MEANING: From radharc meaning “a vision.”
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: row + a”
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MEANING: Comes from ri “sovereign, king” and the diminutive -in and means “the king’s child” or may come from riogach “impulsive, furious.” Regan may be used for a boy or a girl.
GENDER: Girl | Female
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MEANING: From rionach meaning “queenly.” In legend Rionach was the wife of “Niall of the Nine Hostages” (read the legend) and as such is the maternal ancestor of many of the great Irish family dynasties.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ree + in + ock”
ENGLISH: Riona
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MEANING: From rionach meaning “queenly.” In legend Rionach was the wife of “Niall of the Nine Hostages” (read the legend) and as such is the maternal ancestor of many of the great Irish family dynasties.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ree + in + ock”
ENGLISH: Riona
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MEANING: From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose.” Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a poetic symbol of Ireland, reflecting the Irish tradition of disguising outlawed patriotic verse as love songs where she is told not to be downhearted for her friends are returning from abroad to come to her aid.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ro + sheen”
ENGLISH: Rosaleen
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MEANING: From rua + ri “red-headed king” it is often used as the feminine of the name Rory.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ro + ree”
ENGLISH: Rori
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MEANING: From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose.” Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a poetic symbol of Ireland, reflecting the Irish tradition of disguising outlawed patriotic verse as love songs where she is told not to be downhearted for her friends are returning from abroad to come to her aid.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ro + sheen”
ENGLISH: Rosaleen
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MEANING: From rua + ri “red-headed king” it is often used as the feminine of the name Rory.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: ro + ree”
ENGLISH: Rori
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MEANING: From ri + the diminutive -in meaning “little king” and has become a female form of Ryan.
GENDER: Girl | Female
PRONUNCIATION: rye + an”
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