Boy's name
Fiachna
“FEE-akh-na”
possibly from fiach, 'raven'
The story behind the name
Fiachna mac Báetáin was a 7th-century king of the Ulaid whose reign is remembered in both Irish and Scottish sources — one of the last kings of the old Ulster before the Uí Néill ascendancy.
Where the name belongs
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