Boy's name
Suibhne
“SIV-na”
'well-going'
The story behind the name
Borne by seven Irish saints — and by Suibhne Geilt, the king driven mad at the battle of Mag Rath who spent years in the treetops speaking poetry. Buile Shuibhne is one of the finest things in medieval Irish.
Surnames built on this name
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