Double Barrel Celtic Names

Some of the recent posts have introduced me to the concept of double barrel names which I hadn’t thought of before. Problem is, most of them sound a little too Southern for our tastes. [name]How[/name] about some solid double barrel Gaelic names?

  • Ratrider
    Father of Braddoc
    Girl in the oven

like [name]Aoife[/name]-[name]Caitlin[/name]?

[name]Molly[/name] [name]Sorcha[/name]? [name]Siobhan[/name] Maibh?

[name]Maeve[/name]-[name]Roisin[/name] (rosheen)
[name]Bridget[/name] -[name]Niamh[/name] (neev)
[name]Ailis[/name]-[name]Ciara[/name] (aylish keera)
[name]Finola[/name]-[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Aoife[/name]-[name]Shannon[/name] (eefa)
[name]Moira[/name]-[name]Kathleen[/name]
[name]Grania[/name]-[name]Eileen[/name]

[name]Ailis[/name]-[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Shannon[/name]-[name]Niamh[/name]
[name]Eilidh[/name]-[name]Shannon[/name]
[name]Finola[/name]-[name]Ailis[/name]
[name]Eilidh[/name]-[name]Una[/name]
[name]Una[/name]-[name]Ailis[/name]
[name]Ciara[/name]-[name]Ailis[/name]
[name]Ailis[/name]-[name]Ciara[/name]
[name]Annora[/name]-[name]Ailis[/name]
[name]Annora[/name]-[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Annora[/name]-[name]Ryann[/name]
[name]Tullia[/name]-[name]Ailis[/name]
[name]Eilidh[/name]-[name]Tullia[/name]

I hope these help! I stuck mainly to Irish names as this is what you seemed interested in in your previous posts but I do have a lot of knowledge of Welsh names (live there and speak the lingo) if you’re interested in other Celtic names :slight_smile:

A really popular one is [name]Aine[/name]-[name]Maire[/name] (pn An-ya Mah-ra)

Other ideas:
[name]Saoirse[/name]-[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Aoife[/name]-[name]Cait[/name]
[name]Ciara[/name]-[name]Niamh[/name]
[name]Aoibheann[/name]-Sive
[name]Eabha[/name]-[name]Clare[/name]
[name]Ide[/name]-Meabh

A name I came across recently in a blog that’s two words together is

Lasairfhiona - la-sar-ee-nah - it means flame of wine. would love to be able to use it.