Top Document: Irish FAQ: Irish Names [9/10] Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 2) How do you pronounce that? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Yes, here are four such lists. The names are separated into girl's names and boy's names. These are further separated into a "conservative" list and a more "general" list. The "conservative" list includes only names acceptable to purists, meaning that they are of Irish origin and are spelled correctly according to modern Irish usage. The "general" list includes names from various sources such as postings, birth and death columns. The "general" list includes different variant spellings of the same name on the same line. Not all of these spellings are strictly speaking correct but they have been or are still used. I have put the Anglicised spellings last; they are, however, popular and give English speakers a clue how to pronounce the name. Where an "equivalent" English name is given, this does _not_ mean the Irish name is derived from or even related to the English "equivalent". It just means that the English name has been used traditionally when a translation was desired. Irish pronunciation is difficult to work out from the spelling and Irish names are no exception. In most cases, Irish names are not pronounced the way they look to an English speaker. The most notorious case of this is "Caitlín", which is _not_ pronounced "Kate-Lynn". See the (sketchy) pronunciation guide below. It's also worth mentioning here that Fiona Hyland maintains a page with Irish first names at http://www.hylit.com/info/Names/ that includes pronunciations for each name. Girl's Names (Conservative) Áine Aisling Aoibheann Aoife Bláthnaid Bríd (dim. Brídín) Clíona Dearbháil Deirbhile Deirdre Doireann Éadaoin Eithne Fionnuala (dim. Nuala) Gráinne Íde Méabh Muireann Niamh Órlaith Sadhbh (dim. Saidhbhín) Sorcha Úna Girl's Names (General) [ ~ Engl. denotes the traditional English equivalent. = Engl. denotes the English translation ] Girl's Names Áine (~ Engl. Anne) Aisling Aislinn Aoibheann Aoife (~ Engl. Eve) Blathnat Bláithníd (~ Engl. Florence) Bláithín (~ Engl. Florence) Bríd Caitríona Catriona (= Engl. Catherine) Caoímhe Keeva Caoilfhionn Clíona Cliodhna Cáit (= Engl. Kate) Cáitlin Kathleen Ciara Clodagh Críosa Dáiríe Deirdre Daoirdre Dearbhaile [same as below?] Derbhle Deirbhle Dearbhla Dervla Eadaoín Aideen Eibhlín Eileen Aileen Eilis Ailis Aelish (~ Engl. Elizabeth) Eimear Emer Eithne Fionnuala Fionula Gobnait Gobnat (~ Engl. Deborah) Gráinne (~ Engl. Grace) Liadán Laoise (~ Engl. Louise) Máire Maura (= Engl. Mary) Máiréad (~ Engl. Margaret) Máirín Maureen (= Engl. Mary [dimuntive at the end -- "little Mary"]) Medbh Maedhbh Maeve Muireann Muirin Neassa Nóirín Noreen Nuala Niamh Neasa Orlaith Órla Órfhlaith Orla Ríonach Róis (~ Engl. Rose) Róisín Saibh Saidhbh Sive Sinéad (~ Engl. Jane) Siobhán (~ Engl. Joan) Síle Sheila Siún Sorcha Treasa (= Engl. Theresa) Tríona (short for Catriona?) Úna Oonagh Oona (~ Engl. Winifred [or Agnes for the English spellings?]) Boy's Names (Conservative) Aodh Aodhán Breandán Brian Caoimhín Cathal Ciarán Cillian Colm (dim. Colmán) Conchúr Cormac Dáithí Déaglán Deasún Diarmaid Donncha Dónall Eoghan Fearghal Fearghas Féilim Fiachra Fionnbharr Lorcán Niall Oisín Ruairí Rónán Tadhg Toirealach Boy's Names (General) Aonghus Aongus Aodán Aodhagán Aidan Breandán Brendan Brían Brefni Breffni Cathal (~ Engl. Charles) Cian Ciarán Kieran Cilian Killian Caoimhín Caoimhghin Kevin Colm Colum Cormac Cruchuar Conchúr Conchubhar Conor Dáire Darragh Dáithí (= Engl. David) Deaglán Declan Diarmaid Diarmuid Dermot Donagh Donncha Donnchadh Dónal Donal Eamonn Éamon (~ Engl. Edward) Eoghan Eoin Owen Enda Feargal Fergus Fiachra Fionnbár Finbarr Fionntán Fintan Fionn Gabhan Gavan Gavin Gearóid (~ Engl. Gerard, Gerry) Guaire Iarla Jarlath Liam (~ Engl. William) Lilis Mícheál Naoise Nessan Nessun Niall Neil Neill Oisín Oscar Osgur Pádraic Pádraig (= Engl. Patrick) Peadar (= Engl. Peter) Proinsias (= Engl. Francis, Frank) Ronan Ronán Ruairí Rory Ruairc Ruán Seán (= Engl. John) Séamas Séamus (Engl. James) Seóirse (Engl. George) Tadhg (~ Engl. Timothy) Tiarnán Tomás (= Engl. Thomas) Turlough Uinsin Ultan Some names I'm not sure of Ulick Are these Irish? If so, what is the canonical Irish spelling? User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Irish FAQ: Irish Names [9/10] Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 2) How do you pronounce that? Part00 - Part01 - Part02 - Part03 - Part04 - Part05 - Part06 - Part07 - Part08 - Part09 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: irish-faq@pobox.com (Irish FAQ Maintainer)
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