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in reply to a message by kit
admitily i might have gotten carried away! but i hope it help! i onlyly looked up irish names mostly cause they mostly celtic or from a celtic name! but the first page of this site will let you look up scotish welish and english names! if it were up to me i would use the name emer, only i would spell it eimear!
hope it help!:)
BOADICEA f Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of BOUDICCA
BOUDICCA f Ancient Celtic
Derived from Celtic boud meaning "victory". This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide.
AIDAN m,f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: AY-den
Anglicized form of AODHÁN, occasionally used as a feminine name.
AIGNÉIS f Irish
Irish form of AGNES
AILBHE m,f Irish
Pronounced: AL-va
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albhus meaning "white". In Irish legend she was a warrior of the Fianna.
AILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: AY-leesh
Irish form of ALICE
ÁINE f Irish
Means "radiance" in Gaelic. This was the name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of
ANNE.
AINGEAL f Irish
Irish cognate of ANGELA
AISLIN f Irish, English
Variant of AISLING
AISLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish Gaelic.
AISLINN f Irish
Variant of AISLING
AITHNE f Irish
Variant of EITHNE
ALASTRÍONA f Irish
Pronounced: al-as-TREE-na
Feminine form of ALASTAR
AOIBHEANN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of the mother of Saint Enda. It was also borne by several Irish princesses.
AOIBHÍN f Irish
Variant of AOIBHEANN
AOIFE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fa
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero Cuchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of Cuchulainn.
ASHLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Anglicized form of AISLING
ASSUMPTA f Irish
Latin form of ASUNCIÓN
BÁIRBRE f Irish
Pronounced: BAWR-bra
Irish form of BARBARA .
BÉBHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BÉBINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BEDELIA f Irish
Irish variant of BRIDGET
BÉIBHINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic.
BEVIN f Irish
Anglicized form of BÉIBHINN
BIDDY f Irish, English
Pet form of BRIDGET
BIDELIA f Irish, English
Pet form of BRIDGET
BLÁITHÍN f Irish
Means "little flower", derived from the Irish word blath "flower" and a diminutive suffix.
BLANID f Irish
Anglicized form of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAID f Irish
Variant of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAT f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BLAW-nit
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by Cuchulainn, who killed her husband, but she was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
BRADY m,f English, Irish
Pronounced: BRAY-dee
From the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh, which means "descendent of Brádach". The personal name Brádach probably derives from a Gaelic word meaning "large-chested".
BRAIDY m,f English, Irish
Variant of BRADY
BREDA f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIANNA f English, Irish
Pronounced: bree-AN-a
Feminine form of BRIAN
BRÍD f Irish
Contracted form of BRIGHID
BRIDE f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIDGET f Irish, Scottish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRI-jit
From the Irish name Brighid which means "high goddess". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. This name was also borne by a patron saint of Ireland (also called Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and by the patron saint of Sweden (also called Birgitta).
BRIGHID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRIED
Irish form of BRIDGET
BRIGID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of BRIGHID
BRIGIT f Irish, Scottish, English
Variant of BRIDGET
BROGAN m,f Irish
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint Patrick's scribe.
BRÓNACH f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century mystic from Ireland.
BRONAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÓNACH
CAITLIN f Irish, English
Pronounced: KAYT-lin
Irish form of Cateline, the Old French form of KATHERINE.
CAITRIA f Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE
CAITRÍONA f Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE
CAOILAINN f Irish
Variant of CAOILFHIONN
CAOILFHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair". This was the name of several Irish saints.
CAOIMHE f Irish, Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful".
CAREY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KER-ee
From the Irish surname Ó Ciardha, which means "descendent of Ciardha". The name Ciardha means "dark" in Gaelic.
CARSON m,f Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout Kit Carson.
CATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Variant of KATHLEEN
CATRINA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of CATRIONA
CATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Gaelic form of KATHERINE
CHEVONNE f Irish
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
CIANNAIT f Irish
Feminine form of CIAN
CIARA f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-a-ra, KEER-a
Feminine form of CIARAN. Saint Ciara was an Irish nun who established a monastery at Kilkeary in the 7th century.
CLEENA f Irish
Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA
CLÍODHNA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: KLEE-u-na
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
CLÍONA f Irish
Contracted form of CLÍODHNA
CLODAGH f Irish
From the name of a river in Tipperary, Ireland.
CONCEPTA f Irish
Latin form of CONCEPCIÓN
DÁIRÍNE f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".
DAMHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-nawt
Means "little fawn" from Gaelic damh "fawn" combined with a diminutive suffix.
DARINA f Irish
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE
DEARBHÁIL f Irish
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for Ireland.
DEIRBHILE f Irish
Means "daughter of a poet" from Gaelic der "daughter" and file "poet". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
DEIRDRE f English, Irish
Pronounced: DER-dra, DEER-dra, DEER-dree
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman". She was a tragic character in Celtic legend who died of a broken heart after Conchobhar, the king of Ulster, killed her lover Naoise and forced her to be his bride.
DELMA f Irish, English
Short form of FIDELMA
DERVAL f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DERVILA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DERVLA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DEVNET f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-net
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT
DOIREANN f Irish
Possibly means either "sullen" or "daughter of FIONN" in Irish.
DOREAN f Irish
Anglicized form of DOIREANN .
DYMPHNA f Irish
Pronounced: DIMF-na
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT. This was the name of a 7th-century martyr, the patron saint of lunatics.
DYMPNA f Irish
Variant of DYMPHNA
ÉABHA f Irish
Irish form of EVE
EADAN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
ÉADAOIN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
EAVAN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Anglicized form of AOIBHEANN
EDNA (1) f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ED-na
Anglicized form of EITHNE
EIBHLÍN f Irish
Irish form of both AVELINE and EMELINE
EILEEN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN
EILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH
EILISH f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Anglicized form of EILÍS
EIREANN f English, Irish
From Eirinn, the dative case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland".
EIREEN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ie-REEN
Irish form of IRENE
EITHNE f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: EN-ya, EN-a
Means "kernel" in Gaelic. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint, sister of Saint Fidelma and follower of Saint Patrick.
EMER f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-mur
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift". In Irish legend she was the wife of Cuchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.
ENA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ENNIS f,m Irish
From the name of a town in Ireland.
ENYA f Irish
Pronounced: EN-ya
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ERIN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ER-in
Anglicized form of EIREANN
ETHNA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ETHNE f Irish
Variant of EITHNE
ETNA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
FEDELMA f Irish
Variant of FIDELMA
FEIDHELM f Irish
Feminine form of FEIDHLIM. In Irish legend she was a daughter of Conchobhar the king of Ulster.
FINNGUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of FIONNGHUALA
FINOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA
FÍONA f Irish
Derived from Irish fion meaning "vine".
FIONNGHUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnghuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
FIONNUALA f Irish
Modern Irish form of FIONNGHUALA
FIONOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA
FLANN m,f Irish
Pronounced: FLAN
Means "red" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Tara in Ireland.
FLANNAN m,f Irish
Pet form of FLANN
GOBINET f Irish
Variant of GOBNAIT
GOBNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: GAWB-net
Feminine form of GOBÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish abbess, the patron saint of Ballyvourney.
GOBNET f Irish
Anglicized form of GOBNAIT
GORMLAITH f Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady". This was the name of the wife of Brian Boru.
GRÁINNE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain". This was the name of an ancient Irish grain goddess. The name also belonged to the fiancée of Fionn mac Cumhail and the lover of Diarmuid in later Irish legend, and it is often associated with gráidh "love".
GRANIA f Irish
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Latinized form of GRÁINNE
GRANYA f Irish
Variant of GRANIA
HONOR f English, Irish
Variant of HONOUR
HONORA f Irish
Either a variant of HONORIA or an elaborated form of HONOUR.
ÍDE f Irish
Pronounced: EE-da
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
IMMACULATA f Irish
Latin form of INMACULADA
ISIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of ISABEL
ITA f Irish
Anglicized form of ÍDE
IÚILE f Irish
Irish form of JULIA
KATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Anglicized form of CAITLIN
KEELAN f,m Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.
KEELEY f English, Irish
Variant of KAYLEY
KEELIN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN
KELLY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KEL-ee
It could be related to the first name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh. Alternatively, it might be related to a Pictish word meaning "wood" or "holly". As a surname, this name has belonged to actor and dancer Gene Kelly and actress Grace Kelly.
KENNEDY f,m English, Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: KEN-e-dee
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "misshapen head". The name is often given in honour of assassinated American president John F. Kennedy.
KIERA f Irish
Anglicized form of CIARA
LÉAN f Irish
Irish form of HELEN
LÍADAN f Irish
Pronounced: LEE-din
Means "grey lady" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend she was a poetess who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief.
LÍLE f Irish
Irish form of LILY
LUÍSEACH f Irish
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH.
MADAILÉIN f Irish
Irish form of MAGDALENE
MAEVE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV
From the Gaelic name Méabh meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen who killed the hero Cuchulainn.
MÁIRE f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Irish form of MARY
MAIRÉAD f Irish
Irish form of MARGARET
MAIRENN f Irish
Variant of MÁIRÍN
MÁIRÍN f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-reen
Irish pet form of MARY .
MAURA (2) f Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: MOR-a
Possibly from Gaelic mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish or Scottish martyr. This name is also used as an Anglicized form of MÁIRE.
MAUREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN
MAURENE f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of MAUREEN
MAURINE f English, Irish
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of MAUREEN
MAVE f Irish
Variant of MAEVE
MAVOURNEEN f Irish
Derived from the Irish phrase mo múirnín meaning "my darling".
MÉABH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Original Irish form of MAEVE
MEADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Variant of MÉABH
MEAVE f Irish
Variant of MAEVE
MEDB f Irish
Variant of MÉABH
MOIRA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Anglicized form of MÁIRE
MONA (1) f Irish, English
Pronounced: MO-na
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT
MONAT f Irish
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT
MÓR f Scottish, Irish
Pronounced: MOR
Means "great" in Gaelic. It is sometimes translated into English as SARAH.
MOREEN f Irish, English
Pet form of MÓR sometimes used as a variant of MAUREEN.
MORNA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE
MOYNA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of MONA (1)
MOYRA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of MOIRA
MUADHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: MOO-nat
Means "little noble one", derived from Irish muadh "noble, good" combined with a diminutive suffix.
MUIREANN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white". In Irish legend this was the name of the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail.
MUIRENN f Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN
MUIRGEN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was a maiden who was transformed into a salmon.
MUIRGHEAL f Irish
Means "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright".
MUIRÍN f Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN
MUIRNE f Irish
Means "beloved" in Irish Gaelic.
MURIEL f English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRGHEAL
MYRNA f Irish
Pronounced: MUR-na
Anglicized form of MUIRNE
NAINSÍ f Irish
Irish form of NANCY
NAOMH f Irish
Pronounced: NEEV
Means "holy" in Irish Gaelic.
NEASA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NES-a
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin. In Irish legend she was the mother of Conchobhar, king of Ulster.
NEASSA f Irish
Variant of NEASA
NESSA (3) f Irish
Pronounced: NES-a
Variant of NEASA
NEVE f Irish
Anglicized form of NIAMH
NÓIRÍN f Irish
Irish pet form of NORA
NOLA f Irish, English
Pet form of FINOLA or a feminine form of NOLAN.
NORA f Irish, English, Scandinavian
Pronounced: NOR-a
Pet form of HONORA or ELEANOR
NORAH f Irish, English
Variant of NORA
NOREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: nor-EEN
Pet form of NORA
NUALA f Irish
Short form of FIONNUALA
ODHARNAIT f Irish
Means "little pale green one", derived from Irish odhra "pale green, sallow" combined with a diminutive suffix.
ONORA f Irish
Irish form of HONORA
OONA f Irish
Variant of UNA
OONAGH f Irish
Pronounced: OO-na
Variant of UNA
ÓRFHLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Means "golden princess" from Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "princess". This was the name of a sister of the Irish king Brian Boru.
ORLA f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ORLAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ÓRLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Variant of ÓRFHLAITH
ORNA f Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT
ORNAT f Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT
PÀDRAIGÍN f Irish
Irish form of PATRICIA
PATSY f,m Irish, English
Pronounced: PAT-see
Pet form of PATRICIA or PATRICK
RAGHNAILT f Irish
Irish form of RAGNHILD
RAGHNALL m Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of RAGNVALD
RÁICHÉAL f Irish
Irish form of RACHEL
RATHNAIT f Irish
Means "little graceful one", derived from Irish rath "grace" combined with a diminutive suffix.
REAGAN m,f English, Irish
From the Irish surname Ó Raigain, which means "descendent of Raigan". The name Raigan means "little king" in Gaelic.
RÍONA f Irish
Either a variant of RÍOGHNACH or a short form of CATRIONA.
RÍONACH f Irish
Variant of RÍOGHNACH
RÓIS f Irish
Irish cognate of ROSE
RÓISÍN f Irish
Pronounced: RO-sheen
Pet form of RÓIS
RONIT f Irish
Anglicized form of RATHNAIT
ROSHEEN f Irish
Anglicized form of RÓISÍN
RYAN m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: RIE-an
From a surname which was originally derived from an Irish first name which meant "little king" (from Irish rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix).
SABIA f Irish
Means "sweet" in Irish Gaelic.
SADB f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Variant of SADHBH
SADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Means "sweet, goodly" in Irish Gaelic.
SAIBH f Irish
Variant of SADHBH
SAOIRSE f Irish
Pronounced: SEER-sha
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic.
SARAID f Irish
Means "excellent" in Irish Gaelic.
SÉARLAIT f Irish
Pronounced: SHER-lat
Irish form of CHARLOTTE
SHAVONNE f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SHEILA f Irish, English
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Anglicized form of SÍLE
SHEVAUN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SHEVON f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of ISABEL
SÍLE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Irish form of CECILIA
SÍNE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-na
Irish form of JEANNE
SINÉAD f Irish
Pronounced: shi-NAYD
Irish form of JEANNETTE
SIOBHAN f Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of JEANNE.
SIOFRA f Irish
Perhaps means "elf" in Irish Gaelic.
SÍOMHA f Irish
Variant of SÍTHMAITH
SÍTHMAITH f Irish
Means "good peace" from Irish síth "peace" and maith "good".
SIVE f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Anglicized form of SADHBH
SLÁINE f Irish
Pronounced: SLAW-na
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.
SORCHA f Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.
TALULLA f Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Tuilelaith meaning "abundance lady".
TEAGAN m,f Irish
Means "little poet", derived from Gaelic tadhg "poet" and a diminutive suffix.
TREASA f Irish
Irish form of THERESA
UNA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: OO-na
Possibly means "lamb" in Irish Gaelic.
hope it help!:)
BOADICEA f Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of BOUDICCA
BOUDICCA f Ancient Celtic
Derived from Celtic boud meaning "victory". This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide.
AIDAN m,f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: AY-den
Anglicized form of AODHÁN, occasionally used as a feminine name.
AIGNÉIS f Irish
Irish form of AGNES
AILBHE m,f Irish
Pronounced: AL-va
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albhus meaning "white". In Irish legend she was a warrior of the Fianna.
AILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: AY-leesh
Irish form of ALICE
ÁINE f Irish
Means "radiance" in Gaelic. This was the name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of
ANNE.
AINGEAL f Irish
Irish cognate of ANGELA
AISLIN f Irish, English
Variant of AISLING
AISLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish Gaelic.
AISLINN f Irish
Variant of AISLING
AITHNE f Irish
Variant of EITHNE
ALASTRÍONA f Irish
Pronounced: al-as-TREE-na
Feminine form of ALASTAR
AOIBHEANN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of the mother of Saint Enda. It was also borne by several Irish princesses.
AOIBHÍN f Irish
Variant of AOIBHEANN
AOIFE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fa
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero Cuchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of Cuchulainn.
ASHLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Anglicized form of AISLING
ASSUMPTA f Irish
Latin form of ASUNCIÓN
BÁIRBRE f Irish
Pronounced: BAWR-bra
Irish form of BARBARA .
BÉBHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BÉBINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BEDELIA f Irish
Irish variant of BRIDGET
BÉIBHINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic.
BEVIN f Irish
Anglicized form of BÉIBHINN
BIDDY f Irish, English
Pet form of BRIDGET
BIDELIA f Irish, English
Pet form of BRIDGET
BLÁITHÍN f Irish
Means "little flower", derived from the Irish word blath "flower" and a diminutive suffix.
BLANID f Irish
Anglicized form of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAID f Irish
Variant of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAT f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BLAW-nit
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by Cuchulainn, who killed her husband, but she was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
BRADY m,f English, Irish
Pronounced: BRAY-dee
From the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh, which means "descendent of Brádach". The personal name Brádach probably derives from a Gaelic word meaning "large-chested".
BRAIDY m,f English, Irish
Variant of BRADY
BREDA f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIANNA f English, Irish
Pronounced: bree-AN-a
Feminine form of BRIAN
BRÍD f Irish
Contracted form of BRIGHID
BRIDE f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIDGET f Irish, Scottish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRI-jit
From the Irish name Brighid which means "high goddess". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. This name was also borne by a patron saint of Ireland (also called Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and by the patron saint of Sweden (also called Birgitta).
BRIGHID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRIED
Irish form of BRIDGET
BRIGID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of BRIGHID
BRIGIT f Irish, Scottish, English
Variant of BRIDGET
BROGAN m,f Irish
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint Patrick's scribe.
BRÓNACH f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century mystic from Ireland.
BRONAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÓNACH
CAITLIN f Irish, English
Pronounced: KAYT-lin
Irish form of Cateline, the Old French form of KATHERINE.
CAITRIA f Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE
CAITRÍONA f Irish
Irish form of KATHERINE
CAOILAINN f Irish
Variant of CAOILFHIONN
CAOILFHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair". This was the name of several Irish saints.
CAOIMHE f Irish, Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful".
CAREY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KER-ee
From the Irish surname Ó Ciardha, which means "descendent of Ciardha". The name Ciardha means "dark" in Gaelic.
CARSON m,f Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout Kit Carson.
CATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Variant of KATHLEEN
CATRINA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of CATRIONA
CATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Gaelic form of KATHERINE
CHEVONNE f Irish
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
CIANNAIT f Irish
Feminine form of CIAN
CIARA f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-a-ra, KEER-a
Feminine form of CIARAN. Saint Ciara was an Irish nun who established a monastery at Kilkeary in the 7th century.
CLEENA f Irish
Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA
CLÍODHNA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: KLEE-u-na
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
CLÍONA f Irish
Contracted form of CLÍODHNA
CLODAGH f Irish
From the name of a river in Tipperary, Ireland.
CONCEPTA f Irish
Latin form of CONCEPCIÓN
DÁIRÍNE f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".
DAMHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-nawt
Means "little fawn" from Gaelic damh "fawn" combined with a diminutive suffix.
DARINA f Irish
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE
DEARBHÁIL f Irish
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for Ireland.
DEIRBHILE f Irish
Means "daughter of a poet" from Gaelic der "daughter" and file "poet". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
DEIRDRE f English, Irish
Pronounced: DER-dra, DEER-dra, DEER-dree
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman". She was a tragic character in Celtic legend who died of a broken heart after Conchobhar, the king of Ulster, killed her lover Naoise and forced her to be his bride.
DELMA f Irish, English
Short form of FIDELMA
DERVAL f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DERVILA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DERVLA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or DEIRBHILE
DEVNET f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-net
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT
DOIREANN f Irish
Possibly means either "sullen" or "daughter of FIONN" in Irish.
DOREAN f Irish
Anglicized form of DOIREANN .
DYMPHNA f Irish
Pronounced: DIMF-na
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT. This was the name of a 7th-century martyr, the patron saint of lunatics.
DYMPNA f Irish
Variant of DYMPHNA
ÉABHA f Irish
Irish form of EVE
EADAN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
ÉADAOIN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
EAVAN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Anglicized form of AOIBHEANN
EDNA (1) f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ED-na
Anglicized form of EITHNE
EIBHLÍN f Irish
Irish form of both AVELINE and EMELINE
EILEEN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN
EILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH
EILISH f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Anglicized form of EILÍS
EIREANN f English, Irish
From Eirinn, the dative case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland".
EIREEN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ie-REEN
Irish form of IRENE
EITHNE f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: EN-ya, EN-a
Means "kernel" in Gaelic. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint, sister of Saint Fidelma and follower of Saint Patrick.
EMER f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-mur
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift". In Irish legend she was the wife of Cuchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.
ENA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ENNIS f,m Irish
From the name of a town in Ireland.
ENYA f Irish
Pronounced: EN-ya
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ERIN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ER-in
Anglicized form of EIREANN
ETHNA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
ETHNE f Irish
Variant of EITHNE
ETNA f Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE
FEDELMA f Irish
Variant of FIDELMA
FEIDHELM f Irish
Feminine form of FEIDHLIM. In Irish legend she was a daughter of Conchobhar the king of Ulster.
FINNGUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of FIONNGHUALA
FINOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA
FÍONA f Irish
Derived from Irish fion meaning "vine".
FIONNGHUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnghuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
FIONNUALA f Irish
Modern Irish form of FIONNGHUALA
FIONOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA
FLANN m,f Irish
Pronounced: FLAN
Means "red" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Tara in Ireland.
FLANNAN m,f Irish
Pet form of FLANN
GOBINET f Irish
Variant of GOBNAIT
GOBNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: GAWB-net
Feminine form of GOBÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish abbess, the patron saint of Ballyvourney.
GOBNET f Irish
Anglicized form of GOBNAIT
GORMLAITH f Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady". This was the name of the wife of Brian Boru.
GRÁINNE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain". This was the name of an ancient Irish grain goddess. The name also belonged to the fiancée of Fionn mac Cumhail and the lover of Diarmuid in later Irish legend, and it is often associated with gráidh "love".
GRANIA f Irish
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Latinized form of GRÁINNE
GRANYA f Irish
Variant of GRANIA
HONOR f English, Irish
Variant of HONOUR
HONORA f Irish
Either a variant of HONORIA or an elaborated form of HONOUR.
ÍDE f Irish
Pronounced: EE-da
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
IMMACULATA f Irish
Latin form of INMACULADA
ISIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of ISABEL
ITA f Irish
Anglicized form of ÍDE
IÚILE f Irish
Irish form of JULIA
KATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Anglicized form of CAITLIN
KEELAN f,m Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.
KEELEY f English, Irish
Variant of KAYLEY
KEELIN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN
KELLY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KEL-ee
It could be related to the first name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh. Alternatively, it might be related to a Pictish word meaning "wood" or "holly". As a surname, this name has belonged to actor and dancer Gene Kelly and actress Grace Kelly.
KENNEDY f,m English, Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: KEN-e-dee
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "misshapen head". The name is often given in honour of assassinated American president John F. Kennedy.
KIERA f Irish
Anglicized form of CIARA
LÉAN f Irish
Irish form of HELEN
LÍADAN f Irish
Pronounced: LEE-din
Means "grey lady" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend she was a poetess who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief.
LÍLE f Irish
Irish form of LILY
LUÍSEACH f Irish
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH.
MADAILÉIN f Irish
Irish form of MAGDALENE
MAEVE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV
From the Gaelic name Méabh meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen who killed the hero Cuchulainn.
MÁIRE f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Irish form of MARY
MAIRÉAD f Irish
Irish form of MARGARET
MAIRENN f Irish
Variant of MÁIRÍN
MÁIRÍN f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-reen
Irish pet form of MARY .
MAURA (2) f Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: MOR-a
Possibly from Gaelic mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish or Scottish martyr. This name is also used as an Anglicized form of MÁIRE.
MAUREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN
MAURENE f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of MAUREEN
MAURINE f English, Irish
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of MAUREEN
MAVE f Irish
Variant of MAEVE
MAVOURNEEN f Irish
Derived from the Irish phrase mo múirnín meaning "my darling".
MÉABH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Original Irish form of MAEVE
MEADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Variant of MÉABH
MEAVE f Irish
Variant of MAEVE
MEDB f Irish
Variant of MÉABH
MOIRA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Anglicized form of MÁIRE
MONA (1) f Irish, English
Pronounced: MO-na
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT
MONAT f Irish
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT
MÓR f Scottish, Irish
Pronounced: MOR
Means "great" in Gaelic. It is sometimes translated into English as SARAH.
MOREEN f Irish, English
Pet form of MÓR sometimes used as a variant of MAUREEN.
MORNA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE
MOYNA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of MONA (1)
MOYRA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of MOIRA
MUADHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: MOO-nat
Means "little noble one", derived from Irish muadh "noble, good" combined with a diminutive suffix.
MUIREANN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white". In Irish legend this was the name of the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail.
MUIRENN f Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN
MUIRGEN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was a maiden who was transformed into a salmon.
MUIRGHEAL f Irish
Means "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright".
MUIRÍN f Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN
MUIRNE f Irish
Means "beloved" in Irish Gaelic.
MURIEL f English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRGHEAL
MYRNA f Irish
Pronounced: MUR-na
Anglicized form of MUIRNE
NAINSÍ f Irish
Irish form of NANCY
NAOMH f Irish
Pronounced: NEEV
Means "holy" in Irish Gaelic.
NEASA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NES-a
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin. In Irish legend she was the mother of Conchobhar, king of Ulster.
NEASSA f Irish
Variant of NEASA
NESSA (3) f Irish
Pronounced: NES-a
Variant of NEASA
NEVE f Irish
Anglicized form of NIAMH
NÓIRÍN f Irish
Irish pet form of NORA
NOLA f Irish, English
Pet form of FINOLA or a feminine form of NOLAN.
NORA f Irish, English, Scandinavian
Pronounced: NOR-a
Pet form of HONORA or ELEANOR
NORAH f Irish, English
Variant of NORA
NOREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: nor-EEN
Pet form of NORA
NUALA f Irish
Short form of FIONNUALA
ODHARNAIT f Irish
Means "little pale green one", derived from Irish odhra "pale green, sallow" combined with a diminutive suffix.
ONORA f Irish
Irish form of HONORA
OONA f Irish
Variant of UNA
OONAGH f Irish
Pronounced: OO-na
Variant of UNA
ÓRFHLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Means "golden princess" from Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "princess". This was the name of a sister of the Irish king Brian Boru.
ORLA f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ORLAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ÓRLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Variant of ÓRFHLAITH
ORNA f Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT
ORNAT f Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT
PÀDRAIGÍN f Irish
Irish form of PATRICIA
PATSY f,m Irish, English
Pronounced: PAT-see
Pet form of PATRICIA or PATRICK
RAGHNAILT f Irish
Irish form of RAGNHILD
RAGHNALL m Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of RAGNVALD
RÁICHÉAL f Irish
Irish form of RACHEL
RATHNAIT f Irish
Means "little graceful one", derived from Irish rath "grace" combined with a diminutive suffix.
REAGAN m,f English, Irish
From the Irish surname Ó Raigain, which means "descendent of Raigan". The name Raigan means "little king" in Gaelic.
RÍONA f Irish
Either a variant of RÍOGHNACH or a short form of CATRIONA.
RÍONACH f Irish
Variant of RÍOGHNACH
RÓIS f Irish
Irish cognate of ROSE
RÓISÍN f Irish
Pronounced: RO-sheen
Pet form of RÓIS
RONIT f Irish
Anglicized form of RATHNAIT
ROSHEEN f Irish
Anglicized form of RÓISÍN
RYAN m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: RIE-an
From a surname which was originally derived from an Irish first name which meant "little king" (from Irish rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix).
SABIA f Irish
Means "sweet" in Irish Gaelic.
SADB f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Variant of SADHBH
SADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Means "sweet, goodly" in Irish Gaelic.
SAIBH f Irish
Variant of SADHBH
SAOIRSE f Irish
Pronounced: SEER-sha
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic.
SARAID f Irish
Means "excellent" in Irish Gaelic.
SÉARLAIT f Irish
Pronounced: SHER-lat
Irish form of CHARLOTTE
SHAVONNE f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SHEILA f Irish, English
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Anglicized form of SÍLE
SHEVAUN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SHEVON f Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN
SIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of ISABEL
SÍLE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Irish form of CECILIA
SÍNE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-na
Irish form of JEANNE
SINÉAD f Irish
Pronounced: shi-NAYD
Irish form of JEANNETTE
SIOBHAN f Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of JEANNE.
SIOFRA f Irish
Perhaps means "elf" in Irish Gaelic.
SÍOMHA f Irish
Variant of SÍTHMAITH
SÍTHMAITH f Irish
Means "good peace" from Irish síth "peace" and maith "good".
SIVE f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Anglicized form of SADHBH
SLÁINE f Irish
Pronounced: SLAW-na
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.
SORCHA f Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.
TALULLA f Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Tuilelaith meaning "abundance lady".
TEAGAN m,f Irish
Means "little poet", derived from Gaelic tadhg "poet" and a diminutive suffix.
TREASA f Irish
Irish form of THERESA
UNA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: OO-na
Possibly means "lamb" in Irish Gaelic.
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