Given name
Rúadán
“red, reddish”
Rúadán is a masculine given name from Primitive Irish. It is used in Old Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rúadán goes back to a word meaning “red, reddish.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ, built from Old Irish rúad (“red, reddish”) + -án.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rúadán’s family of names
In Old Irish usage, Rúadán continues an earlier form in ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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