Traditional Names

Names with centuries of continuous use behind them, usually carried by the church, the crown or the family Bible rather than by fashion.

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166 names, most popular first in United States

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Alban Alban is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "white" or "of Alba," and its saint was the first Christian martyr in Britain.
Boy French #10,884 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
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
Kassim Kassim is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "one who divides" or "distributor," and it was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's first son.
Boy Arabic #13,589 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
Assia Assia is a girl's name of Arabic origin usually read as "one who consoles," borne in Islamic tradition by the wife of Pharaoh who defied him.
Girl Arabic #15,390 in US
Cathal Cathal is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle rule," from cath and val.
Boy Irish 9,119 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
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
Ruairidh Ruairidh is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "red king," the Gaelic spelling of Rory.
Boy Scottish 1,690 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
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
Donagh Donagh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "brown-haired warrior," and it is the same name as the Scottish Duncan by a different route.
Boy Irish 1,030 births
Roise Roise is a girl's name of Germanic origin, the Irish form of Rose — and Rose did not originally mean the flower at all.
Girl Irish 1,004 births
Ruadhan Ruadhan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little red one," from ruadh.
Boy Irish 789 births
Iarlaith Iarlaith is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unresolved, borne by the founder of the monastic school at Tuam.
Boy Irish 690 births
Rioghnach Rioghnach is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "queenly," from rí, and it is one of very few Irish women's names built on the word for a king.
Girl Irish 126 births

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