Aodh (/, / ee, ay, Irish: [iː, eː], Scottish Gaelic: [ɯː]; 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.[2][3]

Aodh
PronunciationEnglish: /, / ee, ay
Irish: [iː, eː]
Scottish Gaelic: [ɯː]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Other gender
FeminineAodhnait, Aodhamair
Origin
Language(s)Old Irish
Word/nameáed
Meaning"fire"
Other names
Anglicisation(s)Hugh
DerivedAodhán, Aogán

The name features in the Irish surnames Mac Aodha (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized as McGee/McHugh/McKee) and Ó hAodha (lit. "descendant of Aodh"; anglicized as Hayes/Hughes/O'Hea), and the Scottish surname Mac Aoidh (lit. "son of Aodh"; anglicized McKay).

The name has a number of derived forms, including:

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Áed

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Aedh

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Aodh

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Aodhagan, Aodhagán, Aodhán, Aogán

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All of these variants are /ˌ.əˈɡɔːn/ AY-ə-GAWN or /ˈɡɔːn/ ay-GAWN. The spelling Aogán reflects the loss of the light dha syllable, pronounced [ə], but the o may be reinterpreted as [ə] even in that spellinɡ.

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  1. ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2006), Hardcastle, Kate (ed.), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 6, 126, 341, 399, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1991). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  3. ^ The modern word aodh meaning 'inflammation' or as a phrase with the Irish word for 'itch' (tochas), giving aodh thochais, 'burning itch' or 'urtication' - (Foclóir Gaeilg-Béarla, eds Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Niall Ó Dónaill, Dublin 1977), is clearly cognate with the original meaning.
  4. ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. I, pp. 122 ff. Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.