Names

Scottish variant of Aonghus.

Means “beauty” from the Irish word aoibh, Old Irish óeb. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of Cúchulainn. This name is sometimes used as a Gaelic form of Eve or Eva.

Variant of Aoibheann. It also coincides with the related Irish word aoibhinn meaning “delightful, pleasant”.

Means “song” in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.

From Old Irish Óebfinn, derived from óeb meaning “beauty, appearance, form” and finn meaning “fair, white”. This was the name of the mother of Saint Énna of Aran. It was also borne by the daughter of the 10th-century Irish high king Donnchad Donn.

Variant of Aoibheann.

From Japanese 葵 (aoi) meaning “hollyhock, althea” or an adjectival form of 碧 (ao) meaning “green, blue”. Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.

Variant of Aoife.

Latinized form of Aoide.

Diminutive of Aodh.