masculine Ruairc

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germanic
Name Root:
*roudos > rúad > RUADH ríkr / *RĪKIJAZ > O'Rourke
Meaning:*
This name derives from the pre-Norman kingdoms of Ireland from the surname “O’Rourke”. It is composed of two elements: from the Old Irish and Proto-Celtic “*roudos > rúad > ruadh,” meaning “red-haired, red-colored hair of foxes” plus the Old Norse and ancient Germanic “ríkr / *rīkijaz,” meaning “kingly, royal, noble, mighty, distinguished, powerful, rich.” Everything suggests that it was a Gaelicized form of the name “Roderick” from the Germanic root “(*HRŌÞIZ *RĪKIJAZ > HROÞAREIKS / HRODERICH)”.

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