Aoife

Irish

Alternative forms

• Aífe
• Aoibhe

Etymology

From Old Irish Aífe, possibly from aoibh (“beauty, radiance”).

The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been anglicised as Eva or Eve. (See Aoife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) For example, Aoife MacMurrough, a 12th-century Irish noblewoman, was also known as Eva of Leinster or Red Eva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːfʲə/

Proper noun

Aoife f

1. a female given name from Old Irish, famous in Irish legend and currently fashionable in Ireland

Mutation

Mutated forms of Aoife

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aoife	nAoife	hAoife	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• Eva, Ava (anglicized forms)