Favorite Irish(ish) Names for girls?

Girl Names
1

I’ve become a little obsessed with Irish ( and Anglicized irish names)…

Current Favorites are [name]Adair[/name] and [name]Bridget[/name]!

What are yours?

2

I love [name]Bridget[/name] too but spelled [name]Brighid[/name]…not sure if that’s Irish or Scottish spelling though.

3

[name]Maeve[/name] (or Medb)
Saorla
[name]Saoirse[/name]
Cushla
Síla (Sheela)
[name]Orla[/name]
Gráinne ([name]Grania[/name])
Kee

4

[name]Cara[/name], [name]Orla[/name], [name]Moira[/name], [name]Siobhan[/name], [name]Roisin[/name], Siofra, [name]Una[/name] and Finvola. [name]Aisling[/name] too, if I could pronounce it the way I want to.

5

[name]Maeve[/name] hands down. Not only my favorite Irish name but my favorite girl’s name for the past three years. I just think it’s so gorgeous. I can’t get over it. I love saying that name and hope someday soon to have a daughter I can call that.

6

Mine are:

[name]Ciara[/name]
[name]Aisling[/name]
[name]Niamh[/name]
[name]Aine[/name]
[name]Aoibheann[/name]
[name]Ailbhe[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Eabha[/name]
[name]Sorcha[/name]
[name]Saoirse[/name]
[name]Beibhinn[/name]

7

I love [name]Aisling[/name], Laoise, [name]Caoimhe[/name] and [name]Saoirse[/name]. [name]Aisling[/name] sounds so fantasy-ish but is a legit name, and Laoise and [name]Saoirse[/name] have a beauty and air of elegance to them, while [name]Caoimhe[/name] is elegant. However, I’m not an ounce Irish, and it the Angelisiced versions of [name]Ashling[/name], Leesha and Seersha don’t hold the same beauty. [name]Kiva[/name] and [name]Keeva[/name] might work, though.

I also like [name]Maeve[/name] and [name]Alana[/name], which are fairly easy for the American tongue, so it is an option.

Other names:
[name]Aine[/name]
[name]Ciara[/name] and [name]Keira[/name]
[name]Aileen[/name]/[name]Eileen[/name]
[name]Muriel[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Caitlin[/name]
[name]Deirdre[/name]

8

I do love Ceílidh, [name]Maeve[/name] and [name]Eilidh[/name].

9

I love [name]Bridget[/name], [name]Deirdre[/name], [name]Tierney[/name] and of course, [name]Shannon[/name] :slight_smile:

10

I’m not a huge fan of Irish-ish names for girls, but I love them for boys. Erm, I love:

[name]Niamh[/name] (although I don’t really love it on its own, but I have been loving [name]Genevieve[/name] nn [name]Niamh[/name]/[name]Evie[/name] lately!)
[name]Aislinn[/name] (would use, except it’s way too close to my own name!)
[name]Caitlin[/name] (can’t decide if I prefer the American [name]KATE[/name]-lin or the Irish [name]KAT[/name]-leen/KOYT-leen)
Fionnabhair (although this is so unusable it’s not even funny, haha, but I love it. [name]Said[/name] finn-ah-vare)

I think that’s it. I really love [name]Eilidh[/name], too, but that’s Scottish, not Irish.

11

I like a few of Irish names. Sadly, they are often vetoed by family for the “impossible” spellings, haha.

Boys: [name]Ciaran[/name], [name]Rowan[/name] – those are pretty normal, though some say the [name]Kieran[/name] spelling is less “girly”

Girls: [name]Aoife[/name], [name]Caoimhe[/name], [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Niamh[/name], [name]Saoirse[/name], [name]Sorcha[/name] – I used to have [name]Caoimhe[/name] at the top of my list because I love the sound and the spelling, but I think it’s too risky in [name]America[/name] since those two beautiful things don’t correlate :frowning: [name]Maeve[/name] and [name]Sorcha[/name] are pretty approachable and is [name]Aoife[/name] even!