Scottish Gaelic names

Oighrig: how to pronounce it and what it means

Girls' names

Name and meaning

Scottish Gaelic form of Africa

Origin

a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Africa, Effie, Euphemia, Harriet, Henrietta, or Etta, though the latter five are etymologically unrelated.

How to pronounce it

OighrigIPA: /ˈɤiːɾʲɪkʲ/

Used as the equivalent of: Africa, Effie, Euphemia, Harriet, Henrietta, Etta

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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