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Aednat

Meaning of the Irish name Aednat. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aednat so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: The feminine of the name Aidan meaning “little fire.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aednat

PRONUNCIATION: ey + nit”

ENGLISH: Enat, Ena

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Aibhlinn

Meaning of the Irish name Aibhlinn. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aibhlinn so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: A name thought to have Norman roots that means “wished-for” or “longed-for child.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aibhlinn Aibhilin

PRONUNCIATION: ave + leen”

ENGLISH: Eveleen, Eveline, Evelyn

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Aibreann

Meaning of the Irish name Aibreann. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aibreann so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Aibreann is April in the Irish language.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aibreann Aibrean

PRONUNCIATION: ab + rawn”

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Aideen

Meaning of the Irish name Aideen. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aideen so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Formed like Aidan from aed ”fire.” Aideen loved her husband Oscar, a grandson of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend), so much that when he fell in battle she died of a broken heart.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aideen

PRONUNCIATION: ay + deen”

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Ailbe

Meaning of the Irish name Ailbe. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ailbe so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: From an old Irish word meaning “white,” the 6th century St. Ailbe was associated with the monastery at Emly in County Tipperary. The local people requested that he bless a river that had no fish. St. Ailbe did and that very day the river was filled with an abundance of fish. The people built five churches in St. Ailbe’s honor at the best fishing spots along the river. Ailbe may be used for a boy or a girl.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Ailbe

PRONUNCIATION: all + bay”

ENGLISH: Alby

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Aileen

Meaning of the Irish name Aileen. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aileen so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Ancient Irish name from ail ”noble.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aileen Ailene

PRONUNCIATION: ay + leen”

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Ailis

Meaning of the Irish name Ailis. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ailis so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Irish version of the Norman Alice or Alicia from Elizabeth “God is my oath.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Ailis Ailish Eilis Eilish

PRONUNCIATION: ay + lish”

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Aine

Meaning of the Irish name Aine. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aine so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.” Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aine

PRONUNCIATION: awn + ye”

ENGLISH: Anya, Anna, Hannah

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Alannah

Meaning of the Irish name Alannah. Listen and learn how to pronounce Alannah so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: Adding a to leanbh, the word for “child” in Irish, brings a sense of warmth – “O child” or “darling child.” A favored name in Ireland with all three spellings.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Alannah Alanna Alana

PRONUNCIATION: a + lan + a”

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Alby

Meaning of the name Alby. Listen and learn how to pronounce Alby so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name.

MEANING: From an old Irish word meaning “white,” the 6th century St. Ailbe was associated with the monastery at Emly in County Tipperary. The local people requested that he bless a river that had no fish. St. Ailbe did and that very day the river was filled with an abundance of fish. The people built five churches in St. Ailbe’s honor at the best fishing spots along the river. Ailbe may be used for a boy or a girl.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Alby Ailbe

PRONUNCIATION: all + bay”

ENGLISH: Alby

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Anna

Meaning of the name Anna. Listen and learn how to pronounce Anna so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name.

MEANING: Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.” Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Anna Aine

PRONUNCIATION: awn + ye”

ENGLISH: Anna

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Anya

Meaning of the name Anya. Listen and learn how to pronounce Anya so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name.

MEANING: Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.” Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.”

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Anya Aine

PRONUNCIATION: awn + ye”

ENGLISH: Anya

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Aoibheann

Meaning of the Irish name Aoibheann. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aoibheann so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: aoibhinn ”pleasant, beautiful sheen, of radiant beauty.” Often interpreted as “little Eve.” One Aoibheann was the mother of St. Enda of Aran who died c. 530 AD.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aoibheann

PRONUNCIATION: eve + een”

ENGLISH: Eavan

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Aoife

Meaning of the Irish name Aoife. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aoife so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: “beautiful, radiant, joyful.” Known as the greatest woman warrior in the world, Aoife was the mother of Cuchulainn’s (read the legend) only son, Connlach. Aoife Dearg (“Red Aoife”) was a daughter of a king of Connacht who had her marriage arranged by St. Patrick himself. In 2003 Aoife was the third most popular Irish girls name for babies in Ireland.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aoife

PRONUNCIATION: ee + fa”

ENGLISH: Eva, Ava

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Famous People with the Irish name Aoife: Aoife Walsh who won Miss Ireland in 2013. You can view Aoife Walsh personal twitter page here.

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Ashling

Meaning of the Irish name Ashling. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ashling so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: From aislinge which means “a vision” or “a dream,” Aisling is the name given to a popular poetic genre from the 17th and 18th centuries in which Ireland is personified as a beautiful woman in peril. A very popular name in Ireland now.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Ashling Aislin Aislinn

PRONUNCIATION: ash + ling”

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Ava

Meaning of the name Ava. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ava so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name.

MEANING: “beautiful, radiant, joyful.” Known as the greatest woman warrior in the world, Aoife was the mother of Cuchulainn’s (read the legend) only son, Connlach. Aoife Dearg (“Red Aoife”) was a daughter of a king of Connacht who had her marriage arranged by St. Patrick himself. In 2003 Aoife was the third most popular Irish girls name for babies in Ireland.

GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Ava Aoife

PRONUNCIATION: ee + fa”

ENGLISH: Ava

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