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Irish Mythology Names

These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Ireland.
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ÁED   m   Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Older form of AODH
AILILL   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "elf" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
AODH   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áed, which meant "fire"... [more]
AODHÁN   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áedán, a diminutive of Áed (see AODH)... [more]
AOIFE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh... [more]
AONGHUS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy"... [more]
BÉBINN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
BILE   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly an Irish form of BELENUS, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "hero"... [more]
BLÁTHNAT   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]
BRAN (1)   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "raven" in Irish... [more]
BRIDGET   f   Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one"... [more]
BRIGHID   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Irish form of BRIDGET
BRIGID   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of BRIGHID
BRIGIT   f   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of BRIDGET
CÁEL   m   Irish Mythology
From Gaelic caol "slender"... [more]
CÉIBHFHIONN   f   Irish Mythology
Means "fair locks" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
CIAN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "ancient" in Gaelic... [more]
CLÍDNA   f   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of CLÍODHNA
CLÍODHNA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
CONALL   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic... [more]
CONCHOBHAR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of CONOR
CONCHÚR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Modern Irish form of CONCHOBHAR
CONLAOCH   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic conn "chief" and flaith "lord"... [more]
CONNLA   m   Irish Mythology
Variant of CONLAOCH
CONOR   m   Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"... [more]
CÚCHULAINN   m   Irish Mythology
Means "hound of Culann" in Irish... [more]
DAGDA   m   Irish Mythology
Means "good god" in Celtic... [more]
DÁIRE   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
DEIRDRE   f   English, Irish, Irish Mythology
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]
DERDRIU   f   Irish Mythology
Older form of DEIRDRE
DIARMAID   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means "without envy" in Irish... [more]
ÉBER   m   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of ÉIBHEAR
ÉIBHEAR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
ÉIMHEAR   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Modern Irish form of EMER
EMER   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift"... [more]
EÓGAN   m   Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Older Irish form of EOGHAN
EOGHAN   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE... [more]
ÉRIU   f   Irish Mythology
From the name of an Irish goddess, who according to legend gave her name to Ireland (which is called Éire in Irish)... [more]
ÉTAÍN   f   Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Old Irish ét "jealousy"... [more]
FACHTNA   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means "hostile" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
FEARGHAS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour"... [more]
FEDELM   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of FEIDELM
FEIDELM   f   Irish Mythology
Possibly a feminine form of FEIDLIMID... [more]
FEIDLIMID   m & f   Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
FERGUS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS
FIACHRA   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven"... [more]
FINN (1)   m   Irish Mythology, Irish
Older Irish form of FIONN... [more]
FINTAN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means either "white fire" or "white bull" in Irish... [more]
FIONN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
From Irish fionn (older Irish finn) meaning "fair" or "white"... [more]
FIONNUALA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder"... [more]
GOIBNIU   m   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish gobha meaning "smith"... [more]
GRÁINNE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain"... [more]
LIR   m   Irish Mythology
Irish cognate of LLYR... [more]
LÓEGAIRE   m   Irish Mythology, Ancient Irish
Means "calf herder", derived from Irish loagh "calf"... [more]
LUG   m   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of LUGH
LUGAID   m   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of LUGHAIDH
LUGH   m   Irish Mythology
Probably an Irish form of LUGUS... [more]
LUGHAIDH   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH... [more]
MAEVE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating"... [more]
MÉABH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of MEDB
MEADHBH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of MEDB
MEDB   f   Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of MAEVE
MORRIGAN   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish Mór Ríoghain meaning "great queen"... [more]
MUIRENN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Either derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white", or else a variant of MUIRNE.
MUIRGEN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Gaelic... [more]
MUIRNE   f   Irish Mythology
Means "festive" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
NAOISE   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]
NEAS   f   Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of NEASA
NEASA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning uncertain... [more]
NESS (1)   f   Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of NEAS
NESSA (3)   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of NEASA
NIAMH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "bright" in Irish... [more]
NUADA   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly means "protector" in Celtic... [more]
NUADHA   m   Irish Mythology
Variant of NUADA
ÓENGUS   m   Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of AONGHUS
OISÍN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little deer", derived from Irish os "deer" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]
OSCAR   m   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]
PARTHALÁN   m   Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly from BARTHOLOMEW... [more]
RÍOGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish ríoghan meaning "queen"... [more]
SABIA   f   Irish Mythology
Latinized form of SADB
SADB   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "sweet, goodly" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
SADBH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of SADB
SADHBH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Modern Irish form of SADB
SIONANN   f   Irish Mythology
The name of an Irish goddess, a granddaughter of Lir, who was the personification of the River Shannon... [more]
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