Boy's name
Fiachra
“FEE-akh-ra”
possibly from fiach, 'raven', or 'battle-king'
The story behind the name
St Fiacre, a 7th-century Irish monk who settled in France, became the patron saint of gardeners — and, because a Paris hotel bearing his name hired out carriages, the French word for a cab became 'fiacre'. Also one of the Children of Lir.
Famous people with this name
- Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh (1933–2018) — Irish bishop
- Fiachra Trench (born 1941) — Irish musician
- Fiachra McArdle (born 1983) — Irish footballer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Fiachra on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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