Irish Names

Alphabetical lists of Irish Names and Meanings including Celtic Names – www.Irishwishes.com

100s of Irish Names for naming Girls, Boys, and Pets.

Irish Girl Names

Beautiful Girl names of Irish Descent:

Aedammair – from aedh “fire.” Aodhamair.

Aideen – Oscar’s wife,he was grandson of Finn mac Cumhail.

Ailionora – (e-le-NOH-ra) Irish = Eleanor.

Ailis – (AY-lish) “noble, kind.” Irish = Alice, from Norman French name Aliz.

Aine – (AW-ne) Old Irish: aine “brilliance, wit, splendor, glory.” Aine was the daughter of Fer I (Man of the Yew) and queen of the fairies of south Munster; was believed to live at Knockany (Cnoc Aine, “Aine’s Hill”). Aina, Anne

Airmid – (AIR-mit) daughter of a physician Dian Cecht who was one of the Tuatha De Danann, an expert in the use of herbs for medicinal purposes.

Aisling – (AH-shleeng) Old Irish= aislinge “dream, or vision.” Once a man’s name, but now a popular woman’s name. Also = Ashling.

Alma – “good.”

Ana – (AW-ne) Ana, or Anu, Old Irish goddess a.k.a. Dana or Danu, the mother goddess of the early settlers of Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan.

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Irish Boy Names

Boy names of Irish Descent:

ABBAN: abbot
ABRACHAM, BRAM: Irish form of Abraham (father of many)
ADAMNAN, AWNAN: little Adam
ADARE: from the ford of the oak tree
ADDERGOOLE: from between two fords
ADERRIG, AGHADERG: from the red ford
ADHAMH: of the earth
AENGUS, ANGUS, AONGHUS, OENGUS, UNGUS, ENOS, HUNGAS: vigorous one
AGHAMORE: from the great field
AGHY: friend of horses
AGUISTIN: majestic
AHANE: from the little ford
AHERN, AHEARN: lord of the horses
AICHLIN: meaning unknown
AIDRIAN: from the Adriatic
AILFRID: wise
AILIN: handsome
AINDREAS: strong
AINEISLIS: glorious stand
AINMIRE: great lord
AIRLEAS, ARLEN, ARLYN: pledge
ALABHAOIS: famous soldier
ALPHONSUS: noble, ready

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Irish Drinking Toasts

50 All-Time Irishmen Favorites!

“May we get what we want,

May we get what we need,

But may we never get what we deserve”

“Here’s to the wine we love to drink, and the food we like to eat.

Here’s to our wives and sweethearts, let’s pray they never meet.

Here’s champagne for our real friends. And real pain for our sham friends.

And when this life is over, may all of us find peace”

“Here’s to a long life and a merry one.

A quick death and an easy one.

A pretty girl and an honest one.

A cold beer and another one”

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Irish Prayers and Blessings

Irish Marriage Blessing

May God be with you and bless you.
May you see your children’s children.
May you be poor in misfortunes
and rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
from this day forward.

An Old Irish Blessing

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

A Gaelic Christening Blessing

Dearest Father in Heaven,
Bless this child and bless this day
Of new beginnings.
Smile upon this child
And surround this child, Lord,
With the soft mantle of your love.
Teach this child to follow in your footsteps,
And to live life in the ways of
Love, faith, hope, and charity.

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Dog Names

50 of the most popular dog names

Pet Names

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List of Irish-language given names

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Further information: Irish name

This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (as Gaeilge) given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish — Kathleen = Caitlín, Owen = Eoghan. Some Irish-language names derive or are adapted from the English-language — Éamon = Edmund or Edward. Some Irish-language names have direct English equivalents deriving from a common name in Ireland. Máire, Maura and Mary derive from the French “Marie” and the Hebrew “Mary”. Maureen = Mairín, a diminutive.

Some Irish names have [apparent] equivalents in other languages but are not etymologically related. Áine (meaning “brightness” or “radiance”) is accepted as Anna and Anne (Áine was the name of an Irish Celtic goddess). Some Irish given names may have no equivalent in English (being simply spelled phonetically in an Anglo-Roman way.) During the “Irish revival,” some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations— such as the now-common female name “Saoirse,” which is actually the Irish word for “freedom,” and “Aisling,” meaning vision, dream.

Traditionally and to this day, suffixes may be used to qualify which generation is being referred to e.g., Ruaidhrí Mór and Domhnall Óg are readily understood suffixes. In traditional Irish language naming, when a father and a son have the same name, Mór (big) and Óg (young) are used to differentiate, meaning in this context “the Elder” and “the Younger” respectively, and this can extend to uncles etc. – cont’d…
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Irish names

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Epithets

A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. Mór (“big”) and Óg (“young”) are used to distinguish father and son, like English “senior” and “junior“, but are placed between the given name and the surname: Seán Óg Ó Súilleabháin corresponds to “John O’Sullivan Jr.” (although anglicized versions of the name often drop the “O'” from the name).

The word Beag/Beg, meaning “little”, can be used in place of Óg. This did not necessarily indicate that the younger person was small in stature, merely younger than his father. Sometimes beag would be used to imply a baby was small at birth, possibly premature.

Adjectives denoting hair color may also be used, especially informally: Pádraig Rua (“red-haired Patrick”), Máire Bhán (“fair-haired Mary”).

Surnames and prefixes

A male’s surname generally takes the form Ó/Ua (meaning “descendant”) or Mac (“son”) followed by the genitive case of a name, as in Ó Dónaill (“descendant of Dónall”) or Mac Lochlainn (“son of Lochlann”).

A son has the same surname as his father. A female’s surname replaces Ó with Ní (reduced from Iníon Uí – “daughter of a descendant of”) and Mac with Nic (reduced from Iníon Mhic – “daughter of the son of”); in both cases the following name undergoes lenition. However, if the second part of the surname begins with the letter C or G, it is not lenited after Nic. Thus the daughter of a man named Ó Dónaill has the surname Ní Dhónaill; the daughter of a man named Mac Lochlainn has the surname Nic Lochlainn. When anglicized, the name can remain O’ or Mac, regardless of gender.

If a woman marries, she may choose to take her husband’s surname. In this case, Ó is replaced by Bean Uí (“wife of a descendant of”) and Mac is replaced by Bean Mhic (“wife of the son of”). In both cases, the bean may be omitted, in which case the woman uses simply Uí or Mhic. Again, the second part of the surname is lenited (unless it begins with C or “G”, in which case it is only lenited after Uí). Thus a woman marrying a man named Ó Dónaill may choose to use Bean Uí Dhónaill (Mrs. O’Donnell in English) or Uí Dhónaill as her surname; a woman marrying a man named Mac Lochlainn may choose to use Bean Mhic Lochlainn (Mrs. McLaughlin in English) or Mhic Lochlainn as her surname.

If the second part of the surname begins with a vowel, the form Ó attaches an h to it, as in Ó hUiginn (O’Higgins) or Ó hAodha (Hughes). The other forms affect no change: Ní Uiginn, (Bean) Uí Uiginn; Mac Aodha, Nic Aodha, Mhic Aodha, and so forth.

Mag is often used instead of Mac before a vowel or (sometimes) the silent fh. The single female form of “Mag” is “Nig”. Ua is an alternative form of Ó.

Some names of Norman origin have the prefix Fitz, from Latin language filius “son”, such as Fitzwilliam, Fitzgerald, and so forth. Other Norman surnames may have the prefix “de”, such as de Búrca, de Paor, or de Róiste. – cont’d…

Alphabetical lists of Irish names and meanings, and Celtic Names and meanings – www.Irishwishes.com

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