Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the usage is Irish; and the origin is Hebrew.
gender
usage
origin
Ádhamh m Irish
Irish form of Adam.
Dáibhí m Irish
Irish form of David.
Éabha f Irish
Irish form of Eve.
Eilís f Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Elizabeth (or sometimes of Alice).
Eilish f Irish
Anglicized form of Eilís.
Eoin m Irish
Irish form of Iohannes (see John) used in the Bible.
Ionatán m Irish
Irish form of Jonathan.
Isibéal f Irish
Irish form of Isabel.
Máire f Irish
Irish form of Maria (see Mary). The form Muire is used to refer to the Virgin Mary.
Máirín f Irish
Irish diminutive of Mary.
Maitiú m Irish
Irish form of Matthew.
Malachy m Irish
Anglicized form of Máel Sechnaill or Máel Máedóc, influenced by the spelling of Malachi. Saint Malachy (in Irish, Máel Máedóc) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh renowned for his miracles.
Mallaidh f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Molly.
Maura 2 f Irish, English
Anglicized form of Máire. It has also been associated with Irish mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish martyr.
Maureen f Irish, English
Anglicized form of Máirín.
Mícheál m Irish
Irish form of Michael.
Moira f Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of Máire. It also coincides with Greek Μοῖρα (Moira) meaning "fate, destiny", the singular of Μοῖραι, the Greek name for the Fates. They were the three female personifications of destiny in Greek mythology.
Moreen f Irish, English
Anglicized form of Móirín. It is sometimes used as a variant of Maureen.
Moyra f Irish, Scottish
Variant of Moira.
Muire f Irish
Irish form of Maria (see Mary). This form is typically reserved for the Virgin Mary, with Máire used as a given name.
Nainsí f Irish
Irish form of Nancy.
Ráichéal f Irish
Irish form of Rachel.
Séamas m Irish
Irish form of James.
Séamus m Irish
Irish form of James.
Seán m Irish
Irish form of John, derived via the Old French form Jehan.
Sean m Irish, English
Anglicized form of Seán. This name name, along with variants Shawn and Shaun, began to be be used in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland around the middle of the 20th century.
Seosamh m Irish
Irish form of Joseph.
Shamus m Irish
Anglicized form of Séamus.
Shane m Irish, English
Anglicized form of Seán. It came into general use in America after the release of the western movie Shane (1953).
Sheamus m Irish
Anglicized form of Séamus.
Sibéal f Irish
Irish form of Isabel.
Síne f Irish
Irish form of Jeanne or Jane.
Sinéad f Irish
Irish form of Jeannette.
Siobhán f Irish
Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of Jeanne.