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Meaghan
Meaghan Meaghan sits between two Celtic traditions — the Irish spelling and the Welsh root — giving it a quality of comfortable dual heritage. Characters named Meaghan tend to be warm and sociable, with an ease in social situations that masks a genuine depth of feeling. The name suits protagonists who navigate between worlds, who carry their Celtic heritage lightly but feel it deeply, and who are the social glue that holds disparate groups together.
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Welsh · “Possibly derived from the Old Celtic title "Rigantona" meaning "great queen" or "divine queen", from "rigan" (queen) and a divine suffix. In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon is one of the most important figures of the Mabinogi — a sovereign goddess associated with horses, birds, and the Otherworld who endures unjust punishment with superhuman patience before being vindicated.”
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Irish · “An anglicised form of the Irish "Eibhlín", which is itself an Irish adaptation of the Norman French "Aveline" or Old High German "Avelin", possibly meaning "wished-for child". Eibhlín entered Ireland with the Normans in the twelfth century and became fully naturalised, achieving a special place in Irish-language poetry — the lament "Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire" features an Eibhlín whose grief became one of the great poems of the Irish oral tradition.”
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