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Irish Names

Irish names carry the widest gap on this site between how they look and how they sound, because Irish spelling records a sound system English does not have. Many arrive in two forms: the Irish spelling and an anglicization made by a clerk writing down what he heard. Both are in use, often in the same family, and neither is the wrong one.

Languages behind these names Irish Irish Gaelic Old Irish Hebrew Latin

Rankings for

55 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in the United States

Very Rare Rare Uncommon

Girls Boys Unisex

Barry Barry is a boy's name from an Irish surname generally traced to a word for a spear, though a Welsh island gives a competing route.
Boy Irish 114 in 2025
Dwayne Dwayne means the little dark one, from an Irish surname built on the word for black — the same root that gives Dublin its name, which means the black pool the city grew around.
Boy Irish 109 in 2025
Ciaran Ciaran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dark one," borne by two of Ireland's twelve apostles.
Boy Irish 110 in 2025
Eamon Peaked in 2016 · 8,319 births since 1919
Boy Irish 102 in 2025
Alannah Alannah is a girl's name from the Irish term of endearment a leanbh, meaning "O child," so it began as something said to a baby rather than something anyone was called.
Girl Irish 123 in 2025
Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female on record.
Unisex Irish 116 in 2025
Reilly Peaked in 1997 · 12,118 births since 1953
Unisex Irish 108 in 2025

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