Scottish Gaelic names

Maoilios: how to pronounce it and what it means

Boys' names

Name and meaning

Servant of Jesus

Origin

From maol, ‘holy person's servant’, and Ìosa, ‘Jesus’. Miles and Myles are naming equivalents, not cognates.

How to pronounce it

MaoiliosIPA: /ˈmɯːləs̪/

Used as the equivalent of: Miles, Myles

Naming equivalents do not always have the same origin.

Sources

Name definitions adapted from Wiktionary via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA 4.0

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