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Gender: Male Pronunciation: ee Meaning of Aodh: "fire" Origin of Aodh: Gaelic

Aodh Origin and Meaning

The name Aodh is a boy's name of Gaelic origin meaning "fire".

Aodh, the name of the Celtic sun god meaning fire, was common in early Scotland. But Aodh is unworkable in modern America--it would be better to go with the modern Anglicization: Hugh or the even newer Aiden. Pronounced 'ee', it's one of the less usable ancient mythological names.

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Famous People Named Aodh

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Aodh Méith, 13th-century king of Tír Eoghain (Tyrone), Ireland
Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil (or Hugh MacCaghwell), Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Armagh
Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird (or Hugh Ward) Irish Franciscan friar and poet
Aodh Ó Con Ceanainn, King of Uí Díarmata
Aodh de Blácam (or Hugh Saunders Blackham), Irish journalist

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Aodh, legendary son of King Lir and Eve
Also pronounced as "ade" or "athe" (as in bathe)

Nicknames & Variations for Aodh

Aed

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Essa Says:

2015-01-24T15:18:11

How does Hugh sound anything like Ee!? Fair enough, find a anglicised equivalent but surely Hugh can not be the closest. I'm not usually a fan of changing spellings but I agree that with a lot of Irish names it is needed otherwise that child is going to have a nightmare of a time repeating the pronunciation and spelling. Ee, is the obvious choice but it looks too simple and unfinished to be a name. Eegh could work, but there's risk of the Eeg or even Egg pronunication. Eigh (like Leigh) would make sense but I think people would pronounce it like Eight without the t. Eagh? I still think it'll come out as Ay rather than Ee, perhaps Eeagh would work best. No wonder this name hasn't caught on in any anglicised way.