Irish Names for Girls: The Complete List

Bridget variation that's the root of the unattractive nickname Biddy. Bedelia is another spelling.

A name that's on the rise for boys but rarely used -- though possible -- for girls.

Common in its native habitat, and worth consideration by parents in search of an authentic Irish name, though a pronunciation challenge.

Another candidate for mispronunciation.

Shevonne is proof that a name can be pretty and tacky at the same time.

Using Kevyn (or even Kevin) for a girl breathes new life into this tired boys' name.

Yeats, the strong name of the great Irish poet, would work better for a boy. Also has possible pronunciation problem with people who might think it rhymes with Keats. Yeats rhymes with the word from which it's derived: gates.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Caitlin, but with the popular -lynn suffix.