Irish Names...

Any really nice Irish names you’ve heard lately?

These are my faves at the moment:

[name]Aislinn[/name]/Ashlinn
[name]Aoife[/name] (eefa)
[name]Saoirse[/name] (seer-sha)
[name]Eithne[/name] (enya)
[name]Sinead[/name] (shin-aid)
[name]Sloane[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]

What about you?

~[name]Jasmine[/name]

I have an enduring love for [name]Niamh[/name].

[name]Niamh[/name]
[name]Aoife[/name]
[name]Saoirse[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]/[name]Brighid[/name]
[name]Caitlin[/name] (I know nameberry is over it but I love this. None of the other spellings though)
[name]Roisin[/name]
[name]Deirdre[/name] - but where I hear “Celtic princess” my husband hears “aged lunch lady.” - possibly our cultural US/Australia divide.
On the flipside he loooooves [name]Siobhan[/name]. Which I do not.

I love [name]Aoife[/name], [name]Aislinn[/name], and [name]Niamh[/name]. I like [name]Fiona[/name], too, but more as a MN. There’s not a ton of Gaelic names I really love, though, haha. I quite love [name]Caitlin[/name], too, now that @stripedsocks reminded me of it. :slight_smile: It feels semi-classic, but a bit more exciting than the original [name]Catherine[/name], although it seems nearly impossible to get the original Gaelic pronunciation–[name]KAT[/name]-leen or KOYT-leen, depending on where in [name]Ireland[/name] you are.

I did a quite search and found a few I’d forgotten I liked:

[name]Clodagh[/name]
[name]Cara[/name] (I had no clue this was Irish! But a site listed it as a simply meaning “friend” in Gaelic, so I suppose it is…)
[name]Iona[/name]

That’s about it, lol. I like more Irish/Gaelic boys’ names than girls’ names.

[name]Aoife[/name] is gorgeous, possibly my favourite Irish name.
I also like [name]Eimear[/name], [name]Ciara[/name], [name]Caoimhe[/name] and [name]Roisin[/name]

Liadan
[name]Eilis[/name]
[name]Sorcha[/name]
[name]Brenna[/name]
[name]Caitriona[/name]

[name]Sorcha[/name]
[name]Orla[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
[name]Caoimhe[/name]

[name]Saoirse[/name] is pretty, and I also really like Caoimne, although I much prefer the spelling [name]Keeva[/name].

My favorites are:
[name]Aine[/name]
[name]Aoife[/name]
[name]Emer[/name] - I wish this was pronounced [name]EM[/name]-ER but apparently it’s EE-MUR
[name]Fianna[/name] - I don’t know if this is used much as a name, but it was the name of a band of mythical Irish warriors that I think is cool.
[name]Oona[/name]
[name]Roisin[/name]
Siofra - My new favorite!! (SHEE-fra or SHEE-uh-fra)

My favourites are [name]Niamh[/name], [name]Caoimhe[/name], [name]Ciara[/name] and [name]Caitlin[/name] (but I hate all the tryndee spellings of it). I love Celtic names, they just sound so pretty.

I’ve definitely added [name]Aislinn[/name] to my list recently :slight_smile: I was inspired by Degrassi’s [name]Aislinn[/name] [name]Paul[/name] … great actress!

I love [name]Saoirse[/name] and [name]Niamh[/name]. I also like some of the ones that are more common in [name]America[/name], such as [name]Tara[/name], [name]Bridget[/name], [name]Shannon[/name], [name]Aileen[/name] (my mom’s middle name) and [name]Erin[/name] (my name). I love [name]Eilidh[/name] too but I’m not sure if it’s Irish, Scottish, or Welsh. It’s one of those!

maire (my-ra), sorcha, teagan, siobhan

I love [name]Eilidh[/name], too! It’s Scottish, though. :slight_smile: