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Irish Mythology Names

The names listed here occur in the mythologies and legends of Ireland.

ÁED   m   Ancient Celtic, Irish Mythology
Older form of AODH

ÁEDÁN   m   Ancient Celtic, Irish Mythology
Older form of AODHÁN... [more]

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 pet form of Áed (see AODH)... [more]

AOIFE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh... [more]

AONGHUS   m   Scottish, Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy"... [more]

BILE   m   Irish Mythology
Irish cognate of Bel (see BELENUS).

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, Scottish, 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

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]

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 CONNOR

CONLAOCH   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic conn "chief" and flaith "lord"... [more]

CONNLA   m   Irish Mythology
Variant of CONLAOCH

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
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]

DIARMAID   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means either "freeman" or "without envy" in Irish... [more]

EMER   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift"... [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]

FERGUS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS

FIACHRA   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven"... [more]

FINNGUALA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of FIONNGHUALA

FIONN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair" or "white" in Gaelic... [more]

FIONNGHUALA   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 Celtic
Means "calf herder", derived from Irish loagh "calf"... [more]

LUGH   m   Irish Mythology
Irish form of Lug, the name of a Celtic god of the sun and craftsmanship, meaning "shining one" in Old Irish (ultimately from the Indo-European root *leuk "light, brightness")... [more]

LUGHAIDH   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH... [more]

MAEVE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
From 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, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of MAEVE

MORRIGAN   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish Mhór Rioghain meaning "great queen"... [more]

MÓRRÍGHAN   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of MORRIGAN

MUIREANN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white"... [more]

MUIRGEN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

NAOISE   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]

NEASA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]

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   Scottish, Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of AONGHUS

OISÍN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little deer", derived from Irish os "deer" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

PARTHALAN   m   Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

RÍGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of RÍOGHNACH

RÍOGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish ríoghan meaning "queen"... [more]

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