Given name
Lughaidh
“one who serves the god Lugus”
Lughaidh is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lughaidh goes back to Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks, meaning “one who serves the god Lugus.”
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Where it comes from
Lughaidh comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Old Irish Lugaid, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ, from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (“one who serves the god Lugus”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), built from Proto-Celtic *Lugus + *dekos (“honor”).
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Lughaidh’s family of names
Lughaidh has an English adaptation in Louis. Lughaidh has an English adaptation in Lewis. Lughaidh has an English adaptation in Lewie.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Lughaidh has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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