I would guess that contemporary pagans have a love-hate relationship with Ronald Hutton. With books such as The Triumph of the Moon and Stations of the Sun, scholarly accounts of the history of modern witchcraft and the ritual year in Britain, no one writes more sensitively about their worldview. On the other hand, as an
kee-ar-ah) means dark hair. From the Gaelic
ciar, which means black, this lyrical name is one of the more popular picks among Irish parents – possibly in homage to the seventh-century Irish saint. In the U.S., we have Ciara, a singer-songwriter from Texas, via Georgia, as bearer of this saintly name. Currently ranked #1,406.
Clodagh
Clodagh, though the spelling may make guesswork for Americans, is pronunced
Clo-dah, just as it looks. It comes from the name of the River Clodagh (also spelled Clody) in County Waterford, Ireland; one story says an English aristocrat named his daughter after the river that ran through his property. With the adorable nickname of Clo, Clodagh is common on the Emerald Isle but has yet to take hold in the rest of the world: It s currently ranked #4,164.