Aodh
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈiː, ˈeɪ/ EE, AY
Irish: [iː, eː]
Scottish Gaelic: [ɯː]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Origin
Meaning"fire"
Other names
Pet form(s)Ádhán, Aedán
Anglicisation(s)Aidan, Aiden, Aden, Hayes, Hugh
Derivative(s)Aodh (Ir, SG)

Aodh (/ˈiː, ˈeɪ/ EE, AY, Irish: [iː, eː], Scottish Gaelic: [ɯː]; Old Irish: Áed) is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic male given name, originally meaning "fire".[1] Feminine forms of the name include Aodhnait and Aodhamair. It appears in even more variants as a surname. As a surname, the root or a variant may be prefixed by O, Ó, or Ui (meaning "from" or "descendant of"), Mac or Mc (meaning "son of"), or Nic (meaning "daughter of").

The name, meaning "fire," was originally related to an Irish god of the underworld and the Celtic sun god.[2] The masculine given name Hugh is a common anglicization, although the names are not etymologically linked[3] (see Hughes (surname), Hughes (given name)).

Pet forms of the name formed with the diminutive -án include Aodhán and Ádhán (Old Irish Aedán), names which are sometimes anglicized as Aidan, Aiden, and Edan. A double diminutive is Aodhagán and its modern form Aogán.[3] Maodhóg (Old Irish Máedóc), anglicized Mogue, and the Welsh form Madog are formed from the affectionate prefix mo- and the separate diminutive -og.[4]

It was also used in Roman Britain as a native form of the Latin Dominus.[4]

People with the name

Áed

Aedh

Aodh

Aodhagan, Aodhagán, Aodhán, Aogán

All of these variants are /ˌeɪ.əˈɡɔːn/ AY-ə-GAWN or /eɪˈɡɔːn/ ay-GAWN. The spelling Aogán reflects the loss of the light dha syllable, pronounced [ə], but the o may be reinterpreted as [ə] even in that spellinɡ.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The modern word aodh meaning 'inflammation' or as a phrase with the Irish word for 'itch' (tochas), giving aodh thochais, 'burning itch' or 'urtication' - (Foclóir Gaeilg-Béarla, eds Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Niall Ó Dónaill, Dublin 1977), is clearly cognate with the original meaning.
  2. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1991). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  3. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006), Hardcastle, Kate (ed.), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 6, 126, 341, 399, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  4. 1 2 Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. I, pp. 122 ff. Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.
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