EchoSketcher's Personal Name List

Tadhg

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: TIEG(Irish)

From Old Irish Tadg meaning "poet" [1]. This was the name of an 11th-century king of Connacht, as well as several other kings and chieftains of medieval Ireland. According to Irish mythology it was the name of the grandfather of Fionn mac Cumhaill.

Maeve

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: MAYV(English)

Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.

Lilac

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: LIE-lək

From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa). It is derived via Arabic from Persian.

Aodh

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: EH(Irish) EE(Irish) UGH(Scottish Gaelic) U(Scottish Gaelic)

From Old Irish Áed, which meant "fire". This was a very popular name in early Ireland, being borne by numerous figures in Irish mythology and several high kings. It has been traditionally Anglicized as Hugh.