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What is the most popular Irish name?

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I'd say Sean or Patrick for a boy and Aisling or Orlaith for a girl.
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Well one is for boy or girl Shawn (spell for girl) Sean or Shawn ( for boy) my youngest Son is named Shawn..... but i spelled it Shawn and I know a lot of guys with the same spelling!! Some of my son's friends!
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for a guy i would say John or Patrick

and for a girl i would say Mary or Aisling
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Everyone knows a:

John

Mary

Pat/Patrick/Padraig

Orlaith/Orla

Fionn

Fiona

Fionnula

Aoife

Sean

Ronan

Donncha

Oisin

Seamus

Aisling/Ashling

Paul

Tom

Mick

Dan/Daniel

Sarah

Jack

Roisin

Katie

Elaine
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I would say for a girl SHANNON and for a boy PATRICK those are the irish names that i hear most often.
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According to http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/1... which gives the top 100 names in Ireland for 2005, the most popular Irish girls' names are Aoife and Ciara and the most popular Irish boys' names are Sean and Conor.
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Here's a link to what I presume houseoffunksville was referring to. It shows also the change in popularity of different names over the last 5 years.

http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/d...
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Patricia.....Patrick
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No real irish person would spell sean with a W, and any irish girl with that name would be doomed to a miserable life of teasing.
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Probably Ciara or Aoife, maybe Siobhan,

for boys - Conor, Liam or Stephen
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traditional names like Aoife,Eithne,Niamh,Maeve & Aisling are popular for girls. I know boys called Connor,Colm,Kieran,Aidan & Liam

  Some names that are considered 'irish' in the USA/Canada areconsidered more 'stage Oirish' by the true Irish--such as Erin,Shannon,Shawna,Caitlin & Colleen. Much more common in the US than Ireland, though they are found on occasion in Ireland due to the influence of tv/film.

  Caitlin is a particularly interesting one, as in North America it is always pronounced Kate-lynn. In Ireland it's the Gaelighe version of Kathleen & is pronounced something like 'Katchleen.'
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Ciara and Ciaran. Luvin da 1st name!!! lol!!!
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'Clancy' is very popular.
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marius or mohammad for a boy

sarah for a girl
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for a girl? Siobhan!
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Olga but i advise not to name your daughter it unless you want her to be a beastly Irish lady...
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boys - sean, liam, patrick, darragh, michael

Girls : Niamh, Aisling, Aoife, Shannon, Aine
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Here they are...in order.

Boys: Sean, Jack, Conner, Adam, James, Daniel, Luke, Cian, Michael, Jamie.

Girls: Sarah, Emma, Katie, Aoife, Sophie, Ava, Grace, Ella, Leah, Ciara.
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Saoirse for a girl (meaning freedom) Or Siobhan (with a fada over the a) Sean or Seamus for a boy.

Edit~ I think houseoff covered most of them well! :-)
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