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Sadhbh (name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
Sweet-lovely

Word/name
  
Proto-Celtic *sŭādŭā

Related names
  
Saidhbhín (diminutive)

Sadhbh (name)

Pronunciation
  
/saɪv/Irish: [ˈsˠɐɪvˠ]

Region of origin
  
Ireland, Irish diaspora

Sadhbh (also spelled Sadb, Saibh, Sadbh, Sadhb; anglicised Sive or Saeve) is an Irish feminine personal name. Derived from Proto-Celtic *sŭādŭā '(the) sweet and lovely (lady)', the name is cognate with the initial elements in the attested Gallic names Suadu-gena and Suadu-rix and with Sanskrit svādú-, Ancient Greek hedýs, Latin suāvis (compare Suada), Tocharian B swāre and Modern English sweet.

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Notable people

  • Sadhbh Nic Donnchadh, daughter of Donnchadh, King of Ossory and wife of Ard-Rí Donnachadh mac Flann Sionna; patroness of Saighir
  • Sadhbh O'Sullivan, member of the band The Isohels
  • "Sadhbh Trinseach", name adopted by Irish nationalist artist Cesca Chenevix Trench

    • In fiction

  • Sadhbh
  • Sadb ingen Chuinn
  • Sive, a 1959 play by John B. Keane and also the name of its lead character
  • Sadbh is the real name of the protagonist, "Saffy", in Ella Griffin's 2011 novel Postcards from the Heart

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