Aifric (name)

Aifric (Middle Irish: Affraic) is an Irish language feminine given name.^[1] Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries.^[1][2] Described as "now very rare" in 1923,^[1] it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names.

Notable people

Medieval

• Aifricci, abbess of Kildare, died 743.^[1][2]
• Affraic, abbess of Kildare, died 833.^[1][2]
• Affraic, daughter of Fergus of Galloway who married Óláfr Guðrøðarson in the 1130s^[3]
• Affreca de Courcy, wife of John de Courcy and daughter of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, died in or after 1216.^[1]
• Aufrica de Connoght, claimant to Mann and the Isles
• Aiffric, daughter of Briain Ui Raighillaigh and wife of Briain Meg Tigernain, died 1365.^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Aodh Uí Néill and wife of Henri Aimhreidh Uí Néill, died 1389.^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Ua Banain and wife of Philip Mag Uidhir, died 1468.^[2]
• Aiffric, daughter of Emaínn son of Tomas Mag Uidhir and wife of Cairpre, son of Aedh Ua Neill, died 1479.^[2]

Modern

• Aifric Keogh (b. 1992), Irish Olympic rower, bronze medal coxless four, Tokyo 2021.^[4]
• Aifric Mac Aodha (b. 1979), poet and editor of Irish-language journal Comhar, born 1979.^[5]
• Aifric Campbell, author.^[6]
• Afric McGlinchey, poet, book editor , reviewer and critic ; winner of the 2010 Hennessy Poetry Award . Lives in West Cork.

Fictional

• Aifric - title character of an Irish-language TV series aimed at young teenagers.^[7]
• "When Aifric and I put in at that little creek", a poem by Paul Muldoon.^[8]

See also

• List of Irish-language given names