Irish baby names 

A list of female and male baby names from Ireland, sorted alphabetically with information about their meanings and origins

Irish Names for Girls

ABIAGEAL: Irish form of Abigail, meaning "father rejoices."

AERYN: Variant of Irish unisex Erin, meaning "peace."

AERYNN: Variant of Irish Aeryn, meaning "peace."

AGHADREENA: Irish name meaning "from the field of the sloe bushes."

AGHAMORA: Irish name meaning "from the great field."

AGHAVEAGH: Irish name meaning "from the field of the old tree." 

AGHNA: Irish form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."

AHANA: Irish name meaning "from the little ford."

AIBHILIN (Aibhilín): Variant of Irish Aibhlin, meaning "little bird."

AIBHLIN: Irish form of unisex Evelyn, meaning "little bird." 

AIDEEN: Variant of Irish Étaín, meaning "face."

AIGNÉIS: Irish form of Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."

AILBHE: Irish unisex name, possibly from Gaelic albho, meaning "white." In Irish legend, Ailbhe was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna.

AINE (Áine): Irish/Celtic myth name of a queen of fairies, meaning "radiance."

AINGEAL: Irish form of English Angela, meaning "angel, messenger."

AISLIN: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Aisling, meaning "dream; vision."

AISLING: Irish/Gaelic name meaning "dream; vision."

AISLINN: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Aisling, meaning "dream; vision."

AITHNE: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Eithne, meaning "kernel."

AITHNEA: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Eithne, meaning "kernel."

ALASTRIONA (Alastríona): Feminine form of Irish Alastar, meaning "defender of mankind."

ANNORA: Irish form of English Honour, meaning "honor." 

ANORA: Variant of Irish Annora, meaning "honor."

AOIBHEANN: Irish/Gaelic name meaning "beautiful, fair form."

AOIBHIN (Aoibhín): Variant of Irish Aoibheann, meaning "beautiful, fair form."

AOIFE: Irish/Gaelic myth name of a warrior princess, meaning "beauty."

ARIN: Variant of Irish unisex Erin, meaning "peace."

ASSUMPTA: Irish form of Spanish Asunción, meaning "assumption."

ASTHORE: Irish name meaning "loved one."

AURNIA: Irish name meaning "golden lady."

AVONMORA: Irish name meaning "from the great river."

BAIBIN: Pet form of Irish Bairbre, meaning "foreign; strange."

BAIRBRE (Báirbre): Irish form of Barbara, meaning "foreign; strange."

BARRAN: Irish name meaning "little top."

BEBHINN (Bébhinn): Variant of Irish Béibhinn, meaning "fair lady."

BEBHIONN (Bébhionn): Variant of Irish Béibhinn, meaning "fair lady."

BEIBHINN (Béibhinn): Irish name meaning "fair lady."

BIDDY: English and Irish pet form of Bride and Bridget, both meaning "exalted one." It is rarely used anymore because of the negative connotation "old biddy" now attached to it.

BLAITHIN (Bláithín): "Little flower." Irish name derived from the word blath "flower" with added diminutive suffix.

BLATHNAID (Bláthnaid): Variant of Irish Bláthnat, meaning "little flower."

BLATHNAT (Bláthnat): "Little flower." Irish myth name of the maiden who loved Cúchulainn, the hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle. 

BRADY: "Large-chested." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Gaelic Ó Brádaigh, meaning "descendant of Brádach." 

BREEDA: Variant of Irish Bride, meaning "exalted one."

BRIDE: Modern Irish form of Gaelic Brid, meaning "exalted one."

BRIGH (Brígh): Irish name derived from the word brígh, meaning "force, strength."

BRIGHID: "Exalted one." Irish Gaelic myth name of an ancient Celtic goddess, daughter of Dagda, one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. 

BROGAN: "Little shoe." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Gaelic Ó Brógáin, meaning "descendant of Brógán," a forename derived from a diminutive of bróg "shoe." 

BRONACH (Brónach): Irish name derived from the Gaelic element brón meaning "sorrow."

BRONAGH: Variant of Irish Bronach, meaning "sorrow."

BUAN: Irish name meaning "goodness."

CADHLA: Irish name meaning "beautiful."

CAILIN (Cailín): Irish name meaning "girl."

CAIT (Cáit): Nickname for Irish Caitriona, meaning "pure."