Less common Irish names
Irish-language names given to between 3 and 30 babies in 2025: familiar enough to spell, rare enough to stand out.
- Éada
Girl
30 babies in 2025
30 babies in 2025 - Séamie
Boy
30 babies in 2025
30 babies in 2025 - Faolán
Boy
29 babies in 2025
29 babies in 2025 - Ríona
Girl
29 babies in 2025
29 babies in 2025 - Seánie
Boy
29 babies in 2025
29 babies in 2025 - Fódhla
Girl
28 babies in 2025
28 babies in 2025 - Gráinne
Girl · GRAWN-ya
The princess who ran off with Diarmuid, and the Irish name of the pirate queen Grace O'Malley.
28 babies in 2025 - Caoimhín
Boy
26 babies in 2025
26 babies in 2025 - Micheál
Boy · MEE-hawl
The Irish form of Michael, the archangel's name, and climbing in Northern Ireland.
26 babies in 2025 - Tiarnán
Boy · TEER-nawn
"Little lord", from the Irish tiarna, and a name far more common in Northern Ireland.
23 babies in 2025 - Ógie
Boy
22 babies in 2025
22 babies in 2025 - Úna
Girl · OO-na
An old Irish name famous in legend, and the root of Oona and Oonagh.
22 babies in 2025 - Éadaoin
Girl
21 babies in 2025
21 babies in 2025 - Aodhán
Boy · AY-dawn
"Little fire": the Irish original of Aidan, after the saint of Lindisfarne.
19 babies in 2025 - Aoibhí
Girl
19 babies in 2025
19 babies in 2025 - Cáit
Girl
19 babies in 2025
19 babies in 2025 - Gearóid
Boy
19 babies in 2025
19 babies in 2025 - Éirinn
Girl
17 babies in 2025
17 babies in 2025 - Seán Óg
Boy
17 babies in 2025
17 babies in 2025 - Béibhinn
Girl
15 babies in 2025
15 babies in 2025 - Bláthnaid
Girl · BLAW-nid
"Little flower", from the Irish bláth, and the name of a heroine of the Ulster Cycle.
15 babies in 2025 - Clíodhna
Girl · KLEE-uh-na
The fairy queen of south Munster, remembered in Clíodhna's Wave at Glandore.
15 babies in 2025 - Fionnán
Boy
15 babies in 2025
15 babies in 2025 - Seoidín
Girl
15 babies in 2025
15 babies in 2025 - Sé
Boy
13 babies in 2025
13 babies in 2025 - Eibhlín
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Éire
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Réaltín
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Réidín
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Séadna
Boy
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Sibéal
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Bríd
Girl · BREED
The Irish form of Brigid, the name of Ireland's best-known woman saint and of an older goddess.
10 babies in 2025 - Éadha
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Fáelán
Boy
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Mairéad
Girl · ma-RAYD
The Irish form of Margaret, at its height in Ireland in the 1970s and early 1980s.
10 babies in 2025 - Nainsí
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Réiltín
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Siobhán
Girl · shiv-AWN
The Irish form of Joan, brought by the Normans and at its height in early 1970s Ireland.
10 babies in 2025 - Croí
Boy
9 babies in 2025
9 babies in 2025 - Féilim
Boy
9 babies in 2025
9 babies in 2025 - Íde
Girl
9 babies in 2025
9 babies in 2025 - Peigí
Girl
9 babies in 2025
9 babies in 2025 - Clíona
Girl
8 babies in 2025
8 babies in 2025 - Ruán
Boy
8 babies in 2025
8 babies in 2025 - Éile
Girl
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Éireann
Girl
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Rí
Boy
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Ruaidhrí
Boy
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Ériu
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - José
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Líle
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Maitiú
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Neansaí
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Nóinín
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Pádraic
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Séadhna
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Bóinn
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Ciarán Óg
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Liam Óg
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Mollaí
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Óigí
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Réalta
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Síle
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Aibhilín
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Céala
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Cóilí
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Éadhla
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Esmée
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Fionán
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Máire
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Páidí Óg
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Renée
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Riagán
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Sinéad
Girl · shin-AID
The Irish form of Janet, and the second most popular girls' name in Ireland in the mid-1970s.
4 babies in 2025 - Sonaí
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Aodán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Brídín
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Cóil
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Daimhín
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Danú
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Eilís
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Isibéal
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Líadan
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Méabha
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Páidín
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Rían Óg
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Ríoghán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Ríoghnach
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Seanán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025
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