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The names listed here are used in Ireland. See also about Irish names.

DRISCOLL   m   English (Rare), Irish
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".

DUANE   m   English, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhan which means "little and dark", derived from dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DUBHGHALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGAL

DUBHGHLAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic form of DOUGLAS

DWAYNE   m   English, Irish
Variant of DUANE

DYMPHNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of DAMHNAIT... [more]

DYMPNA   f   Irish
Variant of DYMPHNA

ÉABHA   f   Irish
Irish form of EVE

EACHANN   m   Scottish, Irish
Means "brown horse" from Gaelic each "horse" and donn "brown"... [more]

EADAN   f   Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

ÉADAOIN   f   Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

EADBHÁRD   m   Irish
Irish form of EDWARD

EAMON   m   Irish
Variant of ÉAMONN... [more]

ÉAMONN   m   Irish
Irish form of EDMUND

ÉANNA   m   Irish
Possibly means "bird-like" in Irish... [more]

EAVAN   f   Irish
Anglicized form of AOIBHEANN

EBER   m   Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

EDAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Variant of AIDAN

EDNA (1)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ÉIBHEAR   m   Irish
Meaning unknown... [more]

ÉIBHIR   m   Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

EIBHLÍN   f   Irish
Irish form of AVELINE

EILEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN... [more]

EILÍS   f   Irish
Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EILISH   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EILÍS

EIMEAR   f   Irish
Modern Irish form of EMER

ÉIMHÍN   m   Irish
Possibly means "swift, prompt" in Irish Gaelic.

EINRÍ   m   Irish
Irish form of HENRY

EIREANN   f   English (Rare), Irish (Rare)
From Éireann, the genitive case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland"... [more]

EIREEN   f   Irish
Irish form of IRENE

EITHNE   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "kernel" in Gaelic... [more]

ELVA (1)   f   Irish
Anglicized form of AILBHE

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

ENA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ENDA   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ÉANNA

ÉNNA   m   Irish
Variant of ÉANNA

ENNIS   f & m   Irish
From the name of a town in Ireland.

ENYA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

EOGHAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Old Celtic... [more]

EOIN   m   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of JOHN

ERIN   f   English, Irish
Anglicized form of EIREANN... [more]

ERSKINE   m   Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic... [more]

ETHNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ETHNE   f   Irish
Variant of EITHNE

ETNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

FACHTNA   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means "hostile" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

FÁELÁN   m   Irish
Variant of FAOLÁN

FAOLÁN   m   Irish
Means "little wolf", derived from Gaelic faol "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

FARQUHAR   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FEARCHAR

FEARCHAR   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "dear man" from Gaelic fear "man" and char "dear".

FEARDORCHA   m   Irish
Means "dark man" from Gaelic fear "man" and dorcha "dark".

FEARGHAL   m   Irish
Means "man of valour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gal "valour"... [more]

FEARGHAS   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour"... [more]

FECHÍN   m   Irish
Means "little raven" from Irish fiach "raven" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

FEDELMA   f   Irish
Variant of FIDELMA

FEICHÍN   m   Irish
Variant of FECHÍN

FEIDHELM   f   Irish
Feminine form of FEIDHLIM... [more]

FEIDHLIM   m   Irish
Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

FEIDHLIMIDH   m   Irish
Variant of FEIDHLIM

FELIM   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FEIDHLIM

FERGAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FEARGHAL

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

FIACHNA   m   Irish
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven"... [more]

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

FIDELMA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of FEIDHELM... [more]

FILLIN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FAOLÁN

FINBAR   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FIONNBHARR

FINBARR   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FIONNBHARR

FINLAY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH

FINLEY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH

FINN (1)   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FIONN... [more]

FINNBAR   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FIONNBHARR

FINNEGAN   m   Irish, English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendent of Fionnagán"... [more]

FINNÉN   m   Irish
Variant of FINNIAN

FINNGUALA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of FIONNGHUALA

FINNIAN   m   Irish
Derived from Old Irish finn "white" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

FINOLA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA

FINTAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Fionntán, which possibly means either "white fire" or "white bull" in Gaelic... [more]

FION   m   Irish
Variant of FIONN

FÍONA   f   Irish
Derived from Irish fion meaning "vine".

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

FIONNBARRA   m   Irish
Variant of FIONNBHARR

FIONNBHARR   m   Irish
Means "fair hair", derived from Gaelic fionn "white, fair" and barr "head"... [more]

FIONNGHUALA   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder"... [more]

FIONNLAGH   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "white warrior" from Gaelic fionn "white, fair" and laogh "warrior".

FIONNTÁN   m   Irish, Scottish
Original form of FINTAN

FIONNUALA   f   Irish
Modern Irish form of FIONNGHUALA

FIONOLA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA

FLAITHRÍ   m   Irish
Means "king of princes" from Gaelic flaith "prince" and "king".

FLANN   m & f   Irish
Means "red" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

FLANNAN   m & f   Irish
Diminutive of FLANN

FLORRY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FLAITHRÍ

FLURRY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of FLAITHRÍ

GALLAGHER   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendent of Gallchobhar"... [more]

GARBHÁN   m   Irish
Means "little rough one" from Irish garbh "rough" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

GARVAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of GARBHÁN

GEARALT   m   Irish
Irish form of GERALD

GEARÓID   m   Irish
Irish form of GERARD or GERALD

GILROY   m   Irish, Scottish
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which means "son of the king's servant".

GOBÁN   m   Irish
Either means "little smith" from Irish gobha "smith" combined with a diminutive suffix, or else is derived from the name of the Irish god GOIBNIU (which is also a derivative of gobha).

GOBINET   f   Irish
Variant of GOBNAIT

GOBNAIT   f   Irish
Feminine form of GOBÁN... [more]

GOBNET   f   Irish
Anglicized form of GOBNAIT

GOFRAIDH   m   Irish
Irish form of GODFREY

GORMLAITH   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "illustrious princess" from Irish gorm "illustrious" and flaith "princess, lady"... [more]

GRADY   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendent of Grádaigh"... [more]

GRÁINNE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain"... [more]

GRANIA   f   Irish
Latinized form of GRÁINNE

GRANYA   f   Irish
Variant of GRANIA

GRÉAGÓIR   m   Irish
Irish form of GREGORY

HEBER (1)   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ÉIBHEAR

HONORA   f   Irish, English
Variant of HONORIA... [more]

IARFHLAITH   m   Irish
Composed of the Irish elements ior, of unknown meaning, and flaith "lord"... [more]

IARLAITH   m   Irish
Variant of IARFHLAITH

ÍDE   f   Irish
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst"... [more]

IMMACULATA   f   Irish
Latin form of INMACULADA

ÍOMHAR   m   Irish
Irish form of IVOR

IONATÁN   m   Irish
Irish form of JONATHAN

ISIBÉAL   f   Irish
Irish form of ISABEL

ITA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ÍDE

IÚILE   f   Irish
Irish form of JULIA

IVOR   m   Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]

JARLATH   m   Irish
Anglicized form of IARFHLAITH

KANE   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CATHÁN

KATHLEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

KEAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CIAN

KEANE   m   Irish
Variant of KEAN

KEAVY   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

KEEFE   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caoimh meaning "descendent of Caomh"... [more]

KEEGAN   m   Irish, English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán"... [more]

KEELAN   f & m   Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN, sometimes used as a masculine name.

KEELIN   f   Irish
Anglicized form of CAOILFHIONN

KEENAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CIANÁN

KEEVA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

KEGAN   m   Irish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was a variant of KEEGAN.

KELAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN

KELLY   m & f   Irish, English
From the Irish given name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh... [more]

KENNEDY   f & m   English, Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head"... [more]

KEVAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of Caoimheán, a variant of Caoimhin (see KEVIN) with a different diminutive suffix.

KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Coemgen, composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KIERA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of CIARA (1)

KIERAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KIERON   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KILIAN   m   Irish, German
Irish variant and German form of CILLIAN

KILLIAN   m   Irish
Variant of CILLIAN

KYRAN   m   Irish
Variant of KIERAN

LABHRÁS   m   Irish
Irish form of LAURENCE (1)

LACHTNA   m   Irish
Means "milk-coloured" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

LAOGHAIRE   m   Irish
Modern Irish form of LÓEGAIRE

LAOISE   f   Irish
Possibly from the name Luigsech which means "radiant girl" in Irish... [more]

LEACHLAINN   m   Irish
Short form of MAELEACHLAINN

LÉAN   f   Irish
Irish form of HELEN

LEARY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of LAOGHAIRE

LÍADÁIN   f   Irish
Variant of LÍADAN

LÍADAN   f   Irish
Means "grey lady" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

LIAM   m   Irish
Irish short form of WILLIAM

LÍLE   f   Irish
Irish form of LILY

LOCHLAINN   m   Irish
Irish form of LACHLAN

LOCHLANN   m   Irish
Irish form of LACHLAN

LOMÁN   m   Irish
Variant of LOMMÁN

LOMMÁN   m   Irish
Means "little bare one", derived from Irish Gaelic lomm "bare" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

LONÁN   m   Irish
Means "little blackbird", derived from Irish Gaelic lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix.

LORCÁN   m   Irish
Means "little fierce one", derived from Irish Gaelic lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

LORCCÁN   m   Irish
Variant of LORCÁN

LÚCÁS   m   Irish
Irish form of LUCAS

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

LUÍSEACH   f   Irish
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH.

MADAILÉIN   f   Irish
Irish form of MAGDALENE

MAELEACHLAINN   m   Irish
Means "devotee of Saint Seachnall", derived from Irish mael "devotee" combined with Seachlainn, a variant of Seachnall the Irish form of SECUNDINUS.

MAEVE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
From the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating"... [more]

MAHON   m   Irish
Anglicized form of MATHÚIN

MAINCHÍN   m   Irish
Means "little monk", derived from Irish manach "monk" combined with a diminutive suffix.

MÁIRE   f   Irish
Irish form of MARY

MAIRÉAD   f   Irish
Irish form of MARGARET

MAIRENN   f   Irish
Variant of MÁIRÍN

MÁIRÍN   f   Irish
Irish diminutive of MARY

MAIRTÍN   m   Irish
Irish form of MARTIN

MAITIÚ   m   Irish
Irish form of MATTHEW

MALACHY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of MAELEACHLAINN influenced by the spelling of MALACHI.

MALLAIDH   f   Irish
Irish form of MOLLY

MANNIX   m   Irish
Anglicized form of MAINCHÍN

MANUS   m   Irish
Irish form of MAGNUS

MARCAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of MARK

MATHÚIN   m   Irish
Shortened form of Mathghamhain, which means "bear" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

MAURA (2)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRE... [more]

MAUREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN

MAURINE   f   English, Irish
Variant of MAUREEN

MAVE   f   Irish
Variant of MAEVE

MAVOURNEEN   f   Irish
Derived from the Irish phrase mo múirnín meaning "my darling".

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