690+ Irish Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

This kind of authentic Irish surname makes a memorable first name for either sex, following in the path of all the Mac and Mc names recently popular.

Name of both a goddess and a heroine in Irish mythology, it's popular in Ireland and possible here, especially in its Anglicized spelling, Grania.

Donovan is on the rise, so why not this sequel?

Caitlin, but with the popular -lynn suffix.

Fallon has gone feminine, but this puts it back in the boys' camp.

Sullivan has made itself into a first name and O'Sullivan may well follow suit.

That sound again.

If you love the venerable Southwestern painter but feel Georgia's gotten too overheated, you might want to go all the way to this Irish surname in the fashionable O' family.

Brennan alternative.

Fursey is an ancient Irish saint's name little-used in modern times. St. Fursey was born in the seventh century a noble in Ireland but traveled to England and France to found monasteries and spread Christianity. He is buried in France.

Variation of Cluny best only if you're a major George fan. And even then, better go with George, Georgia, or Georgiana.

The famous Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland, vanquished the Catholic king.