Fiadh

Fiadh is an Irish name connected with words for wildness, a wild animal, or deer. Its meaning gives it a direct relationship with the natural world, while its spelling preserves a specifically Irish form. The final letters do not behave as an English reader might expect, so the written name carries a visible reminder of its language.

Fia is an Anglicized form that makes the sound more immediately apparent to many English speakers. Choosing between the two can be a question of preserving Irish orthography or favoring the simpler English-facing spelling. Fiadh keeps the fuller Irish appearance and offers a nature connection through an actual word, rather than through a modern symbolic interpretation added after the name was created.