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Irish Mythology Feminine Names

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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