Boy's name
Aodhagán
“AY-a-gawn”
'little little Aodh' — a double diminutive of Aodh, 'fire'
The story behind the name
Irish could stack its diminutives: Aodh gives Aodhán, and Aodhán gives Aodhagán. Aogán Ó Rathaille, the last great poet of the old Gaelic order, carried it.
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