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Aidan or Aiden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name Aodhán. [1] Phonetic variants such as Aiden have become more common. The Irish language female equivalent is Aodhnait .
His birth name was Áed, the name of the Irish god of the underworld, meaning "fire". The name Aidan is a diminutive form of Aed or Aodh, and was also a form of the Latin name Dominus. Máedóc and Mogue are other pet forms of Aed or Aodh, formed from the Irish affectionate prefix mo-and the diminutive suffix -óg, meaning "young", making for ...
The name Aidin (Adin) is a variation of Aidan, which is derived from the Irish male given name Aodhán, a pet form of Aodh. The personal name Aodh means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed). [2] Other Celtic variants include the Scottish Gaelic given name Aodhàn and the Welsh name Aeddan.
Étaín or Édaín (Modern Irish spelling: Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing Of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. She also figures in the Middle Irish Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel). T. F.
Aodh (/ iː, eɪ / ee, ay, Irish: [iː, eː], Scottish Gaelic:; Old Irish: Áed) is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. [1] The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology .
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era . In the early medieval era , myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent.
Aengus - god of passionate and romantic love, youth and poetic inspiration; Áine - goddess of parental and familial love, summer, wealth and sovereignty; Banba, Ériu and Fódla - patron goddesses of Ireland
Aidan is the Anglicised form of the original Old Irish Aedán, Modern Irish Aodhán (meaning 'little fiery one'). Possibly born in Connacht, Aidan was originally a monk at the monastery on the Island of Iona, founded by St Columba. [5]