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The abbreviations in the "category" column are: A=anglicization T= traditional name Tr= Irish translation of a non-Irish name M= modern creation P= place name L= last name, S= saint name.| Name (gender) | Category | Pronunciation | Other Forms* | Origin/Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daigh (m) | T,S | DEI | Daig | flame, fire |
| Daighre (m) | T, S | DEI r'yeh | Daigre | flame, fire |
| Daibhí | Tr | DA vee | Daibhead | Beloved (Hebrew): form of David |
| Daimhín (m) | T | DA veen | Davin, Daimíne | deer or ox |
| Dáire (m) | T,S | DAW reh | Darragh, Dary, Dudley | fruitful, fertile |
| Dáirine (f) | T | DAW rin yeh | Darina | fruitful, fertile |
| Dairinn (f) | T | DAWR inn | Derinn, Doreen, Dorind, Doireann Doreen, Dorothy, Dolly | daughter of Fionn? |
| Daithí | T | DAH hee | Dahy, Naithí | Nephew of a champion |
| Dallán (m) | T, S | DA lawn | Dallan | blind |
| Damhán | T,S | DA vawn | Devin, Davan, Devine | deer or ox |
| Damhnaic | Tr | DAV nic, DOW nic | Dominic, Damhlaic, Doiminic | lord (Latin) |
| Damhnait (f) | T,S | DAV nat | Devnet, Davnat, Damhnat | fawn |
| Dana (f) | M | DAN na | Danna, Ana, Anu | Celtic mother goddess |
| Dara (m & f) | T, S | DAR a | Mac Dara, Darach | son of the oak |
| Darina (f) | A | dar EE na | Dáiríne | fruitful |
| Darragh (m) | A,S | DAR a | Dáire, Mac Dara | fruitful, son of the oak |
| Dary (m) | A,S | DAIR ee | Dáire | fruitful |
| Deaglán (m) | T,S | DEG lawn | Declan, Declán | possibly- full of goodness? |
| Dearbháil (f) | T,S | DER val | Derval, Dervla, Deirbhile | Daughter of Fál (legendary name of Ireland) |
| Deirbhile (f) | T | DJIR vil a | Dervila, Dervla | daughter of a poet |
| Deasún (m) | Tr | DYA soon | Desmond | Man from Desmond (in Cork) |
| Declan (m) | A | DEK lan | Deaglán | possibly- full of goodness? |
| Deirdre (f) | T | DAIR dreh | Deirdre, Deedra, Deirdriu | perhaps "chatterer" or could be derived from a name beginning with der- meaning "daughter (of)" |
| Delaney | L | de LAIN ee | Ó Dubhshláine | dark health? perhaps refers to river Slaney |
| Dermot (m) | A,S | DER mit | Diarmuid, Diarmaid | without injunction or envy? freeman? charioteer? |
| Derval (f) | A,S | DER val | Dervla, Dervila, Dearbháil | Daughter of Fál (legendary name of Ireland) |
| Dervla, Dervila | A, S | DER vel la | Deirbhile, Dairile | daughter of a poet |
| Desmond | A | DEZ mund | Deasún, Deamumhnach | Man from Desmond (in Cork) |
| Desmumhnach | T | DAS oon akh | Deasún, Desmond | Man from Desmond (in Cork) |
| Devlin | L | DEV lin | - | Ó Doibhilin |
| Devnet (f) | A,S | DEV nit | Damhnait | fawn |
| Diarmaid (m) | T,S | DEER mid | Dermot, Diarmuid, Diarmait, Jeremiah, Jerome, Jeremy, Dudley | without injunction or envy? freeman? charioteer? |
| Dillon | L | DIL lin | Diolun, deLeon | hiberno-norman name, perhaps relating to lions or the place name Lyons |
| Domhnall (m) | T,S | DUN nal | Donal, Dónal, Daniel | world-mighty |
| Donagh (m) | A | DUN a | Donnchadh, Donncha | brown lord |
| Donal (m) | A,S | DOE nal, DUN nal | Domhnall, Daniel | world mighty |
| Donegal | P | dun ee GAL | Dun na nGall | fort of the stranger |
| Donegan | L | DUN i gin | Ó Donnagáin | descendant of Donnagáin ("dark-haired") |
| Donnchadh (m) | T | DUN a kha | Donagh, Donnacha, Donncha, Dennis, Dionysus | brown lord |
| Donovan | L | DUN a vin, DON a vin | Ó Donnabháin | dark brown |
| Doran | L | DO rin | Ó Deoráin | exiled person |
| Dougal (m) | A | DOO gal | Dubhgal | dark foreigner |
| Doyle | L | DOI ul, DOIL | Ó Dubhghaill | descendant of Dubhgall (dark stranger) |
| Duana (m/f) | M | DOO uh na | - | poem; song |
| Duane/Dwayne | L | DWAIN, DWAHN | Ó Dubhan | dark haired |
| Dubhaltach | T | DOO ul takh | Doalty, Dudley | dark-limbed, black-jointed |
| Dubhgall (m) | T | DU gal | Dougal, Dubgall | dark foreigner |
| Dubhghlas (m) | T | DU las | Douglas | blue black |
| Dublin | P | DUB lin | Dubh linn, Baile Atha Cliath | black pool/town of the ford of the hurdles |
| Duff | L | DUF | Dubh | dark |
| Duffy | L | DUF fee | Ó Dubhthaigh | dark |
| Dugan | L | DU gin | Ó Dubhgáin | little dark lad |
| Dunfhlaith (f) | T | DUN a la | Dunla, Donnfhlaith, Dunflaith | brown princess |
| Dwyer | L | DWY er | Ó Duibhir | black |
* names in italics represents names that have no etymological connection to the Irish name, but were used as English "translations" based upon the fact that they have similar sounds or meanings.