Garaidh
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The Scottish Gaelic (Gáidhlig) and Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) masculine given name Garaidh can be traced back to the Middle Ages. For example it is found in the ballad Song of Selma - the reference here is to a musician interview by BBC Scotland
discussing the 15th century song wherein a character named Garaidh is featured:. In Irish lore, Garaidh was the son of Morna. The name is uncommon today although Gaelic names are seeing a revival as part of increased interest in things 'Celtic'.
Garaidh is pronounced gæri.
Garaidh is "acceptably translated into English" as Gary. It is also commonly (esp. in Scotland) spelled Garry. Gary is of Old English / Germanic origin, where it would mean 'spear' or 'spear thrower' (gar = spear) while the Scottish / Irish Gaelic name may be derived from the words such as garraidh, gearraidh or gharaidh probably meaning a fertile place or a copse, thicket or enclosed area.
In Scotland there are many similar toponyms or placenames such as Garry, Garraidh or Gearraidh, including Loch Garry
(Loch
Garraidh), Invergarry (Inbhir Garraidh), Garynahine (Gearraidh na h-Aibhne) or Glen Garry / Glengarry (in Gaelic Gleann Garraidh) the origin of the military hat, the Glengarry
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The personal name is generally spelled with one 'r' as 'Garaidh'. And as can be seen, its meaning may draw on either the Old English / Germanic or Gaelic.
BBC Scotland
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discussing the 15th century song wherein a character named Garaidh is featured:. In Irish lore, Garaidh was the son of Morna. The name is uncommon today although Gaelic names are seeing a revival as part of increased interest in things 'Celtic'.
Garaidh is pronounced gæri.
Garaidh is "acceptably translated into English" as Gary. It is also commonly (esp. in Scotland) spelled Garry. Gary is of Old English / Germanic origin, where it would mean 'spear' or 'spear thrower' (gar = spear) while the Scottish / Irish Gaelic name may be derived from the words such as garraidh, gearraidh or gharaidh probably meaning a fertile place or a copse, thicket or enclosed area.
In Scotland there are many similar toponyms or placenames such as Garry, Garraidh or Gearraidh, including Loch Garry
Loch Garry
Loch Garry, , is 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland, and is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, and drains into Loch Oich in the Great Glen just 5 km downstream...
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Loch
Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay...
Garraidh), Invergarry (Inbhir Garraidh), Garynahine (Gearraidh na h-Aibhne) or Glen Garry / Glengarry (in Gaelic Gleann Garraidh) the origin of the military hat, the Glengarry
Glengarry
The glengarry bonnet is a traditional boat-shaped hat without a peak made of thick-milled woollen material with a toorie on top, a rosette cockade on the left, and ribbons hanging down behind...
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The personal name is generally spelled with one 'r' as 'Garaidh'. And as can be seen, its meaning may draw on either the Old English / Germanic or Gaelic.