690+ Irish Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

Magee became one of the first gender-bending Irish surname names so popular today thanks to New York television newswoman Magee Hickey. In case you don't know, the g is hard, as in Maggie, but with the opposite emphasis.

Obscure and quirky, but not without some appeal.

Forever Dickens's con artist in Oliver Twist.

This name is a fabulous option for parents looking for a victorious name but who find Victor just a little too obvious. This name can also be spelled Kearney.

Uncommon choice too reminiscent of "bidet". Try Bridie instead.

Ancient Irish king of the underworld, so much more powerful than Don.

Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.

Associated with the poet and novelist Galway Kinnell, this name of an Irish city, county, and bay would make an evocative choice. For further literary cred, writers Liam O'Flaherty and Frank Harris both hail from Galway.

Barely-used Irish surname that's more streamlined than popular Donovan.

Male name from Irish mythology makes stylish-sounding choice for girls.

You lick. You like. We didn't think so.

Energetic name that's keen to please.

The wife of legendary Irish hero Cu Chulainn, blessed with the gifts of beauty sweet speech, wisdom, needlework, and chastity -- a mixed bag.

If you're looking for an Irish last name that moves beyond Casey and Cassidy, this one is pleasant sounding and worth considering. Kavanaugh, which can also be spelled Cavanagh, Cavenagh, Kavanagh, and Cavanaugh, is one of the few traditional Irish surnames not to start with Mc or O'. Kavanagh relates to the name first Kevin or Caomhan. Early kings of Leinster bore the name Kavanaugh.