Names by meaning
Royalty, Nobility and Leadership
Name |
Pronunciation |
Other Forms |
Meaning |
| Ailish (f) | AH leesh | Ailís, Alice | from old German- noble |
| Breda (f) | BREE da | Bríde, Bríghde | exalted one; high goddess; noble |
| Bree (f) | BREE | Brígh, Brie | high, noble. Also used as a pet form of Brianna, Brenda etc. |
| Brendan (m) | BREN dan | Breandán, Breannáin | from Welsh- "prince" |
| Brian (m) | BRY in | Bryan, Brion | high; noble |
| Brianna (f) | bree ON a, bree ANN a | Briana, Breonna, Brianne etc. | high, noble: modern American feminine of Brian |
| Bridget, Brigid (f) | BRIJ it | Bríd, Bríde | exalted one; high goddess; noble. Brigid is the original Irish spelling; Bridget is actually a later, Swedish form. |
| Brighid, Bríd (f) | BREED | Brigid, Breda, Bríde, Bríd | high goddess; exalted one; noble |
| Brion, Brían (m) | BREE un | Brian, Barney, Barnaby, Bernard | noble or high |
| Conleth (m) | CON leth | Connlaodh | chief lord |
| Conn (m) | KUN, KOWN, KON | Constantine | wisdom; chief |
| Cuana
(m) |
KOO uh na | - | either "young hound" or "pleasant; distinguished" |
| Damhnaic | DAV nic, DOW nic | Dominic, Damhlaic, Doiminic | lord (Latin) |
| Donnchadh (m) | DUN a kha | Donagh, Donnacha, Donncha, Dennis, Dionysus | brown lord |
| Dunfhlaith (f) | DUN a la | Dunla, Donnfhlaith, Dunflaith | brown princess |
| Fallon | FAL lin | Ó Fallamhan | leader |
| Fiachra (m) | FEE a khra | Fiacre | battle-king |
| Gormlaith (f) | GUR um la | Gormley Barbara, Barbary | blue or illustrious princess |
| Gormley (f) | GORM lee | Gormfhlaith | blue or illustrious princess |
| Jarlath (m) | JAR lath | Iarfhlaith | possibly "tributary lord" or "western kingdom" |
| Malinn, Milynn | muh LIN | Ó Maoilfhinn | descendant of the fair chief |
| Moibhí (m) | MUV ee | Mo Bí | pet from of Berchán and Breanainn |
| Muireadhach (m) | MWIR akh | Murray, Murdough, Muiríoch | lord, master |
| Murray | MUR ree | Ó Muireadhach | seaman or master |
| Nárbhflaith (f) | NAR vila | Narvla, Narbflaith | noble princess |
| Narvla (f) | NAR vuh la | Nárbhfhlaith | noble princess |
| Orla (f) | OR la | Órfhlaith, Órlaith | golden princess |
| Órlaith (f) | OR la | Orla, Órla, Orfhlaith | golden princess |
| Pádraig (m) | PAW drig, PO ric, PAW drik | Pádraic, Patrick | from Latin- nobleman |
| Pádraigín (usually f) | PAW drag een, POR ick een | Patricia | from Latin- nobleman |
| Páidín (m) | PAW deen | Paudeen | little Pádraig |
| Patrick (m) | PAT rick | Pádraig, Pádraic | from Latin- nobleman |
| Regan | REE gin | Ó Riagáin, Reagan | either king or furious |
| Ríoghán (m) | REE awn | Ryan, Rian, Rígán | little king |
| Ríona (f) | REE uh na | Ríonach, Regina | queenly |
| Risteárd (m) | RIS chiard | Richard | from Old German- strong ruler |
| Ruaidhrí (m) | RU a ree | Rory, Ruairí, Ruaidrí, Roderick, Roger | red king |
| Ruarc (m) | ROO ark | Rourke | hero; champion |
| Ryan | RY in | Ó Riáin | king |
| Saorla (f) | SAYR la | - | noble queen |
| Sárán (m) | SAWR awn | - | chief, noble; best |
| Sárnait (f) | SAWR nit | Sárnat | chief, noble; best |
| Tierney (m) | TEER nee | Tiarnach | lord |
| Tighearnach (m) | TEER nakh | Tierney, Tiarnach | lord |
| Tighearnán (m) | TEER nawn | lord- Tiernan, Tiarnán | lord |
| Tíreachán (m) | TEER ach awn | Tírechán | one possessed of lands; wide-ruling |
| Tuathal (m) | TOO uh hul | Toal, Tully | ruler of the people |
| Tuathla (f) | TOO uh la | Tuathflaith | princess of the people |