30 Irish Baby Names To Tickle You Green

The Emerald Isle, home to leprechauns, pots of gold, Irish luck and lots of great Irish Baby names.

If you’re of Irish heritage, or you simply love the Irish land and the people who inhabit it, you might be considering an Irish name. Congratulations!

You’ve come to the right place! Here are some of the Irish names we love the most.

The Thing With Irish Baby Names

Before we dive into the Irish baby names we love, we want to share something with you about the Irish and Gaelic languages. They’re quite different from English in one specific way: pronunciation.

If you’re planning on giving your child an Irish name, take the time to do the research and see how that name is traditionally pronounced. Names are definitely not always pronounced the way they’re spelt in Ireland, and it does pay to check out the names you love before settling on them.

Some Cute Irish Baby Names

Alby (M):

A cute little moniker, this one means “white one”.

Aoife (F):

An Irish version of Eva or Ava (and pronounced in a similar way), this name means “beauty” in Gaelic.

Bree (F):

This version of the name has been anglicised, but it means “power” or “high”.

Bedelia (F):

An Irish version or pet name of Bridget, which means “exalted one”.

Catriona (F):

The Gaelic version of Katherine.

Colm (M):

A variant of another Irish name that likely means “dove”.

Desmond (M):

This is an Irish surname that is derived from the word for “South Munster” indicating a location of origin.

Dillon (M):

A variant of the name Dylan, which in itself comes from a name that means “great” and “tide/flow”.

Eamon (M):

One of the many Irish forms of Edmund, a name that means “wealth, fortune” and “protection”.

Ennis (U):

From the name of a town in Ireland.

Fallon (M):

Talk show host aside, this name means “leader”.

Fergus (M):

An anglicised version of an old Irish name that meant “man of vigour”.

Finnian (M):

This name comes from the Old Irish word for “white”.

Fionnoula (F):

A very feminine name that likely means “fair shouldered”, whatever that means.

Kalin (F):

A name meaning “slender” and “white, fair, pure”.

Kyran (M):

A variant on Kieran, a name that means “black”.

Liam (M):

An Irish short form of William.

Mannix (M):

An anglicised form of another Irish name that means “little monk”.

Moira (F):

A form of Maria, this name likely means “fate” or “destiny”.

Nessa (F):

A version of another name that doesn’t have a clear meaning.

Neve (F):

A phonetic version of the name Niamh, which means “bright” in Irish.

Niall (M):

Might mean “passionate”, this is an old Irish name linked to the English name Neil.

Oisin (M):

Means “little deer”, this name was also held by an Irish warrior hero and poet.

Quinn (U):

From an Irish surname that means “descendant of Conn”.

Radha (F):

A name meaning “a vision”.

Reagan (U):

Also an Irish surname, meaning “descendant of Riagan”.

Rowan (M):

From an Irish surname, but the name is equally associated with a tree of the same name.

Saoirse (F)

Comes from the Irish word for “freedom” or “liberty”. Saoirse is pronounced ‘Ser-sha’.

Talulla (F)

Comes from a Gaelic name that means “abundance” and “princess”.

Torin (M):

This name means “chief” in Irish Gaelic.

What Irish Baby names do you like?