Dubh Essa Explained

Dubh Essa
Pronunciation:	approximately "Do-vess-a"
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	dark beauty of the waterfall
Related Names:	Dub Essa, Dubh Easa, Dubheasa, Dubheasa, Dubhesa, Dubhessa, Duibheasa, Duibhessa, Duvessa,

Dubh Essa (also spelled Dub Essa, Dubhessa, Dubhesa, Dubheasa, Dubh Easa, Duibhessa, Duibheasa) was a medieval Gaelic feminine given name, fairly common in 13th- and 14th-century Ireland.

While the name may be a compound of Gaelic dubh "dark" (probably referring to hair color, hence "black-haired") and eas "waterfall, cascade, rapid" (genitive easa), its meaning is sometimes interpreted as "black nurse" (la|[[wikt:nutrix#Latin|nutrix]] [[wikt:nigra#Latin|nigra]]).^[1]

Dubh Essa has also been anglicized as Duvessa (e.g., in M. J. Molloy's 1964 comedy The Wooing of Duvessa).

Bearers

• Dubh Essa ingen Briain, died 1052.
• Dubh Essa ingen Amhalgadha, died 1078.
• Dubh Essa ingen maic Aedha, died 1115.
• Dubh Essa Níc Eidhin, died 1187.
• Dubh Essa Bean Uí Dubhda, died 1190.
• Dubhessa Ní Diarmata, died 1229.
• Dubhessa Ní hElide, died 1328.
• Dubhessa Ní Fherghail, died 1328.
• Dubhessa Bean Uí Chonchobhair, died 1328.

External links

• Names in Irish Annals: Dub Essa / Dubh Essa

Notes and References

1. [Charlotte Mary Yonge|Yonge, Charlotte M.]