Aodha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aodha

What is the meaning of the name Aodha ?

The baby name Aodha is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈiːə/ (EE-uh) — related Aodh is often /iː/ (EE).

Aodha is Irish in Origin.

Aodha is a Gaelic given name rooted in Aodh (pronounced roughly “EE”), the ancient Irish and Scottish name meaning “fire, fiery one.” The form Aodha represents the genitive case of Aodh, long seen in patronymics and compounds (Mac Aodha “son of Aodh,” Ó hAodha “descendant of Aodh”), and is sometimes adopted today as a stylistic variant of the base name.

In early medieval Ireland and the Gaelic world, bearers of Áed/Aodh included numerous kings and clerics - among them St. Aed mac Bricc - and the diminutive Aodhán gave rise to the famed St. Aidan of Lindisfarne. Related forms and variants include Aodh, Áed, Aedh/Aed (older spellings), Scottish Gaelic Aoidh (as in MacAoidh), and the diminutives Aodhán/Aedán (anglicized Aidan) and Aodhagán; a feminine derivative is Aodhnait (“little fire”). Traditional anglicizations and surname derivatives include Hugh (for Aodh), Ó hAodha > Hughes, Mac Aodha > McHugh, and in Scotland Mac Aoidh > Mackay.