400+ Irish Last Names (With Meanings and Popularity)

Irish surname-names are hugely popular for girls in the US these days, with Riley and Kennedy ranking high on the official popularity lists. Connery is uncommon, but certainly attractive and usable.

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

Runyon is an Irish surname with considerable flair; some will connect it with Guys and Dolls writer Damon Runyon.

Keating is familiar as a surname but unexpected as a first. It boasts the always energetic -ing ending.

Too fiscal.

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.

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.

Energetic name that's keen to please.

The Gaelic name Giolla Dhomhnagh ("servant of Donagh") turned into the patronymic Mac Giolla Dhomhnagh, which was whispered down the alley until it became MacGillowney, and eventually Looney. Although it's similar in sound to popular Luna, this isn't an Irish surname that's likely to get much use.

One of the jauntiest o' the O' names, the birth name of actor/ rapper Ice Cube.