Boy's name
Eochaidh
“OH-khee”
an old name built on each, 'horse'
Why it is said that way
The ch is the loch sound and the dh at the end is silent: OH-khee.
- dh, gh → silent, or a soft y at the start
- ch → the back-of-the-throat sound in loch — not ch as in church
The story behind the name
Once very common and almost gone by Woulfe's day; a favourite among the O'Hanlons of Armagh. The surnames Keogh and Kehoe are 'son of Eochaidh'.
Where the name belongs
Surnames built on this name
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z