Siobhan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Aedan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Aidan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Aiden

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Aine

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Brandon

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Brian

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Ashling

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Barbara

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Cassidy

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Catherine

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Conor

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Colleen

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

David

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Dylan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Hugh

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Kevin

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Patrick

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Shaun

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

Shawn

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more

William

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry 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 … Read more