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Eamon

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

MEANING: Is the Irish form of Old English ead “”rich”” + mund “”guardian””, and implies “”guardian of the riches.”” In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Eamon Eamonn

PRONUNCIATION: “”aim + an””

ENGLISH: Edmond, Edmund

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Edmond

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

MEANING: Is the Irish form of Old English ead “”rich”” + mund “”guardian””, and implies “”guardian of the riches.”” In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Edmond Eamon Eamonn

PRONUNCIATION: “aim + an”

ENGLISH: Edmond

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Edmund

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

MEANING: Is the Irish form of Old English ead “”rich”” + mund “”guardian””, and implies “”guardian of the riches.”” In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Edmund Eamon Eamonn

PRONUNCIATION: “aim + an”

ENGLISH: Edmund

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Eirnin

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

MEANING: Meaning “”iron.”” The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “”vigor.”” The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Eirnin

PRONUNCIATION: “”air + nin””

ENGLISH: Ernan, Ernest

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Emmet

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

MEANING: The name is given to boys as a mark of respect to the great Irish orator and patriot Robert Emmet who was a leader of the unsuccessful 1798 rebellion against the British. He was captured on August 25, 1803 and tried for high treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. When asked if he had any thing to say in response to this sentence Emmet gave what is considered to be one of the most moving speeches of the period: “”…When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done.””

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Emmet

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Enda

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

MEANING: ean meaning “”bird”” and suggests “”birdlike”” or “”freedom of spirit.”” A soldier and a prince Enda was converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea. He renounced his dreams of conquest and decided to marry one of the girls in his sister’s convent. When his financé died suddenly the night before their wedding, he surrendered his throne and a life of worldly glory to become a monk. He made a pilgrimage to Rome and was ordained there before returning to establish ten monasteries on the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland. The name is used for boys and girls.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Enda

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Ennis

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

MEANING: Comes from inis “”island.”” Ennis, a town in County Clare is situated on an island between two streams of the River Fergus.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Ennis

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Eoghan

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

MEANING: Comes from an old Irish word and means “”born of the yew tree.”” In Northern Ireland the name Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “”The Land of Eoghan”” and is often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (“”Red Eoghan””) O””Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Eoghan

PRONUNCIATION: “”o + in””

ENGLISH: Owen, Eugene

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Ernan

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

MEANING: Meaning “”iron.”” The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “”vigor.”” The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Ernan Eirnin

PRONUNCIATION: “air + nin”

ENGLISH: Ernan

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Ernest

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

MEANING: Meaning “”iron.”” The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “”vigor.”” The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Ernest Eirnin

PRONUNCIATION: “air + nin”

ENGLISH: Ernest

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Eugene

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

MEANING: Comes from an old Irish word and means “”born of the yew tree.”” In Northern Ireland the name Eoghan is found in Tir Eoghan, County Tyrone or “”The Land of Eoghan”” and is often accompanied by Roe in memory of the Irish patriot Eoghan Roe (“”Red Eoghan””) O””Neill who won a great battle over the British at Benburb in 1646.

GENDER: Boy | Male

IRISH NAME: Eugene Eoghan

PRONUNCIATION: “o + in”

ENGLISH: Eugene

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