690+ Irish Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

Actor Pierce made both his first and last name appealing.

Spelled this way, Adine could be a relative of either the Irish Aideen, which means jealousy, or the Arabic Adina, meaning slender. We'll go with the slender.

Is Keela distinct enough from Kayla to sound fresh and new? Maybe, though its similarity to the trendy cluster of names that also includes Kaylie and Kylie and Kelly may be enough to turn you off. Keela, a relative of the less serious Keely and the male Keelan, is used in modern Ireland.

Popular in Ireland, as is the similarly difficult spelling EOGHAN, but over here, most would stick with Owen.

Authentic Irish choice, easy to spell, tricky to pronounce.

Name your daughter Duana after a Duane relative if you like, but please pronounce it doo-ahn-a and not doo-wain-a.

Irish town names are now fair game -- as are most other places with connections to Ireland -- but are much better suited to boys.

Muirgen in Irish mythology was turned into a mermaid and then brought back to land after 300 years and transformed back into a woman -- which must have been quite a shock. Muirgen's original name was Liban. Muirgen may also be spelled Muireann or Muirenn.

More user-friendly than the original.

Undiscovered Irish surname with a lot more bounce and masculine dash than Shannon.

Oengus is the old Irish form of the name most commonly found in the modern world as Angus, typically Scottish.
In Irish mythology, Oengus is the god of youth, love, and poetry.

Unusual Mary variety with literary underpinnings, most famously as a character in J.M. Synge's Riders to the Sea. You may have to do constant explaining of the spelling and pronunciation, but if you're looking for a distinctive and attractive form of Mary, you've found it.

Variant (mis)spelling of Siobhan.

This was a common name in early Ireland, borne by numerous saints, but pronunciation problems would make it prohibitive here.

We'd be leery of this one.

This feminine form of Arliss, is familiar via the recent HBO series. But why not just use Arliss?