Fiadh

Fiadh is a given name for a woman. It is Irish in origin, coming from a word meaning "deer",[1] "wildness" but also "respect".[2]

Origins

Fiadh was largely unknown as a given name in the twentieth century, although the Irish word was known in the context of the fulacht fiadh and the word for a deer.

Irish given names for children experienced a spike in popularity after Vatican II when societal and parochial pressure to give saint's names to children was eased. Many of the Irish language origin names which were popular in the 1960s and 1970s (such as Sinéad, Deirdre or Emer) were out of fashion by the end of the century after reaching critical mass. Fiadh was part of a subsequent wave of names that became popular in the post Celtic Tiger period when the Irish language was perceived to have more social cachet.[3]

Popularity

The name Fiadh first registered on the Republic of Ireland's CSO's name database in 2002, with three incidences noted. This had multiplied tenfold by 2011 and the name entered the national top ten by 2018. By 2021 it was the first most popular feminine given name in Ireland,[4]

References
  1. "English–Irish Dictionary (de Bhaldraithe): Fia". www.teanglann.ie (in Ga). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". dil.ie. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. "Irish yes, but not always Catholic". independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. "Jack and Fiadh most popular baby names last year".
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