Aiden

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Aiden. Listen and learn how to pronounce Aiden so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: A diminutive form of the name Aed meaning “”fire”” and would imply “”born of fire.”” It became a popular name in honour of St. Aidan of Iona (c. 630 AD) who founded a famous monastery on the island of Lindisfarne which he used as a base to evangalize the … Read more

Art

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Art. Listen and learn how to pronounce Art so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: In Ireland a seperate name from Arthur it comes from an ancient word for “”a bear,”” used in the sense of “”outstanding warrior”” or “”champion.”” A pagan High King of Ireland, Art’s rule was so honest that two angels hovered over him in battle. GENDER: Boy | … Read more

Arthur

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Arthur. Listen and learn how to pronounce Arthur so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: In Ireland a seperate name from Arthur it comes from an ancient word for “”a bear,”” used in the sense of “”outstanding warrior”” or “”champion.”” A pagan High King of Ireland, Art’s rule was so honest that two angels hovered over him in battle. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH … Read more

Brandon

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Brandon. Listen and learn how to pronounce Brandon so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: There are at least seventeen saints who bear the name but St. Breandan the Navigator is probably the best known. Tradition has it that he was born in County Kerry, set sail in a small boat with a group of monks in the early 6th century, visited an island … Read more

Brian

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Brian. Listen and learn how to pronounce Brian so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From brigh “”high, noble, strong.”” This is one of the most widespread Irish names ever, in honour of the most revered High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (read the legend) who defeated an army of invading Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 but died of wounds he … Read more

Charles

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Charles. Listen and learn how to pronounce Charles so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: cath “”battle”” and all “”mighty”” and signifies “”a great warrior.”” On his way home from a visit to Rome (c. 666 AD) St. Cathal was asked to fill the vacant see of Taranto in southern Italy and served as it””s prelate until his death. Known as St. Cathaldus, he is still venerated … Read more

David

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Davin

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Davin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Davin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From damh + -in meaning “”little deer.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Davin PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Davin and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Davin:Play Audio for Davin Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and … Read more

Declan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Declan How do you pronounce Irish name Declan? What does the Irish name Declan mean? From dag “good” and lan “full” suggesting “full of goodness”. St. Declan was the founder of a monastery at Ardmore in County Waterford and may have preached in Ireland before the arrival of St. Patrick. Many miracles are attributed to a rock on the beach at Ardmore known as St. Declan’s Stone. According … Read more

Dermot

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Dermot. Listen and learn how to pronounce Dermot so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: “”without enemy.”” The name of early kings, legendary heroes and saints, Diarmuid was the lover of Grainne and the most beloved of that warrior band, the Fianna (read the legend). Grainne, as the daughter of Cormac Mac Airt, the High King of Tara, was betrothed to a much older man, … Read more

Donald

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Donald. Listen and learn how to pronounce Donald so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: domhan “”world”” and all “”mighty”” implying “”ruler of the world.”” “”Donal Og”” (“”Young Donal””) is the title of a fifteenth-century love song that is still popular among Irish traditional musicians and singers. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Donald Donal PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: Donald AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce … Read more

Fergus

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Fergus. Listen and learn how to pronounce Fergus so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Derived from fear “”man”” and gus “”strength”” and signifies “”a strong warrior, virile.”” According to the legend of the Cattle Raid of Cooley (read the legend) Fergus was the king of Ulster and his lover, the cunning Nessa, duped him into letting her son Conchobhar rule in his place for a … Read more

Frank

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Frank. Listen and learn how to pronounce Frank so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: The Irish form of Francis, a name originating from the figure of St. Francis of Assisi. The name means “”little French man”” and was popularised in Ireland by the Franciscans whose founder was St. Francis of Assisi. The Celts would have been responsive to the stories of St. Francis’s … Read more

Gerard

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Gerard. Listen and learn how to pronounce Gerard so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Means “”brave with a spear”” or “”spear carrier.”” The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough … Read more

Hugh

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James

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name James. Listen and learn how to pronounce James so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “”works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH … Read more

Keiran

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Keiran. Listen and learn how to pronounce Keiran so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: ciar “”dark”” and the diminutive -in it means “”little dark one.”” Popular for over 1500 years, at least 26 saints have borne the name. The most notable, St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (c. 530 AD), was the son of a carpenter who studied with St. Enda for seven years and went on to … Read more

Niall

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Niall How do you pronounce Irish name Niall? What does Niall mean? The name could come from “passionate, vehement” or from nel “a cloud”. Niall of the Nine Hostages (read the legend) was a fourth-century king of Tara who gained the throne because of a test – he and his brothers had to enter the forest and find their own food and shelter. As time … Read more

Noel

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Noel. Listen and learn how to pronounce Noel so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: nollaig is the Irish word for Christmas and is given to boys or girls born on December 25th. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Noel Nollaig PRONUNCIATION: “null + ig” ENGLISH: Noel AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Noel and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for … Read more

Padraig

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Padraig How is Padraig pronounced? What does the Irish name Padraig mean? From the Latin patricius “nobly born”. The patron saint of Ireland, it is hard to differentiate between fact and myth. What is probably true is that he was born in Britain around 373 AD and was brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of seven, possibly by Niall of the Nine Hostages (read … Read more

Patrick

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Patrick. Listen and learn how to pronounce Patrick so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: From the Latin patricius “”nobly born.”” The patron saint of Ireland, it is hard to differentiate between fact and myth. What is probably true is that he was born in Britain around 373 AD and was brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of seven, possibly by Niall of … Read more

Reilly

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Reilly. Listen and learn how to pronounce Reilly so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Meaning “”courageous, valiant.”” A surname in Ireland that can be used as a given name. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Reilly Riley PRONUNCIATION: “”rye + lee”” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Reilly and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Reilly:Play … Read more

Ronan

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the Irish name Ronan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ronan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From ron “”a seal.”” Legend tells of a seal who is warned never to stray too close to the land. When the “”seal child”” is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a “”Selkie”” or “”seal maiden.”” Although she lives as … Read more

Thomas

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Thomas. Listen and learn how to pronounce Thomas so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: The Irish form of Thomas, a biblical name meaning “”twin.”” GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Thomas Tomas PRONUNCIATION: “toh + moss” ENGLISH: Thomas AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Thomas and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Thomas:Play Audio for Thomas Back to Irish … Read more

Timothy

Create Your Baby Registry Honor tradition and make it easy for loved ones to celebrate your little one. Start your Irish-inspired baby registry today. Start Your Registry Meaning of the name Timothy. Listen and learn how to pronounce Timothy so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: Irish name meaning “”a poet”” or “”a philosopher.”” In one legend, at the Battle of Clontarf (read the legend) in 1014 Tadhg Mór(“”Big Tadhg””) O’Kelly is reported to have fought “”like a wolf dog”” before he was overcome by the Vikings and killed. When he fell a ferocious animal came … Read more