Boy's name
Proinsias
“PRIN-shas”
the Irish form of Francis
The story behind the name
Adopted after the Franciscans became central to Irish religious life — it was Irish Franciscans in Louvain and Rome who preserved much of the manuscript record of Gaelic Ireland after the conquest.
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z