masculine Ruadhán

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irish (gaelic)
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*ROUDOS > RúAD > RUADH > Ó RUADHáIN
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This name derives from the Irish surname “Ó Ruadháin,” from “ruadh,” From the Old Irish “rúad,” which in turn derives from Proto-Celtic “*roudos,” meaning “red.” It is a Gaelic epithet or byname, meaning “red,” often used as a nickname for people with red hair. It was the nickname of the Scottish outlaw Raibeart Ruadh MacGregor (1671–1734), known as Rob Roy in English. Saint Ruadhán (Rowan, Rodan), was an Irish Christian abbot who founded the monastery of Lorrha (Lothra, County Tipperary, Ireland), near Terryglass.

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