Hi all, I want my son's name tattooed in the Ogham alphabet on my left wrist.

His name is Thomas, although I usually call him Tommy.
I'm unsure if I want the Thomas tattooed in Ogham or the Tommy (as there is no y in the ogham alphabet); or even Tomas (as that is the Gaelic).

I was hoping someone could provide some guidance
Maybe post both versions up for me to make sure that all my research has led to the right writing.

I understand that the Ogham alphabet is read from the bottom up

Thank you for any help!!

Cheers,

bbq

As Irish isn't usually written in Ogham, it's hard for most of us here to be of much help to you with this. There are a few here who have made some study of Ogham, and I hope they'll be along eventually, but in the meantime, the rest of us aren't ignoring you...we're just not able to offer much help!

Redwolf

Hi welcome to the forum!

Tomás is Irish for Thomas

Ogham (circa 4th-7th century AD); Tomás (there are no accents): http://nuacht1.com/ogham/?q=Tomas

Here's the original site: http://nuacht1.com/ogham

If you want to have the tattoo vertically as ogham is meant to be written; start from left to right as shown in the link.

Old Irish script/ font (circa 7th century- ); Tomás: Tomás

See which one you refer.

There is no "Y" in either font so Tommy wont really work, sorry!

If your going with the Old Irish script you will need the Irish version as writing English in this way is
seen as odd.

If you want to use Thomas instead of Tomás for the ogham: http://nuacht1.com/ogham/?q=Thomas

Cian

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