Irish Girl Names Starting with G

Gael is an Irish girl's name for a native Irish speaker, or someone from Ireland.

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

Gormlaith means “splendid princess.”

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

Gráinne is an ancient Irish name of uncertain origin. It may come from Old Irish grán, “grain,” or gráin, “hatred, fear,” but neither is certain. It is the name of the heroine of the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne and of the sixteenth-century chieftain Gráinne Ní Mháille, known in English as Grace O’Malley.

No. 166 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 28 baby girls.

Granuaile is the Irish name of Grace O'Malley, the sixteenth-century sea captain from the coast of Galway.

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