Adaira

Celtic English Gaelic Scottish

From the ford by the oak trees. Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of 'ead' meaning rich or happy, and 'gar' meaning spear. From the oak tree ford. From the oak tree ford. Uncertain origin. May be a variant of Edgar, or from the Gaelic for 'oak tree ford'. Used for many hundreds of years as both surname and first name.

Biblical Greek Irish Latin Literary Scottish

Praised, praiseworthy. Praiseworthy. Aeneas was the Trojan hero of Virgil's Aeneid, This name his been occasionally used since the Renaissance. Praise. Excellent. A literary name from Shakespeare's The History of Troilus and Cressida, where it belongs to a Trojan commander. Sometimes used in Scotland as a translation of the Gaelic Aonghus'.