the etymology and history of first names
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Irish Mythology Feminine Names
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The names listed here occur in the mythologies and legends of Ireland.
AOIFE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh... [more]
BLÁTHNAT f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix... [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
Irish form of BRIDGET
CÉIBHFHIONN f Irish Mythology
Means "fair locks" in Irish Gaelic... [more]
CLÍODHNA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "shapely" 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]
EMER f Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift"... [more]
ÉTAÍN f Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Old Irish ét "jealousy"... [more]
FINNGUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of FIONNGHUALA
FIONNGHUALA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder"... [more]
GRÁINNE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain"... [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]
NEASA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]
NIAMH f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "bright" in Irish... [more]
RÍGHNACH f Irish Mythology
Variant of RÍOGHNACH
RÍOGHNACH f Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish ríoghan meaning "queen"... [more]
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