Irish names - what are your favs?

General Name Discussion
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What are your favorite Irish (and/or Celtic names in general) names? [name]Do[/name] you think they’re usable in the state?

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Erm, I don’t love a ton, but I do really love:

[name]Niamh[/name] (only as a nn for [name]Genevieve[/name], though, but I’m not sure how that’d go over–on another site, people think it’s odd to use an Irish name as a nn for a French name? Maybe…)
[name]Aislinn[/name] (would love to use this, but it’s just too close to [name]Ashley[/name]…)
Fionnabhair
[name]Eilidh[/name] (this is Scottish, not Irish, but I still adore it!)

[name]Ciaran[/name]
[name]Cillian[/name]/[name]Killian[/name]
[name]Brody[/name] (I hear this is Scottish, too, but it’s probably my favorite Gaelic boys’ name)
[name]Tiernan[/name]
[name]Aidan[/name] (too bad the popularity ruined it!)

I’m sure there are others, but those are what I can remember atm…

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I love a lot of them, but some of my favourites are [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Orla[/name]/[name]Orflaith[/name], [name]Niamh[/name], and [name]Roisin[/name].

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@ashthedreamer - I’m a fan of [name]Tiernan[/name] as well
Others I like: [name]Riordan[/name], [name]Ronan[/name], Bebbin, [name]Casey[/name], [name]Ciaran[/name], [name]Eamon[/name], [name]Lorcan[/name]

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I like [name]Declan[/name], [name]Dara[/name] and [name]Lorcan[/name]. I don’t think there are any Irish girls’ names I actually like, though I don’t mind [name]Fionna[/name].

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Girls:
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Mairead[/name]

Boys:
[name]Aidan[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Colin[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Kyle[/name]

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Girls
[name]Saoirse[/name]
[name]Niamh[/name]
Siofra
[name]Riona[/name]
[name]Aisling[/name], [name]Aislinn[/name]
[name]Iona[/name]
[name]Teagan[/name]
[name]Caitlin[/name] - I know it’s hardly new and shiny for Nameberry but I like both [name]Caitlin[/name] and [name]Kathleen[/name] a lot.

Boys
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Aidan[/name]
[name]Cillian[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Finnian[/name] (which is my favourite of the [name]Finn[/name]-names) also [name]Finn[/name] itself and [name]Fintan[/name] and [name]Finnegan[/name]… and a bunch more.
[name]Quinlan[/name]
[name]Padriac[/name], Padriag
[name]Eoin[/name]
[name]Lonan[/name]
Tadgh

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I love [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Orla[/name], [name]Niamh[/name], [name]Saoirse[/name] and [name]Aoife[/name] for a girl, and then [name]Cillian[/name], [name]Declan[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Rowan[/name], [name]Finlay[/name], [name]Aidan[/name], [name]Quinlan[/name], [name]Lorcan[/name] and [name]Rory[/name] for boys.

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[name]Maeve[/name] is my absolute favorite Irish name. I havent delved into many more because my boyfriend is Italian (with a VERY Italian last name), so we can’t have too much ethnic clash. I dont think [name]Maeve[/name] has that problem.

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Here are some of my favourite Celtic names for each gender (Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish).

Celtic Girls

[name]Aoife[/name]
[name]Eilidh[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Roisin[/name]
[name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Grainne[/name]/[name]Grania[/name]
Mhairi
[name]Niamh[/name]
[name]Ciara[/name]
[name]Davina[/name]
[name]Glynis[/name]
[name]Bethan[/name]
[name]Kerensa[/name]
[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Fionnuala[/name]/[name]Finola[/name]
[name]Ffion[/name]
[name]Adair[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Caoimhe[/name]
[name]Orlaith[/name]/[name]Orla[/name]
[name]Clodagh[/name]
[name]Sadhbh[/name]
[name]Elowen[/name]
Liadan
[name]Mirren[/name]
Esmé
[name]Isobel[/name]
Briallan
[name]Eleri[/name]
[name]Nerys[/name]
[name]Morwenna[/name]
[name]Olwen[/name]
[name]Ailis[/name]
Laoise
[name]Muireann[/name]
[name]Maura[/name]
[name]Mairead[/name]
Penuel
[name]Lilias[/name]

Celtic Boys

[name]Alasdair[/name]
[name]Brennan[/name]
[name]Brice[/name]/[name]Bryce[/name]
[name]Cael[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Ciaran[/name]
[name]Cian[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Tadhg[/name]
[name]Trevor[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]
[name]Finnian[/name]
[name]Iolo[/name]
[name]Teilo[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Fintan[/name]
[name]Lorne[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]Cillian[/name]
[name]Keir[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]/[name]Griffith[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Eamon[/name]
[name]Ewan[/name]
[name]Ivor[/name]
[name]Rhys[/name]
[name]Niall[/name]
[name]Malachy[/name]
[name]Lorcan[/name]
[name]Gregor[/name]
[name]Fergus[/name]
[name]Fraser[/name]
[name]Dafydd[/name]
[name]Rhodri[/name]
[name]Colm[/name]
[name]Phelan[/name]
[name]Uinseann[/name]
[name]Jarlath[/name]
Talfryn
[name]Emrys[/name]
[name]Oisin[/name]/[name]Ossian[/name]
[name]Eoghan[/name]
[name]Lennox[/name]
[name]Torquil[/name]

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I like [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Niamh[/name], [name]Caitlin[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], [name]Tiernan[/name], [name]Rory[/name].

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@mischa I’ve always considered Esmé to be French is it also Celtic?

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Esmé/Esmée IS of French origin but it was a male name in [name]Scotland[/name] in the 1500’s so that’s why I included it in my list. Esmé [name]Stewart[/name] was the 1st [name]Duke[/name] of [name]Lennox[/name] (1542 – 1583) and was a favourite of [name]James[/name] [name]VI[/name] of [name]Scotland[/name]. Personally, I think it works better as a female name.

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@mischa, thanks for the info, that’s really interesting!