Rúadán

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive). By surface analysis, rúad (“red, reddish”) +‎ -án.

Proper noun

Rúadán m

1. (Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Brigit and Bres.
2. a male given name

Descendants

• Irish: Ruadhán
  • → English: Rowan
• Scottish Gaelic: Ruadhan

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúadán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language