my partner has an irish background so i'd like to pick something irish but not too common... we also cannot decide on anything!!
2006-10-25 23:13:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I really like the name Aidan, but it is very popular right now, so how about:
From http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/iri.php
AILÍN - Irish cognate of ALAN
AINDRÉAS - Pronounced: AHN-dree-as - Irish form of ANDREW
AINDRIÚ - Irish form of ANDREW
ALASTAR - Irish form of ALEXANDER
ALBY - Anglicized masculine form of AILBHE
ANGUS - Pronounced: ANG-gus - Anglicized form of AONGHUS
ARDAL - Pronounced: AHR-dahl - Anglicized form of ARDGHAL
BRADEN - Pronounced: BRAY-den - From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendent of Bradan". The name Bradan derives from a Gaelic word meaning "salmon".
BRENDAN - Pronounced: BREN-dan - From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince". Saint Brendan was a 6th-century Irish abbot. According to legend he and 17 other monks crossed the Atlantic and reached North America.
BRODY - Pronounced: BRO-dee - From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic.
CARSON - Pronounced: KAHR-sun - From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was the American scout Kit Carson.
CIAN - Pronounced: KEE-an, KEEN - Means "ancient" in Gaelic. This was the name of the mythical ancestor of the Cianachta in Irish legend. Cian was also the name of a son-in-law of Brian Boru.
CONNOR - Pronounced: KAHN-ur - From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover". This was the name of an early king of Ulster. Irish legends tell of his tragic desire for Deirdre.
DECLAN - Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to Ireland.
DESMOND - Pronounced: DEZ-mund - From a surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster". Munster is a province in Ireland which was once an ancient Irish kingdom.
DOYLE - From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning "descendent of Dubhghall". The name Dubhghall means "dark stranger" in Gaelic. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
FINLEY - Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH
GARVAN - Pronounced: GAHR-van -Anglicized form of GARBHÁN
GRADY - Pronounced: GRAY-dee - From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendent of Grádaigh". The name Grádaigh means "noble" in Gaelic.
KEEGAN - Pronounced: KEE-gan - From the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán". Aodhagán is a pet form of AODH
There are a lot more at this website too, but these are the only ones I'va had time to go through and pick out. There is the rest of the alphabet K-Z of names.
Congratulations!
2006-10-26 00:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by SNK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bradan /Braden - Comes from the word bradan meaning "a salmon" in Irish and the bradan feasa, the "Salmon of Knowledge" is central to the tales of Fionn MacCool
Conall/Connall/Connell - Means friendship or could be from con "a hound," as applied to a swift-footed warrior, and all "great, mighty." In legend Conall Cearnach ("Conall the Victorious"), one of the mightiest warrior heros in the Red Branch Knights, the forerunners of the Knights of the Round Table, avenged the death of his foster brother Cuchulainn (read the legend). It was also believed that he was in the Holy Land when Christ was crucified. Every nation on earth was reputedly represented and Conall Cearnach was Ireland's representative and it is further believed that he was one of the people who put their shoulders to the rock that covered the entrance to Christ's tomb and rolled it back on that first Easter morning.
Liam - The Irish form of William, originally a German name will + helm "desire + helmet" and suggests "strong protector."
It is currently a very fashionable name in Ireland and across the world.
Seamus ("shay + muss") -The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."
2006-10-25 23:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by Subi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patrick Daniel
Robert Partick
Sean Robert
These are the names I'm choosing for my boy. I am 100% and my husband is not Irish, so we want something inbetween.
2006-10-26 01:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Asian, but I love reading about the Irish and their culture. I really like the name 'Aidan'....don't know if its common or not, but its an awesome name.
2006-10-25 23:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by Peace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one son named Elias (Eli for short).the other is named Sullivan
which is Irish and means black eyed rather strange I suppose seeing he has blue eyes and we are in Australia, my daughter is named Willow (who was an Irish seawitch)
2006-10-26 00:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by mum & slave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Connor
2006-10-25 23:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aedan, Liam, Riordan
or check out this site, it has lots more along with the meanings
http://www.babynamesofireland.com/pages/boy-names-o-z.html
2006-10-25 23:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by kidd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasnt sure about Boys names in irish so here you go: they have meanings too, hope it helps
http://www.ireland-information.com/heraldichall/irishfirstnames.htm
2006-10-25 23:21:12 · answer #8 · answered by Chez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could go search for websites with baby names, there are loads of them. Here are some anyway :
www.allaboutyou.com
www.babynames.com/
www.babynamesworld.com
www.thinkbabynames.com/
www.babycenter.com/babyname
www.babyzone.com/babynames
2006-10-25 23:21:36 · answer #9 · answered by stoopidbones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what it is but I love the name Elijah you can call him Eli for short, and also Christian.
2006-10-25 23:16:17 · answer #10 · answered by peaches22191 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋