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McMahon or MacMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN or / m ə k ˈ m ɑː n / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear") [1] is an Irish surname.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
McMahon, also spelt MacMahon (older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna), were different Middle Age era Irish clans. Their name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna meaning 'son of the bear '. [ 1 ]
McMahon system tournament, a tournament pairing system invented for Go competitions McMahon-Hussein Correspondence , an exchange of letters during World War I concerning the fate of the Middle East MacMahon's master theorem
Aoife (/ ˈ iː f ə / EE-fə, Irish:) is an Irish and Gaelic feminine given name. The name is probably derived from the Irish Gaelic aoibh, which means "beauty" or "radiance". [1] It has been compared to the Gaulish name Esvios (Latinized Esuvius, feminine Esuvia), which may be related to the tribal name Esuvii and the theonym Esus. [2]
Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision". [1] [2] [3] It refers to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries. There is no evidence that it was used as a given name before the 20th century. [4]
It is an anglicized version of the Irish name Séaghan/Séan, which itself is cognate to the name John. [1] Shane comes from the way the name Seán is pronounced in the Ulster dialect of the Irish language, as opposed to Shaun or Shawn. Shane is sometimes used as a feminine given name, from the Yiddish name Shayna, meaning "beautiful".
In England and Wales; it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014, [6] whilst in Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular name for baby girls from 2011-13. [7] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007.