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Misc. Male Gaelic Names
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- FINNÉN:
Gaelic name composed of Old Irish Finn "white"
and a diminutive suffix, hence "little white one."
- FION:
Variant spelling of Gaelic Fionn, meaning "fair,
white."
- FIONN:
Modern Gaelic form of Old Irish Finn, meaning
"fair, white."
- FIONNAGÁN: Double diminutive of Gaelic Fionn, meaning
"tiny little white one."
- FIONNBARR: Gaelic name composed of the elements Fionn
"white" and bàrr (Old Irish barr) "head,
top," hence "fair-headed."
- FIONNBARRA:
Variant spelling of Gaelic Fionnbarr, meaning
"fair-headed."
- FIONNBHARR:
Variant spelling of Gaelic Fionnbarr, meaning
"fair-headed."
- FIONNGHALL: Gaelic name composed of the elements Fionn
"fair,
white" and gal "valor," hence "white valor."
- FIONNLAGH:
Gaelic name composed of the elements Fionn
"fair, white"
and laoch "champion, hero," hence "white
champion." This is the conventional translation; however, there used to
be an old Gaelic word lagh (now obsolete) that was borrowed from the
Old English term iar lagh (iar "set, ready" + lagh
"law"); therefore, this name could have originally meant "white
law(man)."
- FLOIN:
Old Gaelic byname meaning "red, ruddy."
- FRANG:
Scottish Gaelic form of Latin Franciscus,
meaning "French."
- GALLCHOBHAR:
Gaelic name composed of the elements gall
"Gaul, Lowlander, stranger" and cabhair "help, support,"
hence "foreign help."
- GILLEASBAIG:
Contracted form of Gaelic Gille Easbaig, meaning "bishop's
servant."
- GRÁDA: Old Gaelic byname meaning "noble."
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LABHRAIDH:
Gaelic name meaning "he speaks." In Irish legend, this is the name of
a sacred king connected with the Leinstermen and the taking of Tara. He was also
known as Labhraidh Lorc ("he speaks fierce").
- LAIGHEAN:
Old Gaelic byname meaning "spear, javelin."
- LEANNÁN: Gaelic byname meaning "little
cloak."
- MAEDÓC:
Old Irish Gaelic name meaning "my dear Áedh."
- MAEL-MAEDÓC: Old Irish
Gaelic name meaning "devotee of Maedóc."
- MAITIÚ
(pron. mah-tyoo): Old Gaelic form of French Mathieu, meaning "gift of
God."
- MAOL-MAODHÓG: Modern Gaelic form of Old Irish
Gaelic Mael-Maedóc,
meaning "devotee of Maedóc."
- MARCAS:
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Marcus, meaning
"defense" or
"of the sea."
- MATHGHAMHAIN:
Irish Gaelic byname meaning "bear calf."
- MUICHEACHTACH:
Scottish Gaelic name composed of the elements muir "sea"
and ceartach "ruler, skilled," hence "skilled
seaman."
- MUIRGHEAS:
Gaelic name composed of the elements muir
"sea" and geas "taboo," hence
"sea-taboo."
- MUIRIARTACH:
Modern form of Scottish Gaelic Muicheachtach,
meaning "skilled seaman."
- NIALL:
Old Gaelic name derived from Old Irish Niul, meaning
"champion."
- NUALLÁN:
Old Gaelic byname composed of the word nuall
"champion, chariot-fighter" and a diminutive suffix, hence
"little champion" or "little chariot-fighter."
- ODHRÁN:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the
word odhar "dun; pale green; sallow" and a diminutive
suffix, hence "little sallow one."
- OILBHREIS:
Gaelic form
of French Olivier, probably meaning "elf
army."
- PÁDRAIG:
Modern form of Old Irish Gaelic Patraicc,
meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
- PÀDRAIG:
Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic
Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
- PATRAICC:
Old Irish Gaelic name derived from Latin Patricius,
meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
- PEADAR:
Gaelic form of Greek Petros, meaning "rock,
stone."
- PROINNTEACH:
Irish name composed of the Gaelic elements proinn
"banquet" and teach "hall, house," denoting a
"generous person."
- RIAGÁN:
Variant spelling of Gaelic Riaghán, possibly meaning "furious, impulsive."
- RIAGHÁN: Old Gaelic name, possibly related to the word ríodhgach,
meaning "furious, impulsive."
- RIAN:
Old Gaelic name, probably composed of the element ríogh
"king" and a diminutive suffix, hence "little king."
- SEASTNÁN: Old Gaelic name derived from the
word seasuighim ("to defend; to resist"), hence
"bodyguard."
- TEÀRLACH: Scottish
Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Toirdhealbhach,
meaning "instigator."
- TOIRDHEALBHACH:
Irish Gaelic name derived from the word toirdhealbh "prompting,"
hence "instigator."
- TOMÁS: Irish Gaelic form of Greek
Thōmas, meaning "twin."
Compare with another form of Tomás.
- TÒMAS:
Scottish Gaelic form of Greek Thōmas, meaning "twin."
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