What is your favourite Irish first name ?

Question

I like Irish first names (I'm not Irish by the way)

My favourite ones are Seamus, Padraig and Cormac for boys and Niamh, Siobhan and Sinead for girls. Do you have an Irish first name yourself? Which ones do you prefer?

Answer 1

Tim!

Sounds so good when followed by  " O' ____ "

Answer 2

My son's called Kian.

If he'd been a girl he'd have been called Niamh

Answer 3

My favourite is Killian for a boy

and

Erin for a girl.

Answer 4

fenian

Answer 5

I first saw the name Siobhan (pronounced, shuh-VAUGHN, if I'm not mistaken) when I was in Ireland many years ago. This was the name of our tour guide; a porcelain-skinned, dark haired beauty who told us all about the castles and the Shannon River. I'm also partial to Aislinn, Aidan, Connell, Conor (as in King Conor McNessa), Dhomnhaill, Maggie, Megan.

Not so much Brefne.

There are probably more, but this is off the top of me head.

Answer 6

Eoghan

Answer 7

I love the name Tadgh or Connor for a boy .. Kaithlin or Saoirse for a girl..

Answer 8

Kathleen

Answer 9

Aiofe

I don't particularily like the sound of it, but I love the spelling, and whenever I see it I'm reminded of an awsome joke I've once seen on the Vicar of Dibley:

-What's your name?

-Aiofe

-How do you spell that?

-a-i-o-f-e

-Oh. Didn't leave any vowels for the rest of us.

Answer 10

Siobhan

Answer 11

Sean and Siobhan.

Answer 12

Saoirse is a lovely girl's name, meaning 'freedom' in Irish and pronounced 'Seersha'.

Answer 13

I like Kelly...so I named my first daughter that!

Answer 14

I like Donovan and Desmond

Answer 15

Sean for a boy

Caeleigh (Kaylee) for a girl

We are Irish

Answer 16

Pádraic... spelt the Connacht way!

Answer 17

Well, you spell my name Keri, but it is just a branch off of Kerry or Carrie. It means Dark haired one, or Black One.

Answer 18

Hi,I like the name Cara for a girl.In Gaelic it means friend.Daragh for a boy.

Answer 19

My name is Aoife. Can't believe someone spelled it wrong earlier. A-O-I-F-E  every vowel except u!! All my family have irish names and i will insist on it for my children when the time comes!! I love Saoirse. It means freedom. I like Eimear aswel. Nicer spelling than Emer.

Answer 20

I like Kieran, for either a boy or a girl.  I am also fond of the name Declan for a boy.  I also like "Eamon" (Simon) for a boy.

I am with you on Siobhan. I had a friend in high school named Siobhan.  We used to sing this song to her: "If you think it's butter, but it's not! It's Siobhan!"

I had another friend with a daughter named Siobhan, and we used tosing the Crewcuts song "Shh-boom" to her: "Siobhan! Siobhan! Ya-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!"

Answer 21

paddy

Answer 22

For girls i like Saidhbh (pronounced sive), also like Maebh, Ailbhe or Saoirse.  For boys Sean.

Answer 23

Valentine;Keiran; Elizabeth, Erin, Emily

Answer 24

I have an irish first name, though it is not my favouite. my favourite irish girls name is Niamh. I also like Cliona. i find boys names harder to pick. I like Padraic.

Answer 25

Mairead for a girl and Sean for a boy.

Answer 26

I like Roise (pronounced Rocha).

Answer 27

kelly

Answer 28

I like Micheál (Irish for Michael).  And Aogán, Satanta and Saorlaith.

Answer 29

Oisin.... because its my name

Answer 30

Tadgh,( pronounced Tygg) i love that name, thats gona be one of my sons names...

If i ever have any....

Answer 31

Mine is Orla - as you can see, but I also like Deirdre, Maura, Lorcan, Aine, Conor, Rory, Roisin, Donal ... I've been told that Orla is a guy's name in Denmark. Not in Ireland!