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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Eva, Eve, Effie
- Variants
- Aoiffe
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
Borne by a warrior-woman of Alba in the Ulster Cycle who fought Cú Chulainn and bore his only son Connla; also the wicked stepmother who turned the Children of Lir into swans.
The story behind Aoife
In the Ulster Cycle, the warrior-queen Aoife of Alba bore Cú Chulainn a son, Connla, whom Cú Chulainn would later kill in tragic ignorance; in the Mythological Cycle, the jealous Aoife transformed her stepchildren into swans for 900 years.
Mythology & legend
Both the warrior-woman lover of Cú Chulainn and the wicked stepmother of the Children of Lir.
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Aoife has been one of Ireland's top-ten girls' names for decades.
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