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During the "Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names Saoirse "freedom" and Aisling "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. Mór ("big") and Óg ("young") are used to distinguish parent and child, like "senior" and "junior" are used in English, but are placed between the given name and the surname, e.g. Seán Óg Ó Súilleabháin corresponds to "John O'Sullivan Jr." (anglicised surnames often omit O ...
Pronounced TEER-nakh this Irish name means “lord.” Related: A-Z List Of 200 Short Boy Names That Are Simple And Sweet. 36. Ardghal. Meaning “bear-like” this name is a unique Irish boy name ...
Rowan (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n /) is a traditionally masculine Irish given name and surname, now also in use as a given name for girls. [1] Variants of the name include Roan, [2] Rohan, Ruadhán, and Ruadh. The name comes from the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin [3] and from the word ruadh, meaning "red-haired" or "rusty."
MacDonald; Machell; Machen; MacIntyre; Mackeson; Macklelland (McClellan/McClelland) Maghan; Maginnes; Martin; Mathysin (Matheson) Maxwell; McAlexander; McAula; McAulay
Additional persons can be introduced by using other first names and inflecting the family name according to normal Irish conventions for personal names, such as Síle Uí Rudaí ("Sheila O'Something") for a married or elder woman and Aisling Ní Rudaí for a young or unmarried woman.
The name of Ireland itself comes from the Irish name Éire, added to the Germanic word land. In mythology , Éire was an Irish goddess of the land and of sovereignty (see Ériu ). In some cases, the official English or anglicised name is wholly different from the official Irish language name.