D Names – Irish names starting with D

View the meaning and learn how pronounce Irish baby names starting with D. Each D name has spoken audio so you can listen as names that start with D are read and get the correct Irish pronunciation and meaning.

Daire

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Daithi

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Dalaigh

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 Dalaigh. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dalaigh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: dalach meaning “”frequenter of gatherings”” and refers, therefore to a “”counsellor.”” The Irish Parliament is known as the Dail (pron. “”doyle””), which means “”a gathering.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Dalaigh PRONUNCIATION: “”dawl + ee”” or “”dale + ee”” ENGLISH: Daley, Daly AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank … Read more

Daimhin

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 Daimhin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Daimhin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From damh “deer” and the diminutive -in it means “little deer.” GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Daimhin PRONUNCIATION: daw + veen” ENGLISH: Davin, Davina AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Daimhin and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Daimhin:Play Audio for Daimhin … Read more

Daley

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 Daley. Listen and learn how to pronounce Daley so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: dalach meaning “”frequenter of gatherings”” and refers, therefore to a “”counsellor.”” The Irish Parliament is known as the Dail (pron. “”doyle””), which means “”a gathering.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Daley Dalaigh PRONUNCIATION: “dawl + ee” or “dale + ee” ENGLISH: Daley AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Daireann

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Daly

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 Daly. Listen and learn how to pronounce Daly so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: dalach meaning “”frequenter of gatherings”” and refers, therefore to a “”counsellor.”” The Irish Parliament is known as the Dail (pron. “”doyle””), which means “”a gathering.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Daly Dalaigh PRONUNCIATION: “dawl + ee” or “dale + ee” ENGLISH: Daly AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Darcy

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Daniel

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 Daniel. Listen and learn how to pronounce Daniel so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: domhan “”world”” and all “”mighty”” implying “”ruler of the world.”” “”Donal Og”” (“”Young Donal””) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Daniel Donal PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Daniel Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 … Read more

Darina

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 Darina. Listen and learn how to pronounce Darina so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: Meaning “fruitful, bountiful.” In legend, Daireann, a beautiful young woman, fell in love with Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend), a man with many wives. She asked to be his only wife for a year – and then to have the half of his time after that. GENDER: Girl … Read more

Davin

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Dara

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 Dara. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dara so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: daire “”fruitful, fertile.”” The Brown Bull of Cooley (read the legend) was owned by Daire Mac Fiachna, and his refusal to sell his bull to Queen Maebh was part of the reason for the fight between the provinces of Ulster and Connacht. At present it is a very popular name … Read more

Davina

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 Davina. Listen and learn how to pronounce Davina so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: From damh “deer” and the diminutive -in it means “little deer.” GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Davina Daimhin PRONUNCIATION: daw + veen” ENGLISH: Davina AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Davina and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Davina:Play Audio for Davina Back to … Read more

Daragh

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 Daragh. Listen and learn how to pronounce Daragh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: daire “”fruitful, fertile.”” The Brown Bull of Cooley (read the legend) was owned by Daire Mac Fiachna, and his refusal to sell his bull to Queen Maebh was part of the reason for the fight between the provinces of Ulster and Connacht. At present it is a very popular name … Read more

Dearbhail

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 Dearbhail How do you pronounce Irish name Dearbhail? What does the Irish name Dearbhail mean? From der + fal “daughter of Fal”, “Fal” being an ancient name for Ireland. What is the gender for the Irish name Dearbhail? Girl | Female Is Dearbhail a girls name? Yes, Dearbhail is traditionally given to a girl. How do you spell Dearbhail in Irish? It is spelled … Read more

Darcy

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 Darcy. Listen and learn how to pronounce Darcy so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From the surname O’Dorchaidhe “”descendant of the dark one.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Darcy Darcie D’Arcy PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Darcy and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Darcy:Play Audio for Darcy Back to Irish Boy Names Around the … Read more

Dechtire

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Darragh

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 Darragh. Learn how to pronounce Darragh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: daire “”fruitful, fertile.”” The Brown Bull of Cooley (read the legend) was owned by Daire Mac Fiachna, and his refusal to sell his bull to Queen Maebh was part of the reason for the fight between the provinces of Ulster and Connacht. At present it is a very popular name in Ireland … Read more

Deirdre

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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

Dervla

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Davin

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 Davin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Davin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From damh + -in meaning “”little deer.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Davin PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Davin and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Davin:Play Audio for Davin Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and … Read more

Deaglan

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Declan

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 boys name Declan How do you pronounce Irish name Declan? What does the Irish name Declan mean? From dag “good” and lan “full” suggesting “full of goodness”. St. Declan was the founder of a monastery at Ardmore in County Waterford and may have preached in Ireland before the arrival of St. Patrick. Many miracles are attributed to a rock on the beach at Ardmore known as St. Declan’s Stone. According … Read more

Dermot

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Derry

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Desmond

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Diarmuid

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 boys name Diarmuid How do you pronounce Irish name Diarmuid? What does Diarmuid mean? “Without enemy”. The name of early kings, legendary heroes and saints, Diarmuid was the lover of Grainne and the most beloved of that warrior band, the Fianna (read the legend). Grainne, as the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, the High King of Tara, was betrothed to a much older man, the legendary Fionn … Read more

Dillon

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 Dillon. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dillon so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish 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 … Read more

Donagh

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 Donagh. Listen and learn how to pronounce Donagh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: donn “”brown”” and cath “”battle”” meaning “”brown-haired warrior.”” Brian Boru’s (read the legend) son Donncha was a High King of Ireland until his death in 1064. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Donagh Donncha PRONUNCIATION: “done + acka” ENGLISH: Donagh AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Donagh and read … Read more

Donal

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 Donal. Listen and learn how to pronounce Donal so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: domhan “”world”” and all “”mighty”” implying “”ruler of the world.”” “”Donal Og”” (“”Young Donal””) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Donal PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Donald, Daniel AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank … Read more

Donald

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 Donald. Listen and learn how to pronounce Donald so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: domhan “”world”” and all “”mighty”” implying “”ruler of the world.”” “”Donal Og”” (“”Young Donal””) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Donald Donal PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Donald AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Donncha

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 boys name Donncha How do you pronounce Irish name Donncha? What does Donncha mean? Donn “brown” and cath “battle” meaning “brown-haired warrior”. Brian Boru’s (read the legend) son Donncha was a High King of Ireland until his death in 1064. What is the Gender for the Irish name Donncha? Boy | Male Is Donncha a boy or girl name? Donncha is traditionally given to a boy. How do you … Read more

Doolin

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 Doolin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Doolin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: From dubh “”black”” and lan “”blade, sword”” means “”black sword.”” Dubhlainn loved the fairy queen and legendary harpist Aoibhell who gave him her cloak of invisibility to wear in battle. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Doolin Dubhlainn PRONUNCIATION: “dove + lin” ENGLISH: Doolin AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Dubhlainn

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 Dubhlainn. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dubhlainn so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From dubh “”black”” and lan “”blade, sword”” means “”black sword.”” Dubhlainn loved the fairy queen and legendary harpist Aoibhell who gave him her cloak of invisibility to wear in battle. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Dubhlainn PRONUNCIATION: “”dove + lin”” ENGLISH: Doolin AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt … 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