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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 uncertain Old Irish Hebrew Latin

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317 names, most popular first in United States

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Kieron Peaked in 2002 · 5,976 births since 1996
Boy Irish #12,371 in US
Cliodhna Cliodhna is a girl's name of Irish origin borne by a queen of the sidhe whose name gave a wave in Glandore harbor its title.
Girl Irish #12,693 in US
Cahir Cahir is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle-man," and the County Tipperary town of the same spelling takes its name from a different word entirely.
Boy Irish #12,770 in US
Croía Croía is a girl's name of Irish origin taken from croí, the Irish word for heart.
Girl Irish #12,898 in US
Sorcha Peaked in 1997 · 3,129 births since 1968
Girl Irish #12,971 in US
Nuala Peaked in 1965 · 2,805 births since 1964
Girl Irish #13,040 in US
Fianna Fianna is a girl's name taken from the warrior bands of Irish legend, and it is a collective noun rather than a personal name.
Girl Irish #13,110 in US
Orlaith Orlaith is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "golden princess," and it was borne by a sister of Brian Boru who was executed for adultery.
Girl Irish #13,355 in US
Odhran Odhran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dark one," from odhar, a dun or sallow color.
Boy Irish #13,669 in US
Eilis Peaked in 1984 · 1,408 births since 1964
Girl Irish #14,476 in US
Rossa Rossa is a boy's name of Irish origin from ros, a wooded headland, and it carries the memory of the Fenian whose funeral gave Irish republicanism its most quoted speech.
Boy Irish #16,091 in US
Caragh Caragh is a girl's name of Irish origin, generally read as "friend" from the Irish cara, though it may equally be a place name from County Kerry.
Girl Irish #16,449 in US
Shelia Shelia is Cecilia with two letters swapped and four languages in between — Cecilia became the Irish Síle, Síle was written Sheila in English, and Sheila was misspelled into Shelia often enough to become its own name.
Girl Irish 47,946 births
Carroll Carroll is one of the more evenly divided names on this site — 14 percent of the births in our records are female, and it belonged to the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Unisex Irish 41,350 births
Delma Peaked in 1926 · 9,901 births since 1884
Unisex Irish 9,901 births
Donal Peaked in 1974 · 9,607 births since 1964
Boy Irish 9,607 births
Cathal Cathal is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle rule," from cath and val.
Boy Irish 9,119 births
Eimear Eimear is a girl's name of Irish origin borne by Cú Chulainn's wife, who by tradition had the six gifts of womanhood.
Girl Irish 7,636 births
Nolhan Peaked in 2013 · 7,603 births since 1992
Boy Irish 7,603 births
Grainne Peaked in 1982 · 6,398 births since 1964
Girl Irish 6,398 births
Dermot Peaked in 1972 · 5,498 births since 1964
Boy Irish 5,498 births
Emer Peaked in 1983 · 5,408 births since 1964
Girl Irish 5,408 births
Enda Peaked in 1977 · 3,938 births since 1964
Boy Irish 3,938 births
Diarmuid Peaked in 2007 · 3,481 births since 1964
Boy Irish 3,481 births
Caolan Caolan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "slender one," from caol with a diminutive ending — the same construction behind Ronán and Odhrán.
Boy Irish 3,268 births
Sadhbh Sadhbh is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "sweet" or "good."
Girl Irish 3,239 births
Daithi Daithi is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "swiftness" or "nimbleness."
Boy Irish 2,937 births
Aoibheann Aoibheann is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "radiant" or "beautiful," from aoibh.
Girl Irish 2,724 births
Ailbhe Ailbhe is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "white" or "bright," historically used for both sexes.
Girl Irish 2,667 births
Donnacha Donnacha is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "brown-haired warrior," from donn and cath.
Boy Irish 2,663 births
Paddy Paddy is a unisex name of Latin origin, the familiar form of Pádraig, meaning "nobleman."
Unisex Irish 2,323 births
Aoibhinn Peaked in 2011 · 2,252 births since 1982
Girl Irish 2,252 births
Maire Peaked in 1979 · 2,182 births since 1964
Girl Irish 2,182 births
Cliona Peaked in 1991 · 2,109 births since 1964
Girl Irish 2,109 births
Naoise Naoise is a unisex name of Irish origin whose meaning is lost, belonging to the young warrior at the center of Ireland's oldest love story.
Unisex Irish 2,016 births
Aoibhe Aoibhe is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "radiant" or "beautiful," from aoibh — the look of a face that is smiling.
Girl Irish 2,013 births
Orlagh Orlagh is a girl's name from the Irish Órlaith, meaning golden sovereign.
Girl Irish 1,853 births
Muireann Muireann is a girl's name from Irish meaning sea-fair, built from the words for sea and white.
Girl Irish 1,822 births
Laoise Laoise is a girl's name of Irish origin, usually read as "radiant," and it shares its spelling with the county of Laois.
Girl Irish 1,678 births
Aoibhin Aoibhin is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "little radiant one," from aoibh, the look of a face that is smiling.
Girl Irish 1,661 births
Bronagh Peaked in 2004 · 1,641 births since 1965
Girl Irish 1,641 births
Eanna Eanna is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unresolved, borne by the founder of Ireland's first monastic community on the Aran Islands.
Boy Irish 1,530 births
Tadgh Tadgh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "poet," and the name was so common that it became the generic word for an ordinary Irishman.
Boy Irish 1,510 births
Fiachra Fiachra is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "raven," and its saint became the patron of gardeners and gave the Paris taxi its name.
Boy Irish 1,480 births
Bryna Peaked in 2003 · 1,473 births since 1926
Girl Irish 1,473 births
Doireann Doireann is a girl's name from Irish legend whose meaning is genuinely disputed — sullen and daughter of Finn are both proposed, and neither is settled.
Girl Irish 1,384 births
Tiarnan Tiarnan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little lord," the Irish-spelled form of Tiernan.
Boy Irish 1,341 births
Páidí Páidí is a boy's name of Irish origin, an affectionate diminutive of Pádraig, the Irish form of Patrick.
Boy Irish 1,285 births

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