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NAME & PRONUNCIATION (in brackets)

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH A

Ailbe (Alby)

Aichlinn (Aik-lin)

Ailill (Aye-lil) 

Ailin (Aye-lin) 

Aindreas (Andre-as) 


Anmire (Ayen-mire) 


Alphonsus (Alfonsus) ~ Also Phonsie (Fon-si) 


Ambros (Ambrose)

Anluan (Anloo-an)

Anrai (Awn-ree) ~ Also Annraoi  


Aodh (Ee) ~ Also Aodhaigh (Ay-ee)

Aodhan (Aye-den) 

Aodhfionn (Ee-fin)

Aodhgan (Ee-gan) 

Aonghus (Ain-gus)

Aralt (Ar-alt) 

Ardal 

Aron (Ar-on) 

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH B

Banbhan (Ban-van) 

Baothan (Baythan) 

Beacan (Bee-can) 

Bearach (Barrah) 

Blathmac (Blah-mac)

Bran ~ Also Brandan

Breasal (Bree-sal) 

Brendan

Brian (Bree-an) 

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH C

Cadhla (Kad-la) 


Caibre (Ka-bra).


Caomhan (Kee-van) 

Carthach (Kar-thage) 

Catabhar (Katabar) 

Cathaeoir (Kahir)

Cathal (Cah-hal) 

Chuchulainn (Koo-cullen) 



Cian (Kee-an) 

Ciaran (Keer-an)  ~ Also Kieran

Cillian (Killeean) ~ Also Killian

Colm ~ Also: Columba (Kolumba), Colum (Kolum)

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

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

Comhghall (Koh-gal)

Conal (Konal) ~ Also Conall & Conell

Conan (Koe-nan) Also: Conant

Conn


Conor - Also Connor

Cormac (Kor-mac) 

Criomhthann (Kree-van) 

Crogher (Kro-her) 

Criostoir (Kreest-chor) Also - Christy.

Cronan (Kro-nan) 

Cumhai (koo-ie) 

Cumhea (Kovay)

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH D

Daghda (Dag-da) 

Daithi (Da-hey) - Also: Nathy, Daivi.

Dallan - Also: Dall.

Daman (Dayman) 

Daineal (Doh-nal) Also - Dainail

Dara 


Darren

De (Jay) 

Deaglan (Dek-lan)  Also: Declan.

Diarmuid (Djeermoodge)  Also: Dermot (Der-mot), Dermod
Dichu (Dee-shoo) 


Doiminic (Dom-nik) Also: Damhlaic (Dav-lik), Damhnaic (Dav-nik).

Donal (Doh-nal)  Also: Domhnall (Doh-nal)

Donnahadh (Dun-agh-ha)


Dorchaidhe (Dor-k-ha-dj) 

Dughall (Doo-gal)  Also: Dougal.

Dughlas (Doo-glas)  Also: Douglas (Dug-las)

Dualtach (Dul-tack) 


Dubhdara (Doov-dara) 

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH E

Eamon (Aymon)  Also: Eamonn (Aymon)

Earc (Erk) 

Eachtar (eck-tar)

Earnan (Ear-nan) 

Eibhear (ee-v-har) 


Eireamhon (Er-von) 

Elga (El-ga).


Emmet (Em-et) 


Eochaidh (Ock-h-ay) 

Eoghan (Owe-en)  Also: Owen.

Eoin (Ee-an)

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

GIRLS NAMES

MEANING OF NAME

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH A

After an Irish saint

A derivative of Echlin

After Ailill Molt, and early Irish king.  Meaning sprite

Early Irish name.  Meaning noble

After St. Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland.  Meaning manly

After St. Ainmire of County DONEGAL.  Meaning great lord

After St. Alphonsus Liguori.  Meaning noble ready


Meaning immortal

Meaning great champion

Irish form of Henry, used after Henry Joy McCracken, the Ulster Rebel     

An Irish name, Anglicised as Hugh

After St. Aiden.  Meaning little fire

An early Irish name.  Meaning white fire

An Irish name.  Meaning little fire

After St. Aengus the Culdee.  Meaning one vigour

The Irish form of Harold.  Meaning army power

An old Irish name meaning high valour

Meaning high mountain

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH B

An early Irish name meaning little piglet

An early Irish name meaning little foolish one

After St. Becan.  Meaning little one

After St. Barry.  Meaning spearlike

After a king of Tara.  Meaning flower son

Name of a celtic Deity.  Meaning raven

After St. Brazil.  Meaning strife  

After St. Brendan.  Meaning prince

After Irish King, Brian Boru

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH C

After an Archbishop of Tuam, Co Galway.  Meaning handsome

Cairbe defeated Fionna at the Battle of Gabhra.  Meaning: 'strong man'

After St. Kevin. Meaning: little handsome one

After St. Carthage.  Meaning: loving

A DONEGAL name.  Meaning helmet

An Irish name meaning warrior.  Also: Cahir

Irish version of Charles.  Cathal was a mighty warrior

The nickname name of the greatest hero of Irish mythology (although his real name was Setana). Meaning hound of Culann

An old Irish name meaning ancient

After St. Ciaran

After an Irish missionary who was martyred

Colm - After St. Colmcille.  Meaning dove 

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

Coman (Ko-man) - Meaning little wry one

After St. Cole.  Meaning co-pledge

After St. Conal.  Meaning strong like a wolf 

Conan (Koe-nan) 

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

Meaning desire or ‘hound lover’. 

After St. Cormac.  Meaning: charioteet

Meaning fox.  This is the baptismal name of St. Colmcille

Meaning lover of hounds 

The Irish form of Christopher.  Meaning christ-bearing

After St. Cronan.  Meaning little dark brown one

Anglisised as Quintin.  Meaning hound of the plain

An Irish name.  Meaning hound of Meath

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH D

After an Irish deity.  Meaning the good god

One of the kings of Tara.  Meaning speed agility

After St. Dallan.  Also: Dall.

The Irish form of Damien.  Meaning to tame.

The Irish form of Daniel.  Meaning God is my judge

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

An Irish name meaning little great one

After St. De

After St. Declan

After St. Diarmuid.  Meaning free man or envy free

After St. Dichu, the first Irish convert to Christianity made by St. Patrick.  Meaning great hound.

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

From the English Daniel or Donald.  Meaning 'mighty' 

After the High King of Donagh, son of Brian Boru.  Meaning brown warrior

Anglicised to D’Orsay

A Gaelic name meaning dark foreigner

A Gaelic name meaning black blue 

An Irish name Anglicised to Dudley.  Meaning 'black-jointed’

An early Irish name.  Meaning black man of the oak

IRISH BOYS NAMES BEGINING WITH E

Irish form of Edmund.  Meaning blessed protection

An old Irish name.  Meaning red or speckled

Irish form of Hector

Anglicised to Earnest.  Meaning little-experienced one

Eibhear was the son of the ledgendary leader, Milesius.  Anglicised as Ivor.  Meaning companion

A son of Milesius

Another name for Ireland was Inis Elga – the Noble Isle.  Meaning: 'noble'

The surname of the famous Irish rebel, Robert Emmet and often used as a Christian name in Ireland

An old Irish name.

An Irish form of John.  Meaning well born

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

GIRLS NAMES

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