Is Riley an irish name??

Question

My sons name is Riley and he wants to know!!!

Answer 1

Not at all. O'reilly is a surname or Reilly

Answer 2

Reilly/Riley is the anglicised form of an Irish surname  O Raghailligh.

It is not a first name. It means "descendant of Raghallach".

Answer 3

Yes, it is.

My son's name is Reilly, and I looked it up before I named him that, just because I wanted to know origin.  

My son happens to have about as Irish a name as they come .. with a surname that starts with O'____!

Answer 4

yup it is and heres a nice riley site

Answer 5

riley for a first name is not irish but reily, reilly or o reilly for surnames are irish

Answer 6

Riley as a Christian name can be from anywhere but if it is a surname Riley it is probably English and O'Riley would be Irish.

Answer 7

Yes Mostly in county Cavan

Answer 8

sounds like it but it usually has o' in front of it

Answer 9

Yeh!! Bt we spell it Reilly nd alot of people have an o` b4 the word reilly! Bt we dnt usually use it as a first name usuall a surname!!

Answer 10

According to this site yes

http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/findresul...

Answer 11

yes.

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

Yes!  Don't you remember "Old Mother Riley" and her

Daughter, Kitty?

Answer 14

yes it's an irish surname

Answer 15

of course it is!

Answer 16

yes it is also spelt REILLY