Irish Girl Names Starting with F

Fiadh is the older spelling of the Irish word fia, meaning “deer” or “wild.” It goes back to the Old Irish fíad, “wild animal, deer,” and in literary Irish fiadh can also mean “respect” or “esteem.” The word is familiar from fulacht fiadh, the name for a kind of ancient cooking site found all over Ireland.

No. 3 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 273 baby girls.

Fianna is a girl's name taken from the Fianna, the legendary warrior band of Fionn Mac Cool.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2023.

Fidelma is a Latinized form of Fedelm, an Old Irish name borne by several women in Irish legend and by a few early saints. Its origin is uncertain: it may be a feminine form of Feidlimid, and it appears to mean “prophetess,” from an old Celtic root meaning “to know, to see.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 1995.

Finola in Irish is Fionnoula, meaning “fair-shouldered.” Say it finn-ULA.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2004.

Fiona is a Scottish creation rather than an old Irish name. The Scottish poet James Macpherson used it in his Ossian poems of the 1760s, basing it on the Gaelic fionn, “white, fair,” the word behind the name Fionn, and it is often described as a feminine form of Fionn.

No. 325 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 12 baby girls.

Fionnoula means “fair-shouldered.”

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.