admitily i might have gotten carried away! but i hope it help! i onlyly looked up irish names mostly cause they mostly celtic or from a celtic name! but the first page of this site will let you look up scotish welish and english names! if it were up to me i would use the name emer, only i would spell it eimear!
hope it help!:)
BOADICEA f Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of
BOUDICCABOUDICCA f Ancient Celtic
Derived from Celtic boud meaning "victory". This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide.
AIDAN m,f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: AY-den
Anglicized form of AODHÁN, occasionally used as a feminine name.
AIGNÉIS f Irish
Irish form of
AGNESAILBHE m,f Irish
Pronounced: AL-va
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albhus meaning "white". In Irish legend she was a warrior of the Fianna.
AILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: AY-leesh
Irish form of
ALICEÁINE f Irish
Means "radiance" in Gaelic. This was the name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of
ANNE.
AINGEAL f Irish
Irish cognate of
ANGELAAISLIN f Irish, English
Variant of
AISLINGAISLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish Gaelic.
AISLINN f Irish
Variant of
AISLINGAITHNE f Irish
Variant of
EITHNEALASTRÍONA f Irish
Pronounced: al-as-TREE-na
Feminine form of
ALASTARAOIBHEANN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of the mother of Saint Enda. It was also borne by several Irish princesses.
AOIBHÍN f Irish
Variant of
AOIBHEANNAOIFE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fa
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend
Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero
Cuchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of
Cuchulainn.
ASHLING f Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling
Anglicized form of
AISLINGASSUMPTA f Irish
Latin form of ASUNCIÓN
BÁIRBRE f Irish
Pronounced: BAWR-bra
Irish form of
BARBARA .
BÉBHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BÉBINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Variant of BÉIBHINN
BEDELIA f Irish
Irish variant of
BRIDGETBÉIBHINN f Irish
Pronounced: BAY-vin
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic.
BEVIN f Irish
Anglicized form of BÉIBHINN
BIDDY f Irish, English
Pet form of
BRIDGETBIDELIA f Irish, English
Pet form of
BRIDGETBLÁITHÍN f Irish
Means "little flower", derived from the Irish word blath "flower" and a diminutive suffix.
BLANID f Irish
Anglicized form of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAID f Irish
Variant of BLÁTHNAT
BLÁTHNAT f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BLAW-nit
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by
Cuchulainn, who killed her husband, but she was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
BRADY m,f English, Irish
Pronounced: BRAY-dee
From the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh, which means "descendent of Brádach". The personal name Brádach probably derives from a Gaelic word meaning "large-chested".
BRAIDY m,f English, Irish
Variant of
BRADYBREDA f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIANNA f English, Irish
Pronounced: bree-AN-a
Feminine form of
BRIANBRÍD f Irish
Contracted form of
BRIGHIDBRIDE f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÍD
BRIDGET f Irish, Scottish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRI-jit
From the Irish name
Brighid which means "high goddess". In Irish mythology she was the goddess of poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god
Dagda. This name was also borne by a patron saint of
Ireland (also called
Brigid) who established a convent at Kildare in the 5th century, and by the patron saint of Sweden (also called
Birgitta).
BRIGHID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRIED
Irish form of
BRIDGETBRIGID f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of
BRIGHIDBRIGIT f Irish, Scottish, English
Variant of
BRIDGETBROGAN m,f Irish
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint
Patrick's scribe.
BRÓNACH f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century mystic from
Ireland.
BRONAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of BRÓNACH
CAITLIN f Irish, English
Pronounced: KAYT-lin
Irish form of Cateline, the Old French form of
KATHERINE.
CAITRIA f Irish
Irish form of
KATHERINECAITRÍONA f Irish
Irish form of
KATHERINECAOILAINN f Irish
Variant of
CAOILFHIONNCAOILFHIONN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair". This was the name of several Irish saints.
CAOIMHE f Irish, Scottish
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful".
CAREY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KER-ee
From the Irish surname Ó Ciardha, which means "descendent of Ciardha". The name Ciardha means "dark" in Gaelic.
CARSON m,f Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout
Kit Carson.
CATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Variant of
KATHLEENCATRINA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of
CATRIONACATRIONA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ka-TREE-na
Gaelic form of
KATHERINECHEVONNE f Irish
Anglicized form of
SIOBHANCIANNAIT f Irish
Feminine form of
CIANCIARA f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-a-ra, KEER-a
Feminine form of
CIARAN. Saint
Ciara was an Irish nun who established a monastery at Kilkeary in the 7th century.
CLEENA f Irish
Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA
CLÍODHNA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: KLEE-u-na
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
CLÍONA f Irish
Contracted form of CLÍODHNA
CLODAGH f Irish
From the name of a river in Tipperary,
Ireland.
CONCEPTA f Irish
Latin form of CONCEPCIÓN
DÁIRÍNE f Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".
DAMHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-nawt
Means "little fawn" from Gaelic damh "fawn" combined with a diminutive suffix.
DARINA f Irish
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE
DEARBHÁIL f Irish
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for
Ireland.
DEIRBHILE f Irish
Means "daughter of a poet" from Gaelic der "daughter" and file "poet". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
DEIRDRE f English, Irish
Pronounced: DER-dra, DEER-dra, DEER-dree
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman". She was a tragic character in Celtic legend who died of a broken heart after
Conchobhar, the king of Ulster, killed her lover
Naoise and forced her to be his bride.
DELMA f Irish, English
Short form of
FIDELMADERVAL f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or
DEIRBHILEDERVILA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or
DEIRBHILEDERVLA f Irish
Anglicized form of DEARBHÁIL or
DEIRBHILEDEVNET f Irish
Pronounced: DEV-net
Anglicized form of
DAMHNAITDOIREANN f Irish
Possibly means either "sullen" or "daughter of
FIONN" in Irish.
DOREAN f Irish
Anglicized form of
DOIREANN .
DYMPHNA f Irish
Pronounced: DIMF-na
Anglicized form of
DAMHNAIT. This was the name of a 7th-century martyr, the patron saint of lunatics.
DYMPNA f Irish
Variant of
DYMPHNAÉABHA f Irish
Irish form of
EVEEADAN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
ÉADAOIN f Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN
EAVAN f Irish
Pronounced: EE-van
Anglicized form of
AOIBHEANNEDNA (1) f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: ED-na
Anglicized form of
EITHNEEIBHLÍN f Irish
Irish form of both
AVELINE and
EMELINEEILEEN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN
EILÍS f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Irish Gaelic form of
ELIZABETHEILISH f Irish
Pronounced: IE-leesh
Anglicized form of EILÍS
EIREANN f English, Irish
From Eirinn, the dative case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "
Ireland".
EIREEN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ie-REEN
Irish form of
IRENEEITHNE f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: EN-ya, EN-a
Means "kernel" in Gaelic. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint, sister of Saint
Fidelma and follower of Saint
Patrick.
EMER f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-mur
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift". In Irish legend she was the wife of
Cuchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.
ENA f Irish
Anglicized form of
EITHNEENNIS f,m Irish
From the name of a town in
Ireland.
ENYA f Irish
Pronounced: EN-ya
Anglicized form of
EITHNEERIN f English, Irish
Pronounced: ER-in
Anglicized form of
EIREANNETHNA f Irish
Anglicized form of
EITHNEETHNE f Irish
Variant of
EITHNEETNA f Irish
Anglicized form of
EITHNEFEDELMA f Irish
Variant of
FIDELMAFEIDHELM f Irish
Feminine form of
FEIDHLIM. In Irish legend she was a daughter of
Conchobhar the king of Ulster.
FINNGUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of
FIONNGHUALAFINOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of
FIONNGHUALAFÍONA f Irish
Derived from Irish fion meaning "vine".
FIONNGHUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend
Fionnghuala was one of the four children of
Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
FIONNUALA f Irish
Modern Irish form of
FIONNGHUALAFIONOLA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of
FIONNGHUALAFLANN m,f Irish
Pronounced: FLAN
Means "red" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of a 9th-century king of
Tara in
Ireland.
FLANNAN m,f Irish
Pet form of
FLANNGOBINET f Irish
Variant of
GOBNAITGOBNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: GAWB-net
Feminine form of GOBÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish abbess, the patron saint of Ballyvourney.
GOBNET f Irish
Anglicized form of
GOBNAITGORMLAITH f Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady". This was the name of the wife of
Brian Boru.
GRÁINNE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain". This was the name of an ancient Irish grain goddess. The name also belonged to the fiancée of
Fionn mac Cumhail and the lover of
Diarmuid in later Irish legend, and it is often associated with gráidh "love".
GRANIA f Irish
Pronounced: GRAWN-ya
Latinized form of GRÁINNE
GRANYA f Irish
Variant of
GRANIAHONOR f English, Irish
Variant of
HONOURHONORA f Irish
Either a variant of
HONORIA or an elaborated form of
HONOUR.
ÍDE f Irish
Pronounced: EE-da
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
IMMACULATA f Irish
Latin form of
INMACULADAISIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of
ISABELITA f Irish
Anglicized form of ÍDE
IÚILE f Irish
Irish form of
JULIAKATHLEEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN
Anglicized form of
CAITLINKEELAN f,m Irish
Anglicized form of
CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.
KEELEY f English, Irish
Variant of
KAYLEYKEELIN f Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lin
Anglicized form of
CAOILFHIONNKELLY m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: KEL-ee
It could be related to the first name
CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh. Alternatively, it might be related to a Pictish word meaning "wood" or "holly". As a surname, this name has belonged to actor and dancer
Gene Kelly and actress
Grace Kelly.
KENNEDY f,m English, Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: KEN-e-dee
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "misshapen head". The name is often given in honour of assassinated American president
John F.
Kennedy.
KIERA f Irish
Anglicized form of
CIARALÉAN f Irish
Irish form of
HELENLÍADAN f Irish
Pronounced: LEE-din
Means "grey lady" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend she was a poetess who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief.
LÍLE f Irish
Irish form of
LILYLUÍSEACH f Irish
Derived from the name of the Irish god
LUGH.
MADAILÉIN f Irish
Irish form of
MAGDALENEMAEVE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV
From the Gaelic name Méabh meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen who killed the hero
Cuchulainn.
MÁIRE f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Irish form of
MARYMAIRÉAD f Irish
Irish form of
MARGARETMAIRENN f Irish
Variant of MÁIRÍN
MÁIRÍN f Irish
Pronounced: MOI-reen
Irish pet form of
MARY .
MAURA (2) f Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: MOR-a
Possibly from Gaelic mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish or Scottish martyr. This name is also used as an Anglicized form of MÁIRE.
MAUREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN
MAURENE f Irish, English
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of
MAUREENMAURINE f English, Irish
Pronounced: mor-EEN
Variant of
MAUREENMAVE f Irish
Variant of
MAEVEMAVOURNEEN f Irish
Derived from the Irish phrase mo múirnín meaning "my darling".
MÉABH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Original Irish form of
MAEVEMEADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: MAYV
Variant of MÉABH
MEAVE f Irish
Variant of
MAEVEMEDB f Irish
Variant of MÉABH
MOIRA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: MOI-ra
Anglicized form of MÁIRE
MONA (1) f Irish, English
Pronounced: MO-na
Anglicized form of
MUADHNAITMONAT f Irish
Anglicized form of
MUADHNAITMÓR f Scottish, Irish
Pronounced:
MORMeans "great" in Gaelic. It is sometimes translated into English as
SARAH.
MOREEN f Irish, English
Pet form of MÓR sometimes used as a variant of
MAUREEN.
MORNA f Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of
MUIRNEMOYNA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of
MONA (1)
MOYRA f Irish, Scottish
Variant of
MOIRAMUADHNAIT f Irish
Pronounced: MOO-nat
Means "little noble one", derived from Irish muadh "noble, good" combined with a diminutive suffix.
MUIREANN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white". In Irish legend this was the name of the mother of
Fionn mac Cumhail.
MUIRENN f Irish
Variant of
MUIRGENMUIRGEN f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was a maiden who was transformed into a salmon.
MUIRGHEAL f Irish
Means "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright".
MUIRÍN f Irish
Variant of
MUIRGENMUIRNE f Irish
Means "beloved" in Irish Gaelic.
MURIEL f English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of
MUIRGHEALMYRNA f Irish
Pronounced: MUR-na
Anglicized form of
MUIRNENAINSÍ f Irish
Irish form of
NANCYNAOMH f Irish
Pronounced: NEEV
Means "holy" in Irish Gaelic.
NEASA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NES-a
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin. In Irish legend she was the mother of
Conchobhar, king of Ulster.
NEASSA f Irish
Variant of
NEASANESSA (3) f Irish
Pronounced: NES-a
Variant of
NEASANEVE f Irish
Anglicized form of
NIAMHNÓIRÍN f Irish
Irish pet form of
NORANOLA f Irish, English
Pet form of
FINOLA or a feminine form of
NOLAN.
NORA f Irish, English, Scandinavian
Pronounced: NOR-a
Pet form of
HONORA or
ELEANORNORAH f Irish, English
Variant of
NORANOREEN f Irish, English
Pronounced: nor-EEN
Pet form of
NORANUALA f Irish
Short form of
FIONNUALAODHARNAIT f Irish
Means "little pale green one", derived from Irish odhra "pale green, sallow" combined with a diminutive suffix.
ONORA f Irish
Irish form of
HONORAOONA f Irish
Variant of
UNAOONAGH f Irish
Pronounced: OO-na
Variant of
UNAÓRFHLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Means "golden princess" from Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "princess". This was the name of a sister of the Irish king
Brian Boru.
ORLA f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ORLAGH f Irish
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH
ÓRLAITH f Irish
Pronounced: OR-la
Variant of ÓRFHLAITH
ORNA f Irish
Anglicized form of
ODHARNAITORNAT f Irish
Anglicized form of
ODHARNAITPÀDRAIGÍN f Irish
Irish form of
PATRICIAPATSY f,m Irish, English
Pronounced: PAT-see
Pet form of
PATRICIA or
PATRICKRAGHNAILT f Irish
Irish form of
RAGNHILDRAGHNALL m Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of
RAGNVALDRÁICHÉAL f Irish
Irish form of
RACHELRATHNAIT f Irish
Means "little graceful one", derived from Irish rath "grace" combined with a diminutive suffix.
REAGAN m,f English, Irish
From the Irish surname Ó Raigain, which means "descendent of Raigan". The name Raigan means "little king" in Gaelic.
RÍONA f Irish
Either a variant of RÍOGHNACH or a short form of
CATRIONA.
RÍONACH f Irish
Variant of RÍOGHNACH
RÓIS f Irish
Irish cognate of
ROSERÓISÍN f Irish
Pronounced: RO-sheen
Pet form of RÓIS
RONIT f Irish
Anglicized form of
RATHNAITROSHEEN f Irish
Anglicized form of RÓISÍN
RYAN m,f Irish, English
Pronounced: RIE-an
From a surname which was originally derived from an Irish first name which meant "little king" (from Irish rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix).
SABIA f Irish
Means "sweet" in Irish Gaelic.
SADB f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Variant of
SADHBHSADHBH f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Means "sweet, goodly" in Irish Gaelic.
SAIBH f Irish
Variant of
SADHBHSAOIRSE f Irish
Pronounced: SEER-sha
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic.
SARAID f Irish
Means "excellent" in Irish Gaelic.
SÉARLAIT f Irish
Pronounced: SHER-lat
Irish form of
CHARLOTTESHAVONNE f Irish, English
Anglicized form of
SIOBHANSHEILA f Irish, English
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Anglicized form of SÍLE
SHEVAUN f Irish, English
Anglicized form of
SIOBHANSHEVON f Irish, English
Anglicized form of
SIOBHANSIBÉAL f Irish
Irish form of
ISABELSÍLE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-la
Irish form of
CECILIASÍNE f Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-na
Irish form of
JEANNESINÉAD f Irish
Pronounced: shi-NAYD
Irish form of
JEANNETTESIOBHAN f Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a
Norman French variant of
JEANNE.
SIOFRA f Irish
Perhaps means "elf" in Irish Gaelic.
SÍOMHA f Irish
Variant of SÍTHMAITH
SÍTHMAITH f Irish
Means "good peace" from Irish síth "peace" and maith "good".
SIVE f Irish
Pronounced: SIEV
Anglicized form of
SADHBHSLÁINE f Irish
Pronounced: SLAW-na
Means "health" in Irish Gaelic.
SORCHA f Irish, Scottish
Means "radiant" in Gaelic.
TALULLA f Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Tuilelaith meaning "abundance lady".
TEAGAN m,f Irish
Means "little poet", derived from Gaelic tadhg "poet" and a diminutive suffix.
TREASA f Irish
Irish form of
THERESAUNA f Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: OO-na
Possibly means "lamb" in Irish Gaelic.
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