How do you pronounce Míde?

Míde is pronounced “MEE-de”. 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 Míde mean?

Míde means Íde with mo, 'my', put in front of it as a term of endearment.

Is Míde a boy's or a girl's name?

Míde is traditionally a girl's name in Ireland.

How else is Míde spelled?

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

Girl's name

Míde

“MEE-de”

Íde with mo, 'my', put in front of it as a term of endearment

Meeda

Source: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923) ↗

The story behind the name

Early Irish was fond of this: take a saint's name, prefix mo, my, and you have the name people actually used. Míde is 'my Íde', the way a household would have said it.

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