Irish Names for Girls: The Complete List

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

One of the boys' names that sounds fresher today for a girl. Second-best-spelling for boys, Neal, may work even better for girls.

While Niall -- pronounced as Neil or like the river Nile -- is conventionally a boys' name, it might theoretically work for girls.

Dacey is a delicate and lacy Irish name with real possibilities.

Unusual Mary variety with literary underpinnings, most famously as a character in J.M. Synge's Riders to the Sea. You may have to do constant explaining of the spelling and pronunciation, but if you're looking for a distinctive and attractive form of Mary, you've found it.

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

Honoring a male relative. Be bold and go with Glenn.

A much prettier and feminine version of the boys name Ryan which is starting to be used for girls, while still retaining the Irish feel and the regal meaning.

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

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

Name your daughter Duana after a Duane relative if you like, but please pronounce it doo-ahn-a and not doo-wain-a.

Poetic name that's terminally mournful.

Irish town names are now fair game -- as are most other places with connections to Ireland -- but are much better suited to boys.

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

Fania would make an interesting choice for a child of Irish Russian heritage, being a Celtic name with a Russian Tania-like feel.