Wikipedia
Aodh may refer to:
- Aodh (given name), a masculine given name
- Aed (god). a god in Irish mythology
- Áed (given name), a masculine given name
Aodh is an Irish word of Indo-European origin, originally meaning "fire". Aodh and its many variants are used today in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages as a given name for both sexes, although feminine forms are less varied and less common. Feminine forms of the name include Aodhnait, Aideen (various spellings), and Aodhamair. It appears in even more variants as a surname. As a surname, the root or a variant may be prefixed by O, Ó, or Ui (meaning "from" or "descendant of") or Mac or Mc (meaning "son of").
The name was originally related to an Irish god of the underworld. The masculine given name Hugh is a common anglicization, although the names are entirely etymologically unrelated. (see Hughes (surname), Hughes (given name)).
It was also used in Roman Britain as a native form of the Latin name Dominus.
Pet forms of the name formed with the diminutive -an include Aedán, Ádhán, and Aodhán, names which are sometimes anglicized as Aidan, Aiden, and Edan. A double diminutive is Aodhagán and its modern form Aogán. Máedóc and Mogue and their Welsh form Madog are formed from the affectionate prefix mo- and the separate diminutive -og.