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Lughaidh.

a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Louis or Lewey

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈl̪ˠuəj/
  1. a male given name from Old Irish, sometimes Anglicized as Louis or Lewey

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish Lugaid, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚇᚓᚉᚉᚐᚄ (lugudeccas), from Proto-Celtic *Lugudeks (“one who serves the god Lugus”) from *Lugus + *dekos (“honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”). Compare Gaulish Lucudeca.

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