Boy's name
Setanta
“SHAY-dan-ta”
possibly linked to the Setantii, a British tribe
The story behind the name
The birth-name of Cú Chulainn. As a boy he killed the smith Culann's guard-dog in self-defence and offered to guard the house himself until a pup was reared — and so became Cú Chulainn, 'the Hound of Culann'.
Where the name belongs
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