Siobhan

Siobhan pronunciation, meaning and origin of the Irish girls name. How do you pronounce the Irish girls name Siobhan? What does the Irish name Siobhan mean? Siobhan is another Irish form of Joan meaning “God is gracious.” A popular name in Ireland where the anglicised versions are often used. Siobhan McKenna, an Irish actress who died in 1986, was considered by many as a woman who personified all that was good about being Irish. What is the gender for the Irish name Siobhan? Girl | Female Is Siobhan a girls name? Yes, Siobhan is traditionally given to a girl. How … Read more

Aedan

Meaning of the Irish name Aedan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aedan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: A diminutive form of the name Aed meaning “”fire”” and would imply “”born of fire.”” It became a popular name in honour of St. Aidan of Iona (c. 630 AD) who founded a famous monastery on the island of Lindisfarne which he used as a base to evangalize the North of England. In art Aidan is usually represented as a stag, a reference to the legend that he saved a deer that was being … Read more

Aidan

Meaning of the name Aidan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aidan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: A diminutive form of the name Aed meaning “”fire”” and would imply “”born of fire.”” It became a popular name in honour of St. Aidan of Iona (c. 630 AD) who founded a famous monastery on the island of Lindisfarne which he used as a base to evangalize the North of England. In art Aidan is usually represented as a stag, a reference to the legend that he saved a deer that was being hunted by … Read more

Aiden

Meaning of the name Aiden. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aiden so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: A diminutive form of the name Aed meaning “”fire”” and would imply “”born of fire.”” It became a popular name in honour of St. Aidan of Iona (c. 630 AD) who founded a famous monastery on the island of Lindisfarne which he used as a base to evangalize the North of England. In art Aidan is usually represented as a stag, a reference to the legend that he saved a deer that was being hunted by … Read more

Aine

Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish girls name Aine How do you pronounce Irish name AINE? What does the Irish name Aine mean? 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.” What is the Gender for the Irish name Aine? Girl | Female Is Aine a girls name? Yes, Aine … Read more

Brandon

Meaning of the name Brandon. Listen and learn how to pronounce Brandon so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: There are at least seventeen saints who bear the name but St. Breandan the Navigator is probably the best known. Tradition has it that he was born in County Kerry, set sail in a small boat with a group of monks in the early 6th century, visited an island inhabited by birdmen, rode on the back of a whale and was the first European to set foot on the shores of the Americas, nearly a thousand … Read more

Brian

Meaning of the Irish name Brian. Listen and learn how to pronounce Brian so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From brigh “”high, noble, strong.”” This is one of the most widespread Irish names ever, in honour of the most revered High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (read the legend) who defeated an army of invading Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 but died of wounds he received in the battle. Kincora – a poem by James Clarence Mangan (translated). GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Brian PRONUNCIATION: “”bree + an”” ENGLISH: Brian (pron. “”bry … Read more

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” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Ashling and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Ashling:Play … Read more

Barbara

Meaning of the name Barbara. Listen and learn how to pronounce Barbara so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: Anglicized as Barbara. May come from gorm “illustrious” or “splendid” and flaith “queen, princess.” Lady Gormlaith, a legendary beauty, was queen of the Danes in Ireland as wife of Olaf, The Viking leader of Dublin; later she was wife of Malachy II, king of Ulster and finally married Brian Boru (read the legend), king of Munster and later king of all Ireland. Her three sons, Sitric, Murdach and Donough continued to rule Ireland after The Battle … Read more

Cassidy

Meaning of the Irish name Cassidy. Listen and learn how to pronounce Cassidy so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From cas ”curly-haired.” The Cassidys were the hereditary physicians to the Maguires, the chiefs of County Fermanagh between 1300 and 1600. As their healing skills became widely known, many Cassidys were employed by other chieftans, particularly in the north of the country. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Cassidy PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Cassidy and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Cassidy:Play Audio for Cassidy Back to Irish … Read more

Catherine

Meaning of the name Catherine. Listen and learn how to pronounce Catherine so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: Devotion to St. Catherine came to Ireland with Christianity. Revered for her courage and purity, Catherine in the Irish form, Cathleen, became such a popular name that W. B. Yeats chose it for the heroine of his 1899 play “The Countess Cathleen” which was inspired by an Irish folktale. In a time of famine the Devil offers food to the starving poor in exchange for their souls. But Cathleen convinces Satan to take her soul instead. … Read more

Conor

Meaning of the name Conor. Listen and learn how to pronounce Conor so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Means “”lover of hounds.”” Conchobhar MacNessa was the king of Ulster and, according to legend, was born on the same day as Christ. Conchobhar, an uncle of Cuchulainn (read the legend), loved Deirdre and wished to marry her. But she fled with his nephew Naoise and his brothers. Conchobhar gave chase and althought he promised to forgive them, he killed Naoise and her abductors. In the battle a sling-shot lodged in his brain which doctors could … Read more

Colleen

Meaning of the Irish name Colleen. Listen and learn how to pronounce Colleen so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From the Irish cailin meaning “girl” and used by the Irish in the USA and Australia as a way of connecting to their Irish roots. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Colleen Coleen PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Colleen and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Colleen:Play Audio for Colleen Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky … Read more

David

Meaning of the name David. Listen and learn how to pronounce David so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: It is an old Irish name meaning “”swiftness, nimbleness.”” Daithi, the last pagan king of Ireland, ruled from 405 AD to 426 AD, and he had twenty-four sons. Along with Crimhthan the Great (366 A.D.) and Niall of the Nine Hostages (379 A.D.) (read the legend) Daithi led Irish fleets to raid the Roman Empire. He was killed by lightning in the Alps and is buried under a standing stone called “”King Daithi’s Stone.”” As in … Read more

Dylan

Meaning of the name Dylan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dylan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: From dealan “”a flash of lightning”” or it may come from an Irish word for “”faithful, loyal.”” A common surname it is the Irish form of the Welsh name “”Dylan.”” As Dylan it was the tenth most popular name for Irish baby boys in Ireland for 2003. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Dylan Dillon PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Dylan Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish … Read more

Hugh

Meaning of the Irish name Hugh. Listen and learn how to pronounce Hugh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Hugh is a translation of an ancient name Aodh meaning “”fire.”” A name with nationalistic connotations as Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Red Hugh O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell together led a rebellion and won some major battles against the forces of the English queen Elizabeth 1st, before being defeated at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Hugh PRONUNCIATION: “”hue”” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Kevin

Meaning of the Irish name Kevin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Kevin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Means “”gentle child”” or “”well born.”” St. Kevin founded a great monastery at Glendalough in County Wicklow in the seventh century. Noted as a man who wasn’t always comfortable in the company of other human beings, he was very much at home with the animals. One story tells that while Kevin was praying a blackbird came and nested in his hand. He remained at prayer, motionless, until the eggs had hatched. In another story, … Read more

Patrick

Meaning of the name Patrick. Listen and learn how to pronounce Patrick so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: From the Latin patricius “”nobly born.”” The patron saint of Ireland, it is hard to differentiate between fact and myth. What is probably true is that he was born in Britain around 373 AD and was brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of seven, possibly by Niall of the Nine Hostages (read the legend). Forced to guard sheep on the Slemish Mountains in Country Antrim for six years he had a vision urging him to convert … Read more

Shaun

Meaning of the name Shaun. Listen and learn how to pronounce Shaun so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Irish form of John meaning “”God’s gracious gift.”” Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Shaun Sean PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Shaun AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Shaun and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Shaun:Play Audio for Shaun Back to … Read more

Shawn

Meaning of the name Shawn. Listen and learn how to pronounce Shawn so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Irish form of John meaning “”God’s gracious gift.”” Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Shawn Sean PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Shawn AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Shawn and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Shawn:Play Audio for Shawn Back to … Read more

William

Meaning of the name William. Listen and learn how to pronounce William so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: The Irish form of William, originally a German name will + helm””desire + helmet”” and suggests “”strong protector.”” It is currently a very fashionable name in Ireland and across the world. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: William Liam PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: William AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce William and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for William:Play Audio for William Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they … Read more