Names by meaning
People and What They Do
Name |
Pronunciation |
Other Forms |
Meaning |
| Abbán (M) | OB awn | Abán | little abbot |
| Aindréas (m) | AHN dray is, AHN dryu, AH dras | Andrew, Aindriú, Aindreas | man (Greek) |
| Ainníleas | AN eel yus | child of uncertain parentage; adopted | |
| Ainnir (f) | AN nyir | Ainder | young woman |
| Baibín (f) | BA been | Barbie | from Greek- "stranger", pet form of Bairbre (Barbara) |
| Báirbre (f) | BOIR breh | Barbara | from Greek- "stranger" |
| Bannon | BAN an | Ó Banáin | meaning is obscure, possibly "white" or derived from "woman" |
| Bardon | BAR don | Ó Bardáin | a bard |
| Beglan | BEG lan | Ó Beigleighinn | little scholar |
| Brannagh | BRAN a | Ó Breathnach | Welshman |
| Brendan (m) | BREN dan | Breandán, Breannáin | from Welsh- "prince" |
| Cacht (f sometimes m) | KOKHT | - | slave; bondmaid |
| Cairbre | KAR bryeh | Carbry | charioteer, bearer |
| Colleen (f) | col LEEN | Coleen, Cailín | Irish word for " girl" |
| Comhghall (m) | KU wull | Cowal, Comgal | fellow hostage |
| Connemara | con na MAR a | - | the conmacne people of the sea |
| Cormac (m) | KUR a mac/COR mick | Charles | son of the defiler? charioteer? |
| Dairinn (f) | DER in | Dar Finn, Derrin, Dervin | daughter of Finn |
| Daithí | DAH hee | Dahy, Naithí | Nephew of a champion |
| Damhnaic | DAV nic, DOW nic | Dominic, Damhlaic, Doiminic | lord (Latin) |
| Deirdre (f) | DAIR dreh | Deirdre, Deedra, Deirdriu | possibly "she who chatters" or derived from the word for "woman." |
| Dervla, Dervila | DER vel la | Deirbhile, Dairile | possibly, daughter of a poet |
| Doran | DO rin | Ó Deoráin | exiled person |
| Eamon (m) | Éamonn, Éamann | Éamonn, Éamann | from the English Edmund-"wealthy guardian" |
| Éamonn (m) | Eamon, Éamann | Eamon, Éamann | from the English Edmund- "wealthy guardian" |
| Eiderscéil (m) | ED er shkayl | Eterscél | messenger; interpreter |
| Feme (f) | FEH veh | young girl | |
| Feme (f) | FEV a | - | girl; young woman |
| Fionghuine (m) | F'YUN in yeh | Finguine | kin-slayer |
| Gillagán (m) | GILL a gawn | Gilligan, Magilligan | little lad |
| Gillan | GIL lin | Ó Giolláin | lad |
| Gobán (m) | GUB awn | Gobban, Gobbán | smith |
| Gobnait (f) | GUB nit | Gobnet, Deborah, Abigail, Abbie, Dora | smith |
| Gobnet (f) | GUB net | Gobnait | smith |
| Gréagóir (m) | GRAY gor | Gréagoir, Gregory | from Greek Gregory-watchman |
| Labhraidh (m) | LA ra | Lowery, Labraidh | speaker |
| Lavery | LAV ur ee, LAIV ur ee | Ó Labhradha | speaker |
| Lochlan (m) | LOCK lan, LOKH lan | Lochlainn, Laughlin | viking |
| Lochlann (m) | LOCK lan, LOKH lan | Lochlainn, Laughlin, Lochlan, Laurence | viking |
| Lowery | LOW ree | Ó Labhradha | speaker |
| Mainchín (m) | MAHN cheen | Mainchíne, Munchin, Mannix | monk |
| Marta (f) | MAR ta | martha | from Hebrew/Aramaic, "lady" |
| Muircheartach (m) | MUR er tach | Briartach, Murtagh, Mortimer, Maurice, Monty | skilled in seacraft; mariner |
| Muirín (m&f) | MIR een | Miren, Muirghein | born of the sea |
| Murchadh (m) | MUR a kha | Murrough, Morgan | sea battler |
| Murray | MUR ree | Ó Muireadhach | seaman or master |
| Nuadha (m) | NOO a | - | cloud-maker: Celtic god name |
| Ógán (m) | OAG awn | Ócán | boy, young man |
| Ógán (m) | OH gawn | Hogan | youth; lad |
| Oilithir (m) | ULL uh her | Ailithir | pilgrim |
| Proinnséas (f) | PRUN shis | Frances | from Latin- "Frenchman" |
| Proinnsias (m) | PRUN shis | Francis | from Latin- "Frenchman" |
| Scolaí (m) | SKUL lee | Scolaighe, Scully | town crier, scholar |
| Scully | SKUL lee | Ó Scolaighe | town crier, scholar |
| Séadhna (m) | SHAY na | Sétna, Séadna | traveler; wayfarer |
| Séarlait (f) | SHAIR lat | Charlotte | from English - man |
| Seoirse (m) | SHIR sheh | George | from Greek- farmer |
| Sléibhín (m) | SHLAI veen | Slébíne, Slevin | mountain man |