Saturday, April 24, 2010

What are some good irish names for boys and girls?

hi there! I was wondering if you could please come up w/ some irish names for boys and girls. I come from a very irish family, and its important to keep our irish heritage going. they can be popular and unique. Thanks for taking the time to answer!

What are some good irish names for boys and girls?
Aine (AWN-ya)


Erin


Niamh/Nieve (NEEV or NEEuv)


Caitlin (KATE-lin)


Siobhan (Shu-VON)


Sinead (Shin-ADE)


Cara


Deirdre


Cathleen


Fiona


Bridget


Brighid~with an accent on the first I (BREED)


Aoibheann (EE-vyin or EE-van)


Vanessa


Aisling (ASH-lynn or ASH-ling)


Saoirse (SEER-sha or SUR-sha)~Like the girl from Atonement! Saoirse Ronan!


Naomh~(NAV or NEV)


Sorcha~ (SOR-a-ka) Irish version of Sarah


Oonagh (Oo-na) Also could be Una or Oona


Winnie


Winifred


Juno (But I personally wouldn't do this one... Must I explain why? Elohel!)


Tuilelaith (TIL-yeh-la)


Moinnine (Muh-NIN-yeh)


Shea (SHAY or SHEE-ah)


Breagh (BREE-ah)


Aoife (EE-fa, WEE-fa, AY-fee)


Maeve (MAVE)





Connor


Sean/Shane


Tadgh (TYG)


Dermot


Aiden


Toirdhealbhach (Turalakh)


Turlough (TUR-loe)


Charles


Rory


Tireachan (TEER-ach-awn)


Scoth (SKUH)


Scott


Ronan


Ronnad (RONE-it)


Roisin (RO-sheen)


Ruaidhi (RU-a-ree)


Osgar (US-gar)


Oscar


Oisin (USH-een)


Neil


Marcan (MAR-kan)


Kevin


James


Seamus (SHAY-mus)


Lorcan (LOR-cawn)


Lonan (LUH-nawn)


Loman (LUH-mawn)


Liam


Declan


Keilan/Keelan


Patrick
Reply:I'll put in the pronounciations in case you need them...





Boy:


Liam


Se谩n


Eoghan/Eoin - pronounced like the name Owen


Daire/Dara/Darragh - all pronounced Dara


Fionn - "yun" with an "f" in front


Ciar谩n - "keerawn"


Cian - "Key-in"


Colm - "cull-um"





Girl:


R贸is铆n - "roe-sheen"


Maedbh/Maebh - pornounced "mave". Can be spellt "Maeve" as well


Niamh - "nee-uv"


Aoife - "eefah"


Sin茅ad - "shinaid"


Ciara - "keerah"


Aisling - "ashling"





To the person who said:


"reilly otto is about as irish as you can get for boys


brianne rose is about as irish as you can get for a girl"


Where the hell did you get that from? Have you ever even been to Ireland?
Reply:Shane's not an Irish name





Boy:


Daire (Oak)


Cholm (Dove)


Diarmuid


Donal


Fion


Padraig


Liam





Girl:


Cliona


Fidelma


Eimear


Saoirse


Fiona


Evelyn


Orla


Aine





You'll find most of these and their meanings and phonetic spellings on the internet.





Also if you want to come up with your own: http://www.irishdictionary.ie/home


Be sure to check the pronunciation with a native Irish speaker before you name the child that!
Reply:Unique:


Truly


Devi


Xannon


Kuri


Mikaili - boy


Nikkos


Shanae


Hallan - boy


Randilyn


Conlan


Panyin


Lilia/Lelia


Zuri


Chamomile





More Common


Aeryn


Erin


Molly


Aila


Blake


Collin


Bonnie


Aileen


Braden


Cory


Coby


Andrew


Brody


Bruce


Orla/Orli


Duncan


Carson


Farlan


Ian


Keith


Kenzi


Mairi


Lorna


Logan


Skye


Malcolm


Maggie


Jean


Greer


Kade


Jeanine


Maise


Kelsey


Alison


Ainslee


Tara


Neill


Peyton


May


Murray


Ramsey


Reed


Ross


Toren


Torey - female


Tobin


Stewart


Maxwell


Parlan


Mitchell


Patrick





Well, good luck to you =]
Reply:I'm not really good with Irish names for boys, but I love the names Siobhan and Maeve for girls.





If you go on www.babynames.com and hit search, you can search names of Irish origin. Good luck!
Reply:Girl


Kathleen


Caitlin


Molly


Maeve


Fiona


Deirdre


Keeley


Sheena


Meagan


Aislin


Riley


Fallon


Trista


Patricia





Sean or Shawn


Patrick


James(my grandfather from Ireland)


Tomas or Thomas


Ryan


Bryant


Logan


Liam


Owen


Dylan


Talon


Tevin


Keagan


Kevin


Kyle





unisex


Corey


Casey/Kacie


Ansley


Devin


kendal


Kerry


Rowen


Sheredan


Kelsey
Reply:Go to http://www.namenerds.com/irish/ this site. It has lists and lists of ancient to modern Irish names, shows their meanings, and has links to other sites. This site is good too http://www.20000-names.com/.
Reply:~Reagan~ or ~Kelsey~ for a girl





~Ragen~ or ~Collin~ for a boy





Also, very helpful, check on line for Irish Baby Names.
Reply:reilly otto is about as irish as you can get for boys


brianne rose is about as irish as you can get for a girl
Reply:Boys: Seamus, Patrick


Girls: Shannon, Holly, Colleen
Reply:http://www.babyhold.com/list/Irish_Baby_...








hope this helps.





and congrats.
Reply:Girls


Bridget


Maeve


Fiona


Caitlin


Ailish


Alanna


Cara


Cassidy


Colleen


Deirdre


Iona


Meara





Boys


Collin


Aedan


Conor


Declan


Patrick


Seamus


Quinn


Liam


Lochlan



Reply:Boy: Neal, Kyle, Liam


Girl: Molly, Shayna
Reply:Girl: Olivia, Natasha


Boy: Liam or William
Reply:Girl:


Holly


Ciara


Aoifa





Boy:


Declan


Sean


Cody



Reply:Grace


Cameron


Colleen


Rylan


Connor


Ryan


Sean


Katie
Reply:Keira
Reply:for a boy


Shawn Alan


for a girl


Colleen Meredith


good luck!
Reply:I love Killian!


but Shane, Riley, Finn are also irish
Reply:Boy - Shane


Girl - Sinead
Reply:Guy- Connor


Girl- Shannon
Reply:Connor and Liam are the best :)
Reply:conan is a really irish boy name and its kinda cool





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