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Keegan (given name) Keegan is an Anglicisation of the Irish clan name Mac Aodhagáin, now often used as a forename. The name means "son (or descendant) of Aodhagán" (a diminutive of the Irish name Aodh, meaning "fire" or "fiery"). In North America the name is most often given to boys, but has gradually become unisex.
The name is also probably derived from the Irish names Cathán [8] [9] and Callan, [10] [11] both meaning "battle" in Irish and Scottish, and the surnames Mac Cadáin or McCadden, both meaning "son of Cadán" in Irish and Scottish, names possibly derived from the Old Irish “cath”, from Proto-Celtic “*katus”, meaning “battle”.
Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g Irish Máire (anglicised Maura ), Máirín ( Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives ...
Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as Kormákr . Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. The derivation of "cor" is not so clear. The most popular speculation is that it is from "corb," the old ...
The English place name is derived from an Old English word that meant fence or enclosure. The Irish surname means “descendant of Aodh.” [1] Hayes has risen in popularity in recent years as a name for newborn boys in the United States, where it first ranked among the top 1,000 names for boys in 2009 and has ranked among the top 300 names for ...
Hector (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ər /) is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name.The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles.
The name first appears in the surviving Irish annals in the early fourteenth century. [ 6 ] The name is thus a cognate of the Welsh Siân and the English Joan , [ 4 ] [ 7 ] derived from the Latin Ioanna and Iohanna (modern English Joanna , Joanne ), which are in turn from the Greek Iōanna ( Ἰωάννα ).
Taylor. Taylor is a unisex given name mainly in use in English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. [ 1] The name Taylor also has been used for characters on American and now some Australian soap operas. [ 2]