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This category is for non-Irish language (non-Gaelige) names only. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. I. Irish-language feminine given ...
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 category is for articles about feminine given names in the Irish language. Pages in category "Irish-language feminine given names" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
Niamh (Irish:; from Old Irish Niaṁ) is an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"), [2] anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve. [3]In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth.
Oonagh O'Dwyer, an Irish woman who first appears in Dorothy Dunnett's historical novel Queen's Play (1964), second of the Lymond Chronicles; Oona von Bek, a character in Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels, daughter of Elric of Melnibone; Oonagh von Bek, a character in Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels, granddaughter of Elric of Melnibone
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."
The name first appears in the surviving Irish annals in the early fourteenth century. [ 6 ] The name is thus a cognate of the Welsh Siân and the English Joan , [ 4 ] [ 7 ] derived from the Latin Ioanna and Iohanna (modern English Joanna , Joanne ), which are in turn from the Greek Iōanna ( Ἰωάννα ).
Dervla and Derval are female Irish given names, anglicised from Deirbhile and Dearbháil, respectively. Dearbhla is a Gaelicised hybrid of the two names. [1] Deirbhile means 'daughter of the filí ' [poet]. Dearbháil, a common medieval name, [2] [3] may mean 'daughter of Fál ', Fál being a poetic name for Ireland; [2] or else 'true desire'. [4]