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Irish Masculine Names

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

ABBÁN   m   Irish
Means "little abbot", derived from Irish abb "abbot" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

ÁDHAMH   m   Irish
Irish form of ADAM

AENGUS   m   Irish
Variant of AONGHUS

AIDAN   m   Irish, Scottish, English (Modern)
Anglicized form of AODHÁN

AILBHE   m & f   Irish
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albho meaning "white"... [more]

AILILL   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "elf" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

AILÍN   m   Irish
Irish cognate of ALAN

AINDRÉAS   m   Irish
Irish form of ANDREW

AINDRIÚ   m   Irish
Irish form of ANDREW

ALAOIS   m   Irish
Irish form of ALOYSIUS

ALASTAR   m   Irish
Irish form of ALEXANDER

ALBY   m   Irish
Anglicized masculine form of AILBHE

AMHLAOIBH   m   Irish
Irish form of OLAF

ANGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANRAÍ   m   Irish
Irish form of HENRY

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]

AONGHAS   m   Scottish, Irish
Variant of AONGHUS

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

ARAN   f & m   Irish
From the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.

ARDAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ARDGHAL

ARDGHAL   m   Irish
Means "high valour", derived from the Irish elements ard "high" and gal "valour".

BARRA   m   Irish
Short form of FIONNBHARR

BARRIE   m   Irish, English
Variant of BARRY

BARRY   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Irish name Bairre, which is a diminutive of FIONNBHARR... [more]

BEARACH   m   Irish
Derived from Gaelic biorach meaning "sharp"... [more]

BERACH   m   Irish
Variant of BEARACH

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

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

BRAN (1)   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "raven" in Irish... [more]

BREANDÁN   m   Irish
Irish Gaelic form of BRENDAN

BRENDAN   m   Irish, English
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince"... [more]

BRENNAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendent of Braonán"... [more]

BRIAN   m   Irish, English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble"... [more]

BRODIE   m   Irish, English (Modern)
Variant of BRODY

BRODY   m   Irish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic.

BROGAN   m & f   Irish
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CADOGAN   m   Welsh, Irish
Anglicized form of CADWGAWN

CAHAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CATHAL

CAHIR   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CATHAIR

CAIRBRE   m   Irish, Scottish
Means "charioteer" in Gaelic.

CALBHACH   m   Irish
Means "bald" in Irish Gaelic.

CALVAGH   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CALBHACH

CAOIMHÍN   m   Irish
Original Irish form of KEVIN

CAOLÁN   m   Irish
From Gaelic caol "slender" combined with the diminutive suffix án.

CARBREY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CARBRY   m   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE

CAREY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of Ciardha"... [more]

CARROL   m   Irish
Variant of CARROLL

CARROLL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CEARBHALL... [more]

CARSON   m & f   Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CATHAIR   m   Irish
Means "battle man" from Gaelic cath "battle" and vir "man".

CATHAL   m   Irish
Derived from the Gaelic elements cath "battle" and val "rule"... [more]

CATHÁN   m   Irish
Derived from Gaelic cath "battle" combined with a diminutive suffix.

CATHAOIR   m   Irish
Variant of CATHAIR

CAVAN   m   Irish
Derived from the name of an Irish county, which is from Irish cabhán "hollow".

CEALLACH   m   Irish
Possibly derived either from Gaelic ceallach meaning "war, strife" or from a Gaelic word meaning "bright-headed".

CEALLAGH   m   Irish
Variant of CEALLACH

CEARBHALL   m   Irish
Probably from Gaelic cearbh "hacking with a weapon".

CHRISTIE (2)   m   Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER

CHRISTY (2)   m   Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER

CIAN   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "ancient" in Gaelic... [more]

CIANÁN   m   Irish
Diminutive of CIAN... [more]

CIAR   m   Irish
Derived from Irish ciar meaning "black".

CIARÁN   m   Irish
Derived from Irish ciar "black" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CILLIAN   m   Irish
Either from Gaelic ceallach meaning "war, strife" or else from Gaelic ceall "church" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CILLÍN   m   Irish
Variant of CILLIAN

CIONAODH   m   Irish
Irish form of CINÁED

CLANCY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From the Irish surname Mac Fhlannchaidh which means "son of Flannchadh"... [more]

CODY   m   English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Óda, which means "son of OTTO"... [more]

COILEAN   m   Irish
Irish form of CAILEAN

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLM   m   Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA

COLMÁN   m   Irish
Irish form of the Late Latin name Columbanus, which was itself derived from COLUMBA... [more]

COLUM   m   Irish
Irish form of COLUMBA

COMGAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL

COMGAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHÁN

COMHGHALL   m   Irish
Means "joint pledge" from Irish comh "together" and gall "pledge".

COMHGHÁN   m   Irish
Means "born together" from Irish comh "together" and gan "born".

CONALL   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic... [more]

CONAN   m   Irish
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Gaelic "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

CONCHOBHAR   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of CONNOR

CONLETH   m   Irish
Modern form of the old Irish name Conláed, possibly meaning "chaste fire" from Gaelic connla "chaste" and aodh "fire"... [more]

CONLEY   m   Irish
Anglicized form of CONLETH

CONN   m   Irish
Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.

CONNOR   m   Irish, English (Modern), Irish Mythology
From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"... [more]

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRÍ   m   Irish
Means "wolf king" in Irish Gaelic.

CORMAC   m   Irish
Means "son of defilement" from Gaelic corb "defilement" and mac "son"... [more]

COWAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL

CUÁN   m   Irish
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from the Irish element "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DÁIRE   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

DAITHÍ   m   Irish
Possibly means "swift" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

DALEY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]

DALY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.

DARA (1)   m   Irish
From the Irish Mac Dara which means Means "oak tree"... [more]

DARACH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARAGH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DARRAGH   m   Irish
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE

DEASÚN   m   Irish
Irish form of DESMOND

DECLAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

DERMOT   m   Irish
Anglicized form of DIARMAID

DERRY   m   Irish
Diminutive of DERMOT

DESMOND   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster (in Ireland)".

DEVIN   m & f   English, Irish
From an Anglicized Irish surname derived from either of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin (from the given name Damhán meaning "fawn") or Ó Dubháin (from the given name Dubhán meaning "little black one").

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

DIARMUID   m   Irish
Variant of DIARMAID

DOMHNALL   m   Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of DONALD

DONAGH   m   Irish
Irish form of Donnchadh (see DUNCAN).

DONAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of Domhnall (see DONALD).

DONNACHAIDH   m   Scottish, Irish
Variant of DONNCHADH

DONNCHADH   m   Scottish, Irish
Original form of DUNCAN

DONOVAN   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Donnabhain meaning "descendent of Donndubhán"... [more]

DORAN   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Deoradháin meaning "descendent of Deoradhán"... [more]

DOUGAL   m   Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall "stranger".

DOYLE   m   Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning "descendent of Dubhghall"... [more]

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

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

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]

EBER   m   Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

EDAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Variant of AIDAN

ÉIBHEAR   m   Irish
Meaning unknown... [more]

ÉIBHIR   m   Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

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

EINRÍ   m   Irish
Irish form of HENRY

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.

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

EOIN   m   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of JOHN

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]

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]

FEICHÍN   m   Irish
Variant of FECHÍN

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]

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

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

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

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]

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

FIONNTÁN   m   Irish, Scottish
Original form of FINTAN

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