Irish boys and girls names

[vbaby3]

My sons are shay and oran!2 gorgeous boy names I think!!!!!
If this baby had of been a boy it would have been finn,but its a girl and she is still nameless with only 5 wks to go!!

 

[mushroom]

Girl:
Catherine

Do you mean Caitríona? Catherine is my name and it's French, Greek in origin.

 

[LoveCakes]

Deirdre/Deidre (Deer-dree)
Fionn/Finn (fin)

Deirdre is pronounced as Deer-drah here, and Fionn as fyunn. I know they change abroad, just giving the 'Irish' pronunciations. Names like Fionn and Cáit I think are much more difficult than Aoife, though I suppose most of them look nothing like the spelling!

I am from Ireland, just a northerner where the pronunciation is a bit different! though I do know a deer-dra. I think it's an accent thing too lol

 

[shazmos]

Is Miley (pronounced mile ee) an Irish boys name?

I like it.
X

 

[mushroom]

Is Miley (pronounced mile ee) an Irish boys name?

I like it.
X

Not one in Irish anyway. I'm not sure if it stands by itself or comes from Miles, it's a bit of an old fashioned name. Not sure if it's only in Ireland? There was an old character in an old Irish soap called this, I don't know of any others and that one was fictional. Definitely NOT common anyway.

 

[esperanzamama]

i have a son named Brennan

 

[Elpis_x]

Not sure what's already been said because I haven't read the whole thread, but I believe both Sophia and Ella are originally Greek names.

Aoife (ee-fa)
Bridget
Caitlin
Caoilainn (kay-lin)
Caoimhe (kee-vah)
Clodagh (clo-da)
Eibhleann / Eibhlin (ave-lin or eve-lin)
Fiona
Fionnoula (fin-oh-la)
Iona
Maebh (may-v)
Nessa
Niamh (neev)
Nola
Nora
Ruari (rory)
Sorcha

Cian / Kian (key-in or kie-in)
Dillon
Emmet
Ennis
Fergus
Fionn / Finn (finn)
Lee
Malachi (mala-ki)
Ruari (rory)

 

[mushroom]

i have a son named Brennan

Aww, that's so cute. Strange to see my surname as a name!

 

[vbaby3]

Thats my surname too!!!

 

[esperanzamama]

i didn't realize it was such a popular last name...

 

[mushroom]

i didn't realize it was such a popular last name...

It's probably way down the list, but there are loads of the most common that are names too...Ryan, Kelly, Reilly etc.

 

[vbaby3]

And my maiden name is Reilly!!!

 

[Treelo]

Not sure what's already been said because I haven't read the whole thread, but I believe both Sophia and Ella are originally Greek names.

Aoife (ee-fa)
Bridget
Caitlin
Caoilainn (kay-lin)
Caoimhe (kee-vah)
Clodagh (clo-da)
Eibhleann / Eibhlin (ave-lin or eve-lin)
Fiona
Fionnoula (fin-oh-la)
Iona
Maebh (may-v)
Nessa
Niamh (neev)
Nola
Nora
Ruari (rory)
Sorcha

Cian / Kian (key-in or kie-in)
Dillon
Emmet
Ennis
Fergus
Fionn / Finn (finn)
Lee
Malachi (mala-ki)
Ruari (rory)

Finn and Fionn are 2 different names and are pronouced differently.
Finn is just F-in
Fionn is F-yun

 

[Treelo]

Girls names:
Síofra
Fiadh pronounced Fi-a
Caitlin
Aoife
Aideen
Ailbe
Ailis Eilis (ay-lish)
Aine
Aislinn
Bláthnaid
Brigid
Brianna
Cara
Caoilfhoinn (key-lin)
Colleen
Molly
Fionnula
Bébhinn (BAY-vin)
Sadhbh (SAH-eev)

Boys names:
James
Brian
Cillían
Ruairi
Odhrán
Fionn
Dáithí
Cathal
Donnacha
Dualta
Diarmaid
Malachaí
Fergal
Colm
Cian
Jack
Shane
Patrick
Rían
Aodhán
Tadgh
Conall
Ciáran

 

[silentmike486]

I like Aoife and Caragh, and Eoghan

 

[little_paws]

my niece is called Niamh and I love it. Irish boy name I love is Sean. There are some really beautiful Irish names

 

[RubyRainbows]

Are you looking for authentic Irish names, or American-Irish names?

The "Irish" names i see alot here in the US are:

Kelly
Shannon
Casey
Kira
Ashlynn
Ainsley
Siobhan
Kiera
Caitlyn/Katelyn
Brianna
Tara
Erin
Katie/Kathryn
Molly
Bridget
Colleen/Kathleen/Carleen/Eileen

Gavin
Reilly/Riley
Kieran
Brennan
Shea/Shay
Casey
Brian
Liam
Ryan
Aidan
Collin
Patrick
Devin
Shawn
Seamus
Kevin
Logan
Lachlan
Declan
Finlay

 

[8kidslater]

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[mushroom]

Are you looking for authentic Irish names, or American-Irish names?

The "Irish" names i see alot here in the US are:

Siobhan

Seamus

These are both actual Irish names...though spelt Siobhán and Séamus. Siobhán is Joan in English and Séamus is James.

 

[mushroom]

Róisín has always been my favourite Irish name. It is for a girl, and I think it is lovely. My Irish friend has a girl by this name and she said it means something like, "Little Rose."

Yep that's exactly what it means. Same as Rosaleen. 'een' and 'ín' always mean little. Very common name here.