Enid (given name) years in print. Enid (given name) Enid ( ; ) is a feminine given name. The origin is Middle Welsh "eneit", meaning "spirit, life" (from Proto-Celtic "*ana-ti̯o-", compare Gaulish "anatia" "souls" attested on the Larzac tablet, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂enh₁-" "to breathe, blow"; "cf." the modern Welsh "anadl", "breath" or "wind"). Alternatively Enid may be derived from "Enaid" or "Enit" meaning "woodlark". Enid was the Celtic goddess and Arthurian name of the 19th century following Alfred Lord Tennyson's Arthurian epic "Idylls of the King" (1859) and its medieval Welsh source, the "Mabinogi" tale of "Geraint and Enid." Enid
Aodh (given name) (given name)). Pet forms of the name formed with the diminutive "-án" include Aodhán and Ádhán (Old Irish "Aedán"), names which are sometimes anglicized as Aidan, Aiden, and Edan. A double diminutive is Aodhagán and its modern form Aogán. Maodhóg (Old Irish "Máedóc"), anglicized Mogue, and the Welsh form Madog are formed from the affectionate prefix "mo-" and the separate diminutive "-og". It was also used in Roman Britain as a native form of the Latin Dominus. All of these variants are or . The spelling "Aogán" reflects the loss of the light "dha" syllable, pronounced , but the "o"