mcjune09's Personal Name List

Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Personal remark: I like the way it sounds, and the spelling is pretty too. con: pronounciation, spelling
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Róisín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ro-SHEEN
Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.
Órlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: OR-lə(Irish)
Means "golden ruler", from Old Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This name was borne by several medieval Irish royals, including a sister of the king Brian Boru.
Nuala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: NWU-lə
Short form of Fionnuala.
Lile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Personal remark: LEE leh - con, everyone would pronounce it Lyle
Irish form of Lily.
Fionnuala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Old Irish finn "white, blessed" and gúala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
Ciara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-rə
Personal remark: i know i know...
Feminine form of Ciar. This is another name for Saint Ciar.
Aoibheann
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: EE-vyən
Personal remark: Despite the clunky spelling I love how this one sounds! I think it looks pretty too!
From Old Irish Oébfinn or Aíbinn, derived from oíb meaning "beauty, appearance, form" and finn meaning "white, blessed". This was the name of the mother of Saint Énna of Aran. It was also borne by the daughter of the 10th-century Irish high king Donnchad Donn.
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