Aoife
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Pronunciation | English: /ˈiːfə/ EE-fə Irish: [ˈiːfʲə] |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Goidelic languages |
Meaning | "beautiful, radiant" |
Region of origin | Ireland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Aífe, Aeife |
Related names | from Aífe (Aeife) |
Aoife (
Irish mythology
In
Cuchullain in the Ulster Cycle. T. F. O'Rahilly supposed that the Irish heroine reflects an otherwise unknown goddess representing a feminine counterpart to Gaulish Esus.[3]
Aífe or Aoife was also one of the wives of Lir in the Manannán's "Crane-bag".[4]
Biblical rendering
The name is unrelated to the Biblical name anglicised as Eva or Eve. Aoife MacMurrough (also known as Eva of Leinster) was a 12th-century Irish noblewoman. The first use of Aoife (that spelling) as a given name in 20th-century Ireland was in 1912.[5]
Given name
People
- Aoife Mcmorrow, British TikTok Star, Luton
- Aoife Ahern, Dean of Engineering at University College, Dublin
- Aoife Cusack (born 1996), Irish professional wrestler who performs under the ring name Aoife Valkyrie
- Aoife Dooley (born 1991), Irish writer
- Aoife Hoey (born 1983), Irish bobsledding olympian
- Aoife Mannion (born 1995), Irish association footballer
- Aoife McLysaght, Irish scientist
- Aoife Melia, Irish medical doctor
- Aoife Moore, (fl. 2020's), sometimes Aoife-Grace Moore, Northern Irish journalist
- Aoife Mulholland (born 1978), Irish actress
- Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Irish singer
- Aoife O'Donovan (born 1982), American singer
- Aoife O'Rourke (born 1997), Irish boxer
- Aoife Walsh (born 1989), Irish fashion model
Characters in modern fiction
- Aoife, sister of Scathach in Michael Scott's series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
- Main character in The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
- Aife, a succubus in Lost Girl
- Aoife Brubeck, daughter of Holly Sykes, the protagonist of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
- Aoife Rabbitte, wife of Jimmy Rabbitte, in The Guts by Roddy Doyle
- Aoife Riordan, member of the Riordan family, in Instructions For A Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
Other
- Aoife (album) (1996), the second album by the Irish singer Aoife
- The LÉ Aoife (P22)is a Republic of Ireland naval vessel
See also
References
- ^ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Aoife". Behind the Name.
- ^ Ériu, Volumes 14-15 (1946), p. 5.
- ^ Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Fidelma Maguire, Gaelic personal names (1981), p. 16.
- ^ MacNeill, Eoin (1908). VIII "The Crane-bag". ITS 7. For the Irish Texts Society, by D. Nutt. pp. 21–22, 118–120.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Aoife Maira Treacey in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958". Ancestry.com. 1912. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
External links
Look up Aoife in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.