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Aoife (also spelled ''Aífe, Aeife''; (:ˈiːfʲə); ), is an Irish feminine given name. The name is probably derived from the Gaelic ''aoibh'', which means "beauty" or "radiance".〔(behindthename.com )〕 It has been compared to the Gaulish name ''Esvios'' (Latinized ''Esuvius'', feminine ''Esuvia''), which may be related to the tribal name ''Esuvii'' and the theonym ''Esus''.〔Ériu, Volumes 14-15 (1946), p. 5.〕 In Irish mythology, Aífe is the daughter of Airdgeimm, a warrior woman in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Aífe or Aoife is also the second wife of King Lir in the Irish myth ''Children of Lir'' and the twin sister (or, at times, the enemy) of Scathach. T. F. O'Rahilly supposed that the Irish heroine reflects an otherwise unknown goddess representing a feminine counterpart to Gaulish ''Esus''.〔Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Fidelma Maguire, ''Gaelic personal names'' (1981), p. 16.〕 The name is unrelated to the Biblical name ''Eva'', which was rendered as ''Éabha'' in Irish, but due to the similarity in sound, ''Aoife'' has often been anglicised as ''Eva'' or ''Eve''. Aoife MacMurrough (also known as Eva of Leinster) was a 12th-century Irish noblewoman. ==Given name== People bearing the name: * Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Irish singer * Aoife O'Donovan (b. 1982), American singer * Aoife Hoey (b. 1983), Irish bobsledding olympian * Aoife Crumley, New Zealand born rap artist Fictional characters: * Main character in ''The Iron Thorn'' by Caitlin Kittredge * Aife, a succubus in ''Lost Girl'' * Aoife Brubeck, daughter of Holly Sykes, the protagonist of ''The Bone Clocks'' by David Mitchell * Aoife Rabbitte, wife of Jimmy Rabbitte, in ''The Guts'' by Roddy Doyle *Aoife, second wife of King Lir in 'The Children of Lir' Other: * ''Aoife'' (album) (1996), the second album by the Irish singer Aoife * The LÉ Aoife (P22) is a Republic of Ireland naval vessel * Aoife is the sister of Scathach in Michael Scott's series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aoife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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