Aoife

• Aífe
• Aoibhe

From Old Irish Aífe, possibly from aoibh (“beauty, radiance”).

The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. Due to the similarity in sound, however, Aoife has often been (imprecisely) anglicised as Eva or Eve. (See Aoife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) For example, Aoife MacMurrough, a 12th-century Irish noblewoman, was also known as Eva of Leinster or Red Eva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːfʲə/

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Aoife f

1. a female given name from Old Irish, famous in Irish legend and currently fashionable in Ireland

• Eva, Ava (anglicized forms)