| :: Irish Names :: |
| I have a big interest in names and since I love both names and Ireland, why not give you some Irish names? |
| Boy's names ___________________________________________________________________________ � Aidan/�ed�n/�odh�n � Brandon (from St. Brendan) � Brendan/ Breand�n � Callaghan (from Ceallach�n, a pet form of Ceallach which means Kelly) � Cian (key-in) � Conor/Connor (Anglicized form of the name Conchobhar) � Douglas/Dubhglas � Finbarr/Finnbarr/Fionbharr � Gallaher (gal-a-her) � Keenan � Kevin � Kieran/Ciaran (c�iar-on) � Liam (lee-am) (Irish form of the Germanic name William) � M�irt�n (mar-cheen) (The Irish form of Martin) � Malachy (mal-a-kee) � Miche�l (me-haul) (The Irish form of Michael) � Milo � Murry � Oscar � Patrick � Ryan (from R�an, ree-an) � Scott/Scot � S�amas/Seamus (shay-mus) � Sean/Se�n (shawn) (The Irish form of John) � Shane � Sheridan/Siride�n � Tiernan/Tiarn�n/Ti�rn�n (tear-nen or tear-nawn) � Tom�s (tom-aws) |
| Girl's names ___________________________________________________________________________ � Aileen/Aibh�l�n (ay-leen) � Brenda (Really from the old Norse brandr, meaning the blade of a sword, but is popularly construed as a feminine form of the Irish name Brendan) � Caitlin/Caitl�n � Ciara/Cioara/Keara/Kira (k�iar-a) � Collen/Colene/Collene � �ire (air-ih) � Eireen (air-een) � Erin (ear-in) � Kelly/Keely � Keelin/Caoilfhionn � Kerry � Lia (lee-ah) � M�ire (moy-ra) (The Irish form of the name Mary) � Molly � Patricia � Shanna � Shannon � Tallula (from the Irish Tuilelaith, twil-ay-la) � Tara (tar-ah) |