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Gaelic: 'Fire'. Believe it or not this is a name and of course at one letter is obviously one of the world's shortest names. It came into being as a form of Aodh which is common in Ireland and Scotland from the fifteenth century. A name borne by six kings of Tara. A popular old Irish name often anglicised as Hugh. Conversely it was also Latinised as Aedus, Aidus - the Aidan name of a number of saints. Also the source of the surname MacAodha,which has spawned versions such as Magee or MacHugh in Ireland, and Mackay in Scotland. Aodh (or Hugh) O'Neill and Oadh Rua (Red Hugh) O'Donnell were two famous Irish rebels who led an insurrection in the reign of Elizabeth I. Other spelling variants include Ea and Y. Contemporary name Irish politics academic Aodh Quinliven and famous Y by another variant is screen actor Hugh Grant. |
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