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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 ...
Pages in category "Irish feminine given names" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Eileen (/ aɪ ˈ l iː n / eye-LEEN or / ˈ aɪ l iː n / EYE-leen) is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín, an Irish form of the Norman French name Aveline, which is derived from the Germanic Avi, possibly meaning desire in combination with the diminutive suffix el and -in.. It is related to the English name Evelyn and the ...
List of Irish-language given names This page was last edited on 16 March 2024, at 21:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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]
In England and Wales; it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014, [6] whilst in Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular name for baby girls from 2011–2013. [7] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007.
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 ...
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [2] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael".