Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from Irish. · A working-class male.
Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “dear birth/person”). It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
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- Root classification mention*ǵenh₁-ine-pro
- Derivation mentionCaoimhghinga
- Derivation mentionCóemgensga
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