the etymology and history of first names
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Irish Mythology Masculine Names
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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 diminutive of Áed (see AODH)... [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).
BRAN (1) m Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "raven" in Irish... [more]
CÁEL m Irish Mythology
From Gaelic caol "slender"... [more]
CIAN m Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "ancient" in 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
CONNOR m Irish, English (Modern), Irish Mythology
From 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]
DIARMAID m Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means either "freeman" or "without envy" in Irish... [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]
FIONN m Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair" or "white" in Gaelic... [more]
GOIBNIU m Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish gobha meaning "smith"... [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]
NAOISE m Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [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]
OSCAR m English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]
PARTHALAN m Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]
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