How do you pronounce Flidais?

Flidais is pronounced “FLID-ish”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

What does the name Flidais mean?

Flidais means known by the epithet Foltchaín, 'beautiful hair'.

Is Flidais a boy's or a girl's name?

Flidais is traditionally a girl's name in Ireland.

How else is Flidais spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Fliodhas. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

Girl's name

Flidais

“FLID-ish”

known by the epithet Foltchaín, 'beautiful hair'

Fliodhas

Source: Wikipedia ↗

The story behind the name

A goddess of cattle and of fertility, with a herd that could feed an army and a cow that gave milk for three hundred men at a milking. In a country where cattle were the currency, a cattle goddess is not a minor figure.

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