Aherin

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.

Anglo-Saxon Celtic Gaelic Irish

Name of a saint. Fire. Little fire, ardent. Aidan was popular in Ireland in the 7th century after the famous Irish monk Aidan, and was revived in the early 19th century. Warm; little fire. A masculine variant of Eshne from Irish Gaelic.