Given name
Aodh
“fire”
Aodh is used as a given name. One Celtic interpretation is “fire.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “fire.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
How it developed
From Old Irish Áed; its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Aodh is associated with the sun god.
Aodh’s family of names
Aodh has a diminutive in Iagan. In Irish usage, Aodh has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Hugo. Aodh has an English adaptation in Hugh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aodh has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aodh
- Aodh Mac CathmhaoilIrish Franciscan Archbishop of Armagh (1571–1626)
- Aodh MéithIrish king of Tír Eoghain1101–1230
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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