning "son of". Therefore, Fitz and Mac mean about the same and were interchangeable at one time.