Gobnait

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Feminine form of GOBÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish abbess, the patron saint of Ballyvourney.

GOBáN   male   Irish
Either means "little smith" from Irish gobha "smith" combined with a diminutive suffix, or else derived from the name of the Irish god GOIBNIU (which is also a derivative of gobha).
GOIBNIU   male   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish gobha meaning "smith". This was the name of the Irish smith god, a provider of weapons for the Tuatha De Danann. He was also skilled at brewing beer.
EQUIVALENTS
HISTORY: Gobnata
IRISH: Gobinet, Gobnet
MASCULINE FORMS
IRISH: Gobán
OTHER FORMS
IRISH MYTHOLOGY: Goibniu
WELSH MYTHOLOGY: Govannon