690+ Irish Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

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.

Perfect name for the child of dog enthusiasts, and much more distinctive than the trendy Connor.

Caitlin, but with the popular -lynn suffix.

Has a decidedly Roman Catholic feel, thanks to the bishop.

McDermott is a common Irish surname that means, as all Mc or Mac names do, "son of" --then Dermott or Dermot, which is an Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic Diarmaid. The legendary Diarmaid was the lover of Grainne and the real King Diarmaid, in the twelfth century, first invited the English into Ireland. Actor Dermot Mulroney made his name famous in the U.S.

Likable Irish surname name, but bound to be confused with Clooney.

Forget Donald. Honor Grandpa Don with this new spin.

This Celtic surname is familiar but barely used at all as a first name.

Magee has a broad and bouncy appeal for the sons of anyone from Adam to Zachary.

Poetic name that's terminally mournful.

The Irish surname and sometime first name Redmond is derived from the German Raymond, which was imported to Ireland via Norman conqueror Raymond LeGros -- Raymond the Fat.

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.

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.