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List Of Irish-language Given Names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna (name), Anna and Anne. During the "Celtic Revival, Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names "freedom" and "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen (given name), Kathleen from and Shaun from . Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish (anglicised ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous language, indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English (language), English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máire
() is a feminine given name. It is the Irish language form of Maria (given name), Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam), and Μαρια (Maria), found in the New Testament. Both New Testament names were forms of the Hebrew name (Miryam). Its meaning has been variously translated with around 70 possibilities, including "sea of ", "star of the sea", "drop of the sea", "rebelliousness", "exalted one", "beloved", and "wished for child". Patrick Woulfe (1923) thought that the meaning related to bitterness, related to grief, sorrow, affliction, possibly associated with childbirth, was most likely. Máire was and still is a popular name in Ireland, and is sometimes spelt in its anglicised forms Maire, (without diacritics) ''Maura (given name), Maura'' and ''Moira (given name), Moira''. The diminutive form Máirín has inspired the Anglicised Maureen. Completely unrelated to this, Maire (pron. MIE-reh) is a feminine given name in Finland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrdhubh
Barrdhubh is an Irish language feminine given name, meaning dark headed or dark haired. Notable people * Barrdhubh Ní Ruairc, died 1373. * Barrdhubh Ní Findbairr, died 1418. * Barrdhubh Ní Ruairc, died 1431. * Barrdhubh Ní Fhialain, died 1478. * Barrdhubh Ó Dufaigh, born 1997. See also *List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an angl ... External links * http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Aibinn.shtml {{given name, Barrdhubh, nocat Irish-language feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva (name)
Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of English Eve (name), Eve, which is derived from the Hebrew language, Hebrew חַוָּה (Chava/Hava), meaning "life" or "living one", the name of the first woman according to the Hebrew Bible. It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Evita (other), Evita is a diminutive form, in Spanish. People A–F * Eva Aariak (born 1955), Canadian politician * Eva Adamová (born 1960), Czech volleyball player * Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic writer * Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer * Eva Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actress * Eva Alexander (born 1976), British actress and television presenter * Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938), American dramatics teacher * Eva Alordiah (born 1988), Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist, & fashion designer * Eva Amador Guillén (born 1957), Spanish politician * Eva Amaral (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoife
Aoife ( , ) is an Irish and Gaelic feminine given name. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic ''aoibh'', which means "beauty" or "radiance". It has been compared to the Gaulish name ''Esvios'' (Latinized ''Esuvius'', feminine '' Esuvia''), which may be related to the tribal name '' Esuvii'' and the theonym ''Esus''. Irish mythology In Irish mythology, Aífe the daughter of Airdgeimm, sister of Scathach, is a warrior woman beloved of Cuchullain in the Ulster Cycle. T. F. O'Rahilly supposed that the Irish heroine reflects an otherwise unknown goddess representing a feminine counterpart to Gaulish ''Esus''. Aífe or Aoife was also one of the wives of Lir in the '' Oidheadh chloinne Lir'' ("Fate of the Children of Lir"), who turned her stepchildren into swans. There is also Aoife (Áiffe ingen Dealbhaoíth), a woman transformed into a crane, whose skin after death became Manannán's "Crane-bag". Biblical rendering The name is unrelated to the Biblical name '' Eva'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoibheann
Aoibheann (; ), Aoibhinn (), or Aoibhín () are Irish language feminine given names. Notable people Aíbinn * Aíbinn ingen Donnchadha, died 950. * Aíbinn ingen Duinn Oilen, died 1014. * Aíbinn Ní Conchobhair, died 1066. Aoibheann * Aoibheann Clancy * Aoibheann Reilly * Aoibheann Sweeney Aoibhín * Aoibhín Garrihy Aoibhinn * Aoibhinn Grimes * Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin See also *List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an angl ... References External links Aibinn at medievalscotland.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Aibinn Irish-language feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aodh (given Name)
Aodh ( , , ; ) is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology.The modern word meaning 'inflammation' or as a phrase with the Irish word for 'itch' (), giving , 'burning itch' or 'urtication' - (Foclóir Gaeilg-Béarla, eds Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Niall Ó Dónaill, Dublin 1977), is clearly cognate with the original meaning. The name features in the Irish surnames (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized as McGee/ McHugh/ McKee) and (lit. "descendant of Aodh"; anglicized as Hayes/ Hughes/O'Hea), and the Scottish surname (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized McKay). The name has a number of derived forms, including: * The feminine forms and . * (), anglicized as Aidan, formed by the addition of the diminutive suffix . * (traditionally ), a double diminutive. This form features in the surname (lit. "son of Aodhagán"; anglicized as Egan and Keegan). * (), angliciz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AskOxford
''Lexico'' was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford. While the dictionary content on ''Lexico'' came from OUP, this website was operated by Dictionary.com, whose eponymous website hosts dictionaries by other publishers such as Random House. The website was closed and redirected to Dictionary.com on 26 August 2022. Before the Lexico site was launched, the ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' and ''New Oxford American Dictionary'' were hosted by OUP's own website ''Oxford Dictionaries Online'' (''ODO''), later known as ''Oxford Living Dictionaries''. The dictionaries' definitions have also appeared in Google definition search and the Dictionary application on macOS, among others, licensed through the Oxford Dictionaries API. History In the 2000s, OUP allowed access to content of the ''Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English'' on a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya
Anya, Ania or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries. Origins and variant forms * Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna. * Ania is the spelling in Polish, which is also a diminutive of Anna. * The spelling Anja is common in Croatian, Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Slovenian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian. * Anya is sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Áine * Anya is an old Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power". * Anya is a Hungarian word for "mother". * Anya is a Nigerian Igbo name, and also a word for "eye." * Anya is a variant of the Sanskrit name Aanya, meaning "inexhaustible" People with the given name Anya * Anya Ayoung-Chee (born 1981), former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of ''Project Runway'' * Anya Chalotra, British actress * Anya Corke (born 1990), grandmaster and the top fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe (name)
Ailbhe ( ) is a unisex Irish language given name. It was originally a masculine name, and was frequently anglicised as ''Albert'' (a name to which it is etymologically unrelated), but is now more commonly a feminine name. Notable bearers of the name include: * Ailbhe, another name for Saint Ailbe (died 528) * Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh (Albin O'Molloy, died 1223), bishop * Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara (died 814), cleric * Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde, Irish screenwriter and author * Ailbhe Darcy (born 1981), Irish poet * Ailbhe Garrihy, Irish social media influencer * Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984), poet * Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (1954–2011), historian and Celticist * Ailbhe McDonagh (born 1982), Irish concert cellist and composer * Ailbhe Smyth (born 1946), academic, feminist, and LGBTQ activist * Ailbe, the dog in '' The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig'' See also * List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aifric (name)
Aifric () is an Irish language feminine given name. Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries. Described as "now very rare" in 1923, it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names. Notable people ;Medieval: * Aifricci, abbess of Kildare, died 743. * Affraic, abbess of Kildare, died 833. * Affraic, daughter of Fergus of Galloway who married Óláfr Guðrøðarson in the 1130s * Affreca de Courcy, wife of John de Courcy and daughter of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, died in or after 1216. * Aufrica de Connoght, claimant to Mann and the Isles * Aiffric, daughter of Briain Ui Raighillaigh and wife of Briain Meg Tigernain, died 1365. * Aiffric, daughter of Aodh Uí Néill and wife of Henri Aimhreidh Uí Néill, died 1389. * Aiffric, daughter of Ua Banain and wife of Philip Mag Uidhir, died 1468. * Aiffric, daughter of Emaínn son of Tomas Mag Uidhir and wife of Cairpre, son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—once part of the Byzantine Empire� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
