Irish names

there are many beautiful Irish names out there for both girls and boys, most with a great wealth of history behind them,many come from Irish folklore and legends and have beautiful meanings, here is just a few which may arouse your interest.
BOYS:
Lorcan - meaning fierce warrior (Scottish equivalent is Lachlan)

Naoise (pronounced nee-sha) - meaning 'one choice' as the legend goes he was the most handsome young man in the province of Ulster who stole the young beautiful bride of the king, Conchubar (pro. cruh-oor)MacNeasa.

Cian (pro. key-an)- meaning ancient one with wisdom, this name has become very popular here in Ireland in recent years.

Oisin (pro. ush-een)- meaninig 'deer' Oisin was one of the main charachters in the Irish legend Tir na nOg (pro. teer na noog) meaning 'the land of the young'.

Ronan (pro. row-nan)- meaning little seal, I am unsure of this names origins, has remained poular over the last decade or so.

Sean (pro shawn) - Irish form of John meaning 'God is gracious", possibly one of the most widespread Gaelic name, taking many forms inc Shaun, Shawn and even being used as a female name.

Conor - this spelling is the English and most common form but the name derives from Conchubar, the name of a very rich and powerful king who once ruled the province of Ulster. Conor means 'lover of hounds'

There are just as many pretty girls names.most Irish girls names have meanings referring to nature and beauty dreams and visions.

Aisling (pro ash-ling)means baeutiful vision

Caoimhe (pro kwee-va)is the female gaelic form of Kevin and means gifted child

Aoise (pro eee-sha): I am unsure of the meaning of this name but its quite pretty, it is similar to these other names, Aoife (pro eee-fa) Aoibhe (pro eva)

Saoirse: (pro seer-sha): meaning freedom this is a wonderful girls name.

i am sure there are any more and if anyone is interested in hearing them reply to this and let me know!

Irish names

hi, have just had baby girl, named her Brogan, know its irish but dont know what it means any ideas?

Aoise

My daughters name is Aoise and its actually Swahili spelt- (Eshe) and it means life. I chose to spell it the Irish way of Aoise. Hope this helps.

Irish baby name

I have a 7 nd a half month old named Siocha (pro she-och-a) meaning peace
There should be a fada over the i

My favourite irish names are

Aidan
Ciarán (Kieran)
Finn

Caitlin
Deirdre
Fionnuala
Gráinne
Maeve
Róisín

Irish names

Due to my husbands family we have named our girls using Irish/celtic names.
Keely and Mykenzie ( originally Scot but has the celtic spelling, so Ive been told).
One boys name my husband has loved ( im not to sure about) is mannix for a boy.
What do you think of Senga for a scot celtic name. Its agnus spelt backwards which the Scots do abit with names.

How lovely

you picked lovely names for your girls, I think the idea of spelling Angus backwards is really clever, it sounds interesting and unique, a really good choice. I never heard of the name mannix before but I am not too sure if it is of Celtic origin, the reason i think this is because the Irish alphabet does not contain the letters J, K, Q, W, X or Y. I may be mistaken as it could be a different spelling of a name that was originally celtic!

Mannix

Mannix is the usual form in English of the Gaelic name O'Mainchin pronounced O'Manheen.The name was anglicised as Ireland was subjected to British rule and it became quite dangerous to have a Gaelic surname.The name o'Mainchin is taken from the Gaelic manarch a monk,to do with the duties of a monk.So there you have a small Irish genealogical lesson.

Names

I think all these names are lovely. I love finding out the history behind a name.