I’m starting with a name that is not easy to pronounce (sorry) but I found the origin story interesting.
Aelhaearn / Elhaearn
masculine; pr. ailhaiarn; meaning: iron brow, from ael (brow) + haearn (iron)
detailed pronunciation
ae (ai) = eye
l = as in like
h = as in hard
ae (ai) = eye
a = as in sat
r = as in right
n = as in no
The name of a 7th century saint celebrated on [name_u]November[/name_u] 1.
Aelhaearn’s name is believed to have originated from a miracle preformed by his mentor, [name_m]Beuno[/name_m].
One night, as [name_m]Beuno[/name_m] was returning to his cell, he came across a man hiding in the dark. [name_m]Beuno[/name_m] prayed that if the man had bad intentions, he should be made an example of. As soon as [name_m]Beuno[/name_m] said this, wild animals appeared from the forest and tore the man apart. [name_m]Beuno[/name_m] then discovered that the man was his servant and regretted his actions. [name_m]Beuno[/name_m] decided he would undo what happened and set the man’s bones and limbs together. But, a bone from beneath his brow had been lost. The missing bone was replaced with a piece of iron, and Bueno raised Aelhaearn from the dead.
Aelhaearn is commemorated in Ffynon Aelhaearn (Aelhaearn’s Well), a holy well credited with miraculous healing, at Llanaelhaearn. For centuries, the well was a major religious site where many would gather to witness the water “laughing” (an irregular upwelling of bubbles). In 1900, a diphtheria outbreak saw the well sealed indefinitely.