690+ Irish Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

Caitlin, but with the popular -lynn suffix.

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.

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.

The fashion for using surnames as firsts has extended beyond the familiar Morgan and Parker to choices such as Cohen and O'Brien to -- why not? -- this quintessentially Irish name with the friendly o ending.

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

That sound again.

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

Variant (mis)spelling of Siobhan.

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.

The use of O-prefixes could create the next wave of Irish inflected names, offering an innovative way of honoring a relative with a behind the times moniker.

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.

Corky was a sitcom moniker of the fifties, Corcoran a better fit for these times.

Forever Dickens's con artist in Oliver Twist.

Barr fits alongside other short and snappy surname-names like Fyfe, Blair and Dawe. They're off the beaten track but instantly familiar.

Energetic name that's keen to please.