A

Ailbe (Alby) - After an Irish saint

Aichlinn (Aik-lin) - A derivative of Echlin

Ailill (Aye-lil) - After Ailill Molt, and early Irish king.  Meaning sprite

Ailin (Aye-lin) - Early Irish name.  Meaning noble

Aindreas (Andre-as) - After St. Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland.  Meaning manly

Anmire (Ayen-mire) - After St. Ainmire of County DONEGAL.  Meaning great lord

Alphonsus (Alfonsus) - After St. Alphonsus Liguori.  Meaning noble ready.  Also: Alf, Phonsie (Fon-si)

Ambros (Ambrose) - Meaning immortal

Anluan (Anloo-an) - Meaning great champion

Anrai (Awn-ree) - Irish form of Henry, used after Henry Joy McCracken, the Ulster Rebel.  Also: Annraoi   

Aodh (Ee) - An Irish name, Anglicised as Hugh.  Also: Aodhaigh (Ay-ee)

Aodhan (Aye-den) - After St. Aiden.  Meaning little fire

Aodhfionn (Ee-fin) - An early Irish name.  Meaning white fire

Aodhgan (Ee-gan) - An Irish name.  Meaning little fire

Aonghus (Ain-gus) - After St. Aengus the Culdee.  Meaning one vigour

Aralt (Ar-alt) - The Irish form of Harold.  Meaning army power

Ardal - An old Irish name meaning high valour

Aron (Ar-on) - Meaning high mountain

B

Banbhan (Ban-van) - An early Irish name meaning little piglet.

Baothan (Baythan) - An early Irish name meaning little foolish one.

Beacan (Bee-can) - After St. Becan.  Meaning little one.

Bearach (Barrah) - After St. Barry.  Meaning spearlike.

Blathmac (Blah-mac) - After a king of Tara.  Meaning flower son.

Bran - Name of a celtic Deity.  Meaning raven.  Also: Brandan.

Breasal (Bree-sal) - After St. Brazil.  Meaning strife.  Also: Bresal.

Brendan - After St. Brendan.  Meaning prince.

Brian (Bree-an) - After King Brian Boru.

C

Cadhla (Kad-la) - After an Archbishop of Tuam, Co Galway.  Meaning handsome.

Caibre (Ka-bra) - Cairbe defeated Fionna at the Battle of Gabhra.  Meaning: 'strong man'.

Caomhan (Kee-van) - After St. Kevin. Meaning: little handsome one.

Carthach (Kar-thage) - After St. Carthage.  Meaning: loving.

Catabhar (Katabar) - A DONEGAL name.  Meaning helmet.

Cathaeoir (Kahir) - An Irish name meaning warrior.  Also: Cahir.

Cathal (Cah-hal) - Irish version of Charles.  Cathal was a might warrior.

Chuchulainn (Koo-cullen) - The nickname name of the greatest hero of Irish mythology (his real   name was Setana).  Meaning hound of Culann.

Cian (Kee-an) - An old Irish name meaning ancient.

Ciaran (Keer-an) - After St. Ciaran.  Also: Kieran.

Cillian (Killeean) - After an Irish missionary who was martyred.  Also: Killian.

Colm - After St. Colmcille.  Meaning dove.  Also: Columba (Kolumba), Colum (Kolum).

Colman (Kol-man) - Irish form of Columbanus.  Meaning dovelet.

Coman (Ko-man) - Meaning little wry one.

Comhghall (Koh-gal) - After St. Cole.  Meaning co-pledge.

Conal (Konal) -

Conan (Koe-nan) - After St. Conan.  Meaning small hound.  Also: Conant.

Conn - After a legendary Irish monarch, Conn of the Hundred Battles.  Meaning ‘high’.

Conor - An Irish name.  Meaning desire or ‘hound lover’.  Also: Connor.

Cormac (Kor-mac) - After St. Cormac.  Meaning: charioteet.

Criomhthann (Kree-van) - An Irish name.  Meaning fox.  This is the baptismal name of St. Colmcille.

Crogher (Kro-her) -

Criostoir (Kreest-chor) - The Irish form of Christopher.  Meaning christ-bearing.  Also: Christy.

Cronan (Kro-nan) - After St. Cronan.  Meaning little dark brown one.

Cumhai (koo-ie) - Anglisised as Quintin.  Meaning hound of the plain.

Cumhea (Kovay) - An Irish name.  Meaning hound of Meath.

D

Daghda (Dag-da) - After an Irish deity.  Meaning the good god.

Daithi (Da-hey) - One of the kings of Tara.  Meaning speed agility.  Also: Nathy, Daivi.

Dallan - After St. Dallan.  Also: Dall.

Daman (Dayman) - The Irish form of Damien.  Meaning to tame.

Daineal (Doh-nal) - The Irish form of Daniel.  Meaning God is my judge.  Also: Dainail

Dara - An old Irish name.  Darragh is the Anglicised form.  Meaning oak.

Darren - An Irish name meaning little great one.

De (Jay) - After St. De.

Deaglan (Dek-lan)  - After St. Declan.  Also: Declan.

Diarmuid (Djeermoodge) - After St. Diarmuid.  Meaning free man or envy free.  Also: Dermot (Der-mot), Dermod.

Dichu (Dee-shoo) - After St. Dichu, the first Irish convert to Christianity made by St. Patrick.  Meaning great hound.

Doiminic (Dom-nik) - After St. Dominic de Guzman.  Also: Damhlaic (Dav-lik), Damhnaic (Dav-nik).

Donal (Doh-nal) - From the English Daniel or Donald.  Meaning 'mighty'.  Also: Domhnall (Doh-nal).

Donnahadh (Dun-agh-ha) - After the High King of Donagh, son of Brian Boru.  Meaning brown warrior.

Dorchaidhe (Dor-k-ha-dj) - An Irish name.  Anglicised to D’Orsay.

Dughall (Doo-gal) - A Gaelic name.  Meaning dark foreigner.  Also: Dougal.

Dughlas (Doo-glas) - A Gaelic name.  Meaning black blue.  Also: Douglas (Dug-las)

Dualtach (Dul-tack) - An Irish name Anglicised to Dudley.  Meaning 'black-jointed’.

Dubhdara (Doov-dara) - An early Irish name.  Meaning black man of the oak.

E

Eamon (Aymon) - Irish form of Edmund.  Meaning blessed protection.  Also: Eamonn Aymon)

Earc (Erk) - An old Irish name.  Meaning red or speckled.

Eachtar (eck-tar) - Irish form of Hector.

Earnan (Ear-nan) - Anglicised to Earnest.  Meaning little-experienced one.

Eibhear (ee-v-har) - Eibhear was the son of the ledgendary leader, Milesius.  Anglicised as Ivor.  Meaning companion.

Eireamhon (Er-von) - An Irish name.  A son of Milesius.

Elga (El-ga) - Another name for Ireland was Inis Elga – the Noble Isle.  Meaning: 'noble'.

Emmet (Em-et) -  The surname of the renowned Irish rebel, Robert Emmet and often used as a Christian name in Ireland.

Eochaidh (Ock-h-ay) - An old Irish name.

Eoghan (Owe-en) - An Irish form of John.  Meaning well born.  Also: Owen.

Eoin (Ee-an) - A derivative of John.

F

Fachtna (Fak-na) - After an early Irish saint.

Feardorcha (Far-dor-a-ka) - Old Irish name.  Anglicised as Frederick or Ferdinand.  Meaning:

Fearghall (Fer-gal) - After St. Fergal.  Meaning man of strength. 

Fearghus (Fer-gus) - Of celtic origin.  Meaning ‘super choice’ or man of vigour.  Also: Fearghais, Fergus.                                                 

Fechin (Fee-k-hin) - After and Irish saint.  Meaning little raven.  Also: Feichin.

Felim (Fee-lim) - After a king of Connacht.  Meaning little raven.  Anglicised to Felix.  Also: Feilim, Phelim.

Fiachra (Fee-kra) - After St. Fiachra.  Meaning raven.

Finin (Fin-een) - Meaning fair offspring.

Finnian (Fin-ee-an) - After St. Finian.

Fionbharr (Fin-bar) - After St. Finbar.  Meaning fair head.

Fionnlugh (Fin-lug) - After an early Irish saint.  Meaning fair winning.

Fionn (Fin) - After the great hero of Irish mythology, Finn MacCool.  Also: Finn, Fynn.

Flann - An early Irish name.  Meaning blood-red.

Fursa (Fur-say) - After St. Fursey.

G

Gael (Gayl) - The medieval hero after whom Ireland was named.

Gearoid (Garr-oij) - The Irish form of Garrett.  Also: Gairiad (Gar-oij), Garreth, Gary.

Gearard (Ger-hard) - After St. Gerard Majella.  Meaning spear hard.          

Greagoir (Greg-or) - Irish form of Gregory.  Meaning watchful one.

Gruagach (Grua-gah) - An Irish name.  Meaning hairy one.

I

Irial (Ir-e-al) - An old Irish name.

Iarghlaith (Eer-lath) - After St. Jarlath.  Also: Jarlath.

Iona - (eye-ona) - Irish form of Johan.  Meaning: 'dove'.

Iosog (Ee-sog) - Irish form of Issac.  Meaning he may laugh.

Iustas (Ew-stace) - Irish form of Eustace.  Meaning fruitful.

K

Kellagh (Kella) - After St. Celsus.

Kerill (Kiril) - Irish form of Cyril.  Meaning lordly.  Also: Coireall (Kiril).

Kyras (Ki-ras) - An old Irish name.

L

Labhras (Lav-ras) - After St. Lorcan.  Irish form of Laurence.

Laoghaire (Lee-ra) - A king of Tara.  Meaning calf-herder.

Leon(Lee-on) - Irish name meaning lion.

Liam (Lee-am) - The short form of Uilliam which is the Irish form of William.

Lochlainn (Lock-lin) - The name of a land in Irish legend.  Meaning heroic.  Also: Lochlin

Lorcan (Lorkan) - The Irish form of Lawrence.  Meaning fierce.

Lucan (Loo-kan) - An Irish form of the Latin, Lucius.  Meaning light.

Lucas (Loos) - After St. Luke.

Lugh (Loo-h) - The name of an early Irish hero.

M

Macanisius (Mac-an-is-us) - After St. Macanisus, and early Irish bishop.

Mairtin (Mar-cheen) - After St. Martin.  From Mars, the God of war.

Maitiu (Mat-tuw) - After one of the apolstles.  Derived from Matthew.       

Malachy (Mal-ak-ay) - After St. Malachy.  Meaning my messenger.

Manus (Man-us)  - Popular name in DONEGAL for many years.  Meaning great.

Maolcholm (Mal-come) - Meaning servant of St. Columba.

Micheal (Mee-haal) - After St. Michael.  Irish form of Michael.

N

Niall (Ny-al) - Irish form of Neil.

P

Padraig (Paudrig) - After St. Patrick.  Irish form of Patrick.  Also: Padraic, Padhraig, Paddy

Peadar (Padder) - The Irish form of Peter.  Meaning rock

R

Ronan (Row-nan) - From the Irish word ron , meaning ‘seal’

S

Seamus (Shay-mus) - After St. James.  The Irish form of James.  Also: Seamas, Seamy

Sean (Shawn) - After John the Baptist.  Irish form of John.  Also: Seon

Siseal (Ses-il) - After St. Cecil.  Meaning little blind one.  Also: Cecil

TTadgh (Tah-g) - Irish form of Timothy.  Meaning poet

Tomas (Tom-ass) - Irish form of Thomas.  Meaning twin

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