Baby Names of Ireland

Irish Names Starting with T

10 Irish names beginning with T for girls and boys, with what each one means and how to say it.

Updated September 2026

Of the 10 Irish names starting with T here, 1 are for girls and 9 for boys. The ones readers look up most are Tadhg, Tomas and Thomas.

The T names on this page that the most babies were given in 2025, by the Central Statistics Office’s ranking (girls and boys are ranked separately).

  1. No. 8 boysTadhg286 babies
  2. No. 95 boysTomás60 babies
  3. No. 252 boysTiarnán18 babies
  4. No. 718 girlsTeagan4 babies
  5. No. 829 boysTurlough3 babies

Irish girl names starting with T

Teagan

pronounced TEE-gan

Teagan is a spelling of the Welsh name Tegan, which means “darling” and comes from the Welsh teg, “beautiful, pretty.”

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Irish boy names starting with T

Tiarnan

pronounced TEER-nawn

Tiarnán comes from tiarna “lord” with the diminutive -án, so “little lord.” It is the modern spelling of the older Tighearnán, and its anglicized form is Tiernan.

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Tomas

pronounced toh-MOSS

Tomás is the Irish form of Thomas, a biblical name that comes through Greek from the Aramaic Teʾoma, “twin.”

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Turlough

pronounced TUR-la

From an Irish name meaning “one who aids or assists.” It is usually translated as Terence and Terry, two names that have become strongly associated with Ireland.

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