Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Brádach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: BRA-dəkh(Irish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Irish byname, possibly derived from bradach meaning "thieving, roguish, spirited".
Cathal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KA-həl(Irish)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Irish cath "battle" and fal "rule". This was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint. It was also borne by several Irish kings. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Charles.
Cathán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Irish cath "battle" combined with a diminutive suffix. Saint Cathán was a 6th-century Irish monk, a missionary to the Isle of Bute.
Comhghall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "fellow hostage" from Old Irish com "with, together" and gíall "hostage". This was the name of a 6th-century saint, the founder of a monastery at Bangor, Ireland.
Conan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Irish "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of the Isle of Man. It appears in Irish legend as a companion Fionn mac Cumhaill. A famous bearer of it as a middle name was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. It is also the name of the hero of the Conan the Barbarian series of books, comics and movies, debuting 1932.
Conn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Perhaps from Old Irish conn meaning "sense, reason" or cenn meaning "head, chief". This was the name of a legendary high king of Ireland, Conn of the Hundred Battles.
Cúán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Old Irish meaning "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an 8th-century saint.
Darach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "of oak" in Irish, from the genitive case of dair.
Éimhín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: EH-vyeen
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Old Irish éim meaning "swift, prompt". This was the name of a 7th-century saint, the founder of a monastery in Kildare.
Eoin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ON
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Irish form of Iohannes (see John) used in the Bible.
Faolán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: FEH-lan, FEE-lan
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "little wolf", derived from Old Irish fáel "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish saint who did missionary work in Scotland.
Fiadh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Modern)
Pronounced: FYEE
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "wild, wild animal, deer" (modern Irish fia) or "respect" in Irish.
Fintan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: FIN-tan(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly means either "white fire" or "white ancient" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish person to survive the great flood. This name was also borne by many Irish saints.
Fion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Variant of Fionn.
Gormlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from Old Irish gorm "blue" or "illustrious" and flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This was the name of several medieval Irish royals, including the wife of the 11th-century king Brian Boru.
Iarlaithe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From an Old Irish element of unknown meaning combined with flaith "ruler, sovereign". Saint Iarlaithe was the founder of a monastery at Tuam in the 6th century.
Lomán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Lommán.
Lommán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little bare one", derived from Old Irish lomm "bare" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 5th-century saint, a nephew of Saint Patrick.
Lonán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: LUW-nan(Irish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.
Lorcán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LAWR-kan
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little fierce one", derived from Old Irish lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. Saint Lorcán was a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Mellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-ən(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Meallán.
Nevan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: NEHV-ən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Naomhán.
Oisín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: aw-SHEEN(Irish) o-SHEEN(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little deer", derived from Old Irish oss "deer, stag" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the narrator in many of his tales.
Oonagh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: OO-nə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Úna.
Oran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-rən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Orla 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: AWR-lə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Órlaith.
Rónán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: RO-nan(Irish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "little seal", derived from Old Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early Irish saints, including a pilgrim to Brittany who founded the hermitage at Locronan in the 6th century.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Seán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHAN
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Irish form of John, derived via the Old French form Jehan.
Sive
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SIEV(English)
Anglicized form of Sadhbh.
Tierney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of Tighearnach.
Treasa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: TRA-sə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly from Irish treise meaning "strength" or treas meaning "battle". It is also used as an Irish form of Theresa.
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