 Colgan proposes that the name Baite must either refer to their (grand)father Cairbre son of Cormac or represent the Irish noun "baide" denoting divine affection or charity rather than any personal name or epithet.This designation he explains as referring to the miraculous act of piety for which they were chiefly remembered, namely their nurturing of the infant Christ.The commentary to the "Félire" states that they had a vision in which they "used to nurture Christ [...] and Christ used to come in the shape of a babe", so that he was lovingly cradled in their bosom and kissed ("in sinu earum et osculabantur eum, et ille babtizauit eas et si apostoli praedicauerint illis tamen plus ab ipso acceperunt fidem quam ab illis").