Female Irish Baby Names
ABBEY:
Pet form of Irish Abigail, meaning “little smith.” Compare with another form of Abbey.
ABBIE:
Pet form of Irish Abigail, meaning “little smith.” Compare with another form of Abbie.
ABBY:
Pet form of Irish Abigail, meaning “little smith.” Compare with another form of Abby.
ABIAGEAL:
Irish form of English Abigail, meaning “father rejoices.”
AGHADREENA:
Irish name meaning “from the field of the sloe bushes.”
AGHAMORA:
Irish name meaning “from the great field.”
AGHNA:
Irish form of English Agnes, meaning “chaste; holy.”
AGHAVEAGH:
Irish name meaning “from the field of the old tree.”
AHANA:
Irish name meaning “from the little ford.”
AIGNÉIS:
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Hagne, meaning “chaste; holy.”
AILBHE:
Irish Gaelic unisex name, possibly derived from the word albho, meaning “white.” In Irish legend, this is the name of a female warrior of the Fianna.
AILISH:
Irish Gaelic form of English Alice, meaning “noble sort.”
ÁINE (pron. awnya):
Irish name derived from the proto-Celtic element *aidnā, meaning “radiance.” In mythology, this is the name of a queen of the fairies. She may have originally been a goddess of light.
AINGEAL:
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Angela, meaning “angel, messenger.”
AISLIN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Aisling, meaning “dream; vision.”
AISLING:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “dream; vision.”
AISLINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Aisling, meaning “dream; vision.”
AITHNE:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Eithne, meaning “kernel.”
AITHNEA:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Eithne, meaning “kernel.”
AOIBHEANN (pronounced ee-ven):
Irish Gaelic name meaning “beautiful, fair form.”
AOIBHÍN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Aoibheann, meaning “beautiful, fair form.”
AOIBHINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Aoibheann, meaning “beautiful, fair form.”
AOIFE (pronounced ee-fya):
Irish name derived from Gaelic aoibh, meaning “beauty.” In mythology, this is the name of a warrior princess.
ASSUMPTA:
Irish form of Spanish Asunción, meaning “assumption.”
AURNIA:
Irish name meaning “golden lady.”
BAIBIN:
Pet form of Irish Báirbre, meaning “foreign; strange.”
BÁIRBRE:
Irish form of Greek Barbara, meaning “foreign; strange.”
BÉBHINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Béibhinn, meaning “fair lady.”
BÉBHIONN:
Variant spelling of Irish Béibhinn, meaning “fair lady.”
BÉBINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Béibhinn, meaning “fair lady.”
BÉIBHINN:
Irish name meaning “fair lady.”
BIDDY:
Pet form of Irish Bride, meaning “exalted one.” Compare with another form of Biddy.
BLÁITHÍN:
Irish name derived from the word blath “flower” with added diminutive suffix, meaning “little flower.”
BLÁTHNAID:
Variant form of Irish Gaelic Bláthnat, meaning “little flower.”
BLÁTHNAT:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “little flower.” In mythology, this is the name of a maiden who loved Cúchulainn, the hero of Ulster.
BREANA:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BREANN:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BREANNA:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BREANNE:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BRENDA:
Old Irish and Scottish name believed to be of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse brandr, meaning “sword.”
BRENNA:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BRIANA:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BRIANNA:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BRIANNE:
Feminine form of Irish Brian, meaning “high hill.”
BRÍD:
Pet form of Irish Gaelic Bríghid, meaning “exalted one.”
BRIDE:
Modern form of Irish Bríd, meaning “exalted one.”
BRIDIE:
Pet form of Irish Bride, meaning “exalted one.”
BRÍDIN:
Diminutive form of Irish Gaelic Bríd, meaning “little exalted one.”
BRÍGH:
Short form of Irish Gaelic Bríghid, meaning “force, strength.”
BRÍGHID:
Irish derived from Gaelic brígh, meaning “force, strength.” In Celtic mythology, this is the name of a goddess, the daughter of Dagda, one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
BROGAN:
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brógáin, meaning “descendant of Brógán,” hence “little shoe.”
BRÓNACH:
Irish name derived from the Gaelic word br�n meaning “sorrow.”
BRONAGH:
Variant spelling of Irish Brónach, meaning “sorrow.”
BRONTE:
Altered form of Irish Prunty, a form of Gaelic Ó Proinntigh, meaning “descendant of Proinnteach,” a personal name that was originally a byname meaning “banquet hall (denoting a “generous person”).”
CADHLA:
Irish name meaning “beautiful.”
CAILÍN:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “girl.”
CAILÍN:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “girl.”
CAIT:
Short form of Irish Caitríona and Scottish Caitrìona, meaning “pure.”
CAITIE:
Pet form of Irish Caitríona, meaning “pure.”
CAITLÍN:
Irish Gaelic form of Old French Cateline, meaning “pure.”
CAITRIA:
Variant form of Irish Gaelic Caitrín, meaning “pure.”
CAITRÍN:
Irish Gaelic form of French Catherine, meaning “pure.”
CAITRÍONA:
Irish Gaelic form of French Catherine, meaning “pure.”
CAOILAINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Caoilfhionn, meaning “fair and slender.”
CAOILFHIONN:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements caol “slender” and fionn “fair,” hence “fair and slender.”
CAOILINN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Caoilfhionn, meaning “fair and slender.”
CAOIMHE(pronounced kee-va):
Irish name derived from Gaelic caomh, meaning “beloved, comely.”
CARLIN:
Irish Gaelic unisex name meaning “little champion.”
CARLYN:
Feminine variant spelling of Irish Gaelic unisex Carlin, meaning “little champion.”
CARY:
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, “descendant of Ciardha (“black, dark”), hence “dark one.”
CATRAOINE:
Irish Gaelic form of Old French Caterine, meaning “pure.”
CATRÍONA:
Modern Irish Gaelic form of Greek Aikaterine, meaning “pure.”
CÉIBHFHIONN:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “fair locks.” In mythology, this is the name of a water goddess of inspiration, intelligence, knowledge and creativity.
CIANNAIT:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Cian, meaning “ancient, distant.”
CIARA:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Ciarán, meaning “little black one.”
CLODAGH:
Modern Irish name derived from the river name, which probably got its name from Gaelic clodach or cladach, meaning “muddy.”
CODY:
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from a variant spelling of the surname Cuddihy (also spelled Cuddy), an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh “descendant of Cuidightheach,” hence “helper.”
COLMCILLA:
Irish name meaning “dove of the church.”
COMYNA:
Feminine form of Irish Comyn, meaning “shrewd.”
CONGALIE:
Irish name meaning “constant.”
COREEN:
Irish form of French Corinne, meaning “maiden.”
DÁIRÍNE:
Feminine form of Irish Dáire, meaning “fertile, fruitful.”
DAMHNAIT:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the word damh “fawn” and a diminutive suffix, hence “little fawn.”
DEARBHÁIL:
Irish name composed of the Gaelic elements der “daughter” and fáil “destiny,” hence “daughter of destiny.”
DEARBHLA:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “true poet.”
ÉABHA:
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Eva, meaning “life.”
ÉADAN:
Variant form of Irish Étaín, meaning “face” or perhaps “against” or “opposite.”
ÉADAOIN:
Variant spelling of Irish Éadan, meaning “face” or perhaps “against” or “opposite.”
ÉBHA:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Éabha, meaning “life.”
ÉIBHLEANN:
Irish Gaelic name derived from the Old Irish word óiph, meaning “beauty, radiance.” Considered by some to be a Gaelic form or equivalent of Greek Helénē (“torch”).
ÉIBHLÍN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Éibhleann, meaning “beauty, radiance.”
EILEANÓRA:
Irish Gaelic form of Provençal Aliénor, meaning “foreign; the other.”
EILÍN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Éibhlín, meaning “beauty, radiance.”
EILÍS:
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Elisabet, meaning “God is my oath.”
EILISH:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Eilís, meaning “God is my oath.”
EIREANN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Éirinn, meaning “Ireland.”
ÉIRINN:
Dative case of Irish Gaelic Éire, meaning “Ireland.”
EITHNE (pronounced ee-na):
Irish Gaelic name derived from the word eithne, meaning “kernel.” Edna, Ena, Enya, Ethna and Etna are Anglicized forms.
EMER:
Irish form of Gaelic Éimhear, possibly meaning “ready, swift.” In mythology, this is the name of Cúchulainn’s wife.
ÉRIU:
Irish name meaning “peace.” In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of peace and patroness of Ireland.
ÉTAÍN:
Irish name derived from the word éadan, Old Irish étan, cognate with Gaelic aodann (“face”), Latin ante (“against”) and Sanskrit ánti (“opposite”).
ETHNE:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Eithne, meaning “kernel.”
EVELEEN:
Diminutive form of Irish Eva, probably meaning “beauty.”
FÉIDHELM:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Féidhlim, possibly meaning “hospitable.” In Irish legend, this was the name of a daughter of Conchobhar.
FÍNE:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Fíona, meaning “vine.”
FINNGUALA:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning “white shoulder.”
FÍONA: Irish Gaelic name meaning “vine.”
FIONNAGHUALA:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Fionnghuala, meaning “white shoulder.”
FIONNGHUALA:
Gaelic name composed of the elements fionn “fair, white” and guala “shoulder,” hence “white shoulder.”
FUAMNACH:
Irish name meaning “jealous.” In mythology, this is the name of the first wife of Midir, lord of the underworld.
GOBINET:
Variant spelling of Irish Gobnait, possibly meaning “little smith.”
GOBNAIT:
Possibly an Irish feminine diminutive form of Celtic Goibniu, meaning “little smith.”
GOBNET:
Variant spelling of Irish Gobnait, possibly meaning “little smith.”
GORMLAITH:
Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic name composed of the elements gorm “illustrious, splendid” and flaith “lady, princess,” hence “illustrious princess” or “splendid lady.”
GRÁINNE:
Irish name, possibly related to Gaelic grán, meaning “grain.” In mythology, this is the name of the daughter of Cormac mac Airt.
HIOLAIR:
Irish feminine form of Latin Hilarius, meaning “joyful, happy.”
ÍDE:
Irish name derived from the word ítu, meaning “thirst.”
ISIBÉAL:
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Isabella, meaning “God is my oath.”
ITA:
Variant spelling of Irish Íde, meaning “industrious.” Compare with another form of Ita.
IÚILE:
Irish form of Roman Latin Julia, meaning “descended from Jupiter (Jove).”
LAOISE:
Irish form of French Louise, meaning “famous warrior.”
LÉAN:
Irish form of Greek Helénē, possibly meaning “torch.”
LÍADÁIN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Líadan, meaning “grey lady.”
LÍADAN:
Irish Gaelic name derived from the word liath “grey,” hence “grey lady.” In legend, this is the name of a poetess.
LÍLE:
Irish form of Latin Liliana, meaning “lily.”
LORETO:
From the Italian city name, Loreto, meaning “laurel wood.”
LUIGHSEACH (pron. Lee-shock):
Irish form of Old Gaelic Luíseach, meaning “torch-bringer.” Used as an Irish form of Latin Lucia (English Lucy), meaning “light.”
MADAILÉIN:
Irish form of French Madeline, meaning “of Magdala.”
MAEGHAN:
Variant spelling of Irish Meaghan, meaning “pearl.”
MÁIRE:
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Maria, meaning “obstinacy, rebelliousness” or “their rebellion.”
MAIRÉAD (pron. my-raid):
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Margarites, meaning “pearl.”
MAIRENN:
Variant form of Irish Gaelic Máirín, meaning “obstinacy, rebelliousness” or “their rebellion.”
MÁIRÍN:
Pet form of Irish Gaelic Máire, meaning “obstinacy, rebelliousness” or “their rebellion.”
MAIRSILE:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Marcas, meaning “defense” or “of the sea.”
MALLAIDH:
Irish Gaelic form of English Molly, meaning “obstinacy, rebelliousness” or “their rebellion.”
MAVE:
Variant spelling of Irish Maeve, meaning “intoxicating.”
MAVOURNEEN:
Irish name derived from the phrase mo múirnín, meaning “my honey, my sweet one.”
MCKENNA:
Irish and Scottish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha, meaning “son of Cionaodh,” hence “born of fire.”
MÉABH:
Variant form of Irish Meadhbh, meaning “intoxicating.” In mythology, this is the name of a warrior queen of Connacht, the wife of Ailill.
MEADHBH:
Modern form of Old Irish Gaelic Medb, meaning “intoxicating.” In mythology, this is the name of a warrior queen of Connacht, the wife of Ailill.
MEAGHAN:
Variant spelling of Irish Meghan, meaning “pearl.”
MEDB:
Old Irish Gaelic name, meaning “intoxicating.” In mythology, this is the name of a warrior queen of Connacht, the wife of Ailill.
MEGHAN:
Irish form of Welsh Megan, meaning “pearl.”
MEGHANN:
Variant spelling of Irish Meghan, meaning “pearl.”
MÓR:
Irish and Scottish Gaelic name meaning “great.”
MORRIGAN:
Variant spelling of Irish Mórríghan, meaning “great queen.”
MÓRRÍGHAN:
Irish myth name of a goddess of death and war, derived from Mhór Rioghain, meaning “great queen.”
MUADHNAIT:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the word muadh “good, noble,” and a diminutive suffix, hence “little noble one.”
MUIREANN:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements muir “sea” and fionn “blessed, fair, white,” hence “sea-fair.”
MUIRENN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Muirgen, meaning “born of the sea.”
MUIRGEN:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “born of the sea.” In mythology, this is the name of a maiden who was changed into a salmon.
MUIRGHEAL:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements muir “sea” and geal “bright,” hence “sea-bright.”
MUIRÍN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Muirgen, meaning “born of the sea.”
NAINSÍ:
Irish form of English Nancy, meaning “favor; grace.”
NAOMH:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “holy.”
NEASA:
Variant spelling of Irish Neassa, possibly meaning “excellent valor.”
NEASSA:
Feminine form of English Neas, meaning “excellent valor.” In Irish mythology, this is the name of the mother of Conchobhar.
NIAMH:
Irish Gaelic myth name of the daughter of a sea god, meaning “beauty, brightness.”
NÓIRÍN:
Pet form of Irish Nóra, meaning “honor, valor.”
NÓRA:
Short form of Irish Onóra, meaning “honor, valor.”
NOREEN:
Pet form of Irish Nóra, meaning “honor, valor.”
NORENE:
Variant spelling of Irish Noreen, meaning “honor, valor.”
NUALA:
Short form of Irish Gaelic Fionnuala, meaning “white shoulder.”
ODHARNAIT:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Odhrán, meaning “little sallow one.”
OILBHE:
Irish form of English Olive, meaning “olive tree.”
ONÓRA:
Irish form of Latin Honora, meaning “honor, valor.”
ÓRFHLAITH:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements ór “gold” and flaith “princess,” hence “gold-princess.”
ÓRLAITH:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Órfhlaith, meaning “gold-princess.”
PÁDRAIGÍN:
Feminine form of Irish Gaelic Pádraig, meaning “patrician; of noble descent.”
RAGNHAILT:
Irish Gaelic form of Scandinavian Ragnhild, meaning “battle counsel.”
RÁICHÉAL:
Irish form of Hebrew Rachel, meaning “ewe.”
RATHNAIT:
Old Irish name composed of the word rath “prosperity” and a diminutive suffix, hence “little prosperous one.”
RÍGHNACH:
Variant spelling of Irish Ríoghnach, meaning “queen.”
RÍOGHNACH:
Irish name derived from the Gaelic word ríoghan, meaning “queen.” In mythology, this is the name of the wife of king Niall.
RÍONA:
Short form of Irish Gaelic Catríona, meaning “pure.”
RÍONACH:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Ríoghnach, meaning “queen.”
RÓIS:
Irish form of English Rose, meaning “rose.”
RÓISÍN:
Diminutive form of Irish Róis (“rose”), hence “little rose.”
SADB:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Sadhbh, meaning “sweet.”
SADHBH:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “sweet.”
SAIBH:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Sadhbh, meaning “sweet.”
SAOIRSE:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “freedom.”
SARAID:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “excellent.”
SÉARLAIT:
Feminine form of Irish Séarlas, meaning “man.”
SÉRLAIT:
Variant spelling of Irish Séarlait, meaning “man.”
SIBÉAL:
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Isabella, meaning “God is my oath.”
SÍLE:
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Cæcilia, meaning “blind.”
SÍNE:
Irish Gaelic form of Anglo-Norman French Jehane, meaning “God is gracious.”
SINÉAD (pron. Shinade):
Irish Gaelic form of French Jeanette, meaning “God is gracious.”
SIOBHÁN (pronounced Shivawn):
Irish form of Norman French Jehane, meaning “God is gracious.”
SIOFRA:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “elf.”
SÍOMHA:
Variant form of Irish Síthmaith, meaning “peace-good.”
SÍTHMAITH:
Irish name composed of the Gaelic elements s�th “peace” and maith “good,” hence “peace-good.”
SLÁINE:
Irish Gaelic name meaning “health.”
SORCHA:
Gaelic name meaning “radiant.” In use by the Irish and Scottish.
TOIRÉASA:
Irish form of Spanish Theresa, meaning “harvester.”
TRÉASA:
Contracted form of Irish Gaelic Toiréasa, meaning “harvester.”
ÚNA:
Irish name, probably derived from the Gaelic vocabulary word úna, meaning “famine, hunger.”
