Girl's name
Íde
“EE-da”
from íte, 'thirst' — traditionally read as 'thirst for holiness'
The story behind the name
St Íde of Killeedy in County Limerick was called 'the foster-mother of the saints of Ireland' and is said to have taught St Brendan the Navigator as a child. Her name's meaning, thirst, was explained by her hagiographers as a thirst for divine love.
Where the name belongs
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