Names from Irish legend
Heroes of the Fianna, queens of Tír na nÓg and the gods of the Tuatha Dé Danann: names with a story attached.
- Oisín
Boy · uh-SHEEN
"Little deer": the poet of the Fianna who rode to Tír na nÓg.
351 babies in 2025 - Fionn
Boy · FYUN
"Fair": the name of Fionn mac Cumhaill, leader of the Fianna.
336 babies in 2025 - Finn
Boy · FIN
The old spelling of Fionn, as in Finn McCool, in Ireland's top 20 since 2020.
220 babies in 2025 - Conor
Boy · KON-ur
The name of Ulster's legendary king Conchobar, and Ireland's top boys' name in the late 1990s.
211 babies in 2025 - Daithí
Boy · DAH-hee
An old Irish name meaning swiftness, carried by a legendary king of Connacht.
185 babies in 2025 - Cian
Boy · KEE-an
An old Irish name meaning "enduring", borne in legend by the father of Lugh.
166 babies in 2025 - Oscar
Boy · OS-kar
The grandson of Fionn in Irish legend, made famous across Europe by the Ossian poems.
149 babies in 2025 - Sadhbh
Girl · SIVE
An old Irish name, probably "sweet", borne by the mother of Oisín in legend.
129 babies in 2025 - Méabh
Girl · MAYV
The legendary queen of Connacht who started the Táin, and the Irish form of Maeve.
125 babies in 2025 - Aoife
Girl · EE-fa
A name from Irish legend, and Ireland's top girls' name in 2000.
121 babies in 2025 - Dáire
Boy · DAW-ra
An Old Irish name from the Táin, back in use since the twentieth century.
84 babies in 2025 - Maeve
Girl · MAYV
The English form of Méabh, the warrior queen of Connacht who started the Táin.
83 babies in 2025 - Conall
Boy · KON-al
An ancient Irish name, borne by an Ulster hero and the king behind Tír Chonaill.
59 babies in 2025 - Niamh
Girl · NEEV
"Bright": the golden-haired queen of Tír na nÓg, and a 1990s favourite.
54 babies in 2025 - Áine
Girl · AWN-ya
An Irish name meaning "radiance", borne by the goddess of Cnoc Áine in Limerick.
53 babies in 2025 - Fiachra
Boy · FEE-akh-ra
An old Irish name, borne by one of the Children of Lir and by Saint Fiacre.
45 babies in 2025 - Naoise
Girl · NEE-sha
The doomed hero who loved Deirdre, now given to both girls and boys in Ireland.
39 babies in 2025 - Cormac
Boy · KOR-mak
An ancient Irish name, borne by Cormac mac Airt, the wise High King of legend.
38 babies in 2025 - Conan
Boy · KOH-nan
Conán, "little hound", an ogham-old name worn by the bald joker of the Fianna.
30 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 - Úna
Girl · OO-na
An old Irish name famous in legend, and the root of Oona and Oonagh.
22 babies in 2025 - Eimear
Girl · EE-mer
The wife of Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle, and a popular Irish name of the 1990s.
21 babies in 2025 - Niall
Boy · NY-al
An ancient Irish royal name, best known from Niall of the Nine Hostages.
19 babies in 2025 - Diarmuid
Boy · DEER-mid
The Fianna warrior who ran away with Gráinne, and the root of the name Dermot.
16 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 - Setanta
Boy · seh-TAN-ta
The boyhood name of Cú Chulainn, before he took the place of Culann's hound.
15 babies in 2025 - Ferdia
Boy · FER-dee-a
The foster-brother of Cú Chulainn, who fought him for days at the ford of Ardee.
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 - Emer
Girl · EE-mer
The wife of Cú Chulainn, said to have all six gifts of womanhood.
5 babies in 2025 - Aengus
Boy · AYN-gus
The young god of love from Brú na Bóinne, in the older spelling of Aonghus.
0 babies in 2025 - Aonghus
Boy · AYN-gus
The modern Irish spelling of Aengus, the young god of love at Newgrange.
0 babies in 2025 - Deirdre
Girl · DAIR-dra
The tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle, and a top 10 girls' name in 1960s and 70s Ireland.
0 babies in 2025 - Eithne
Girl · EN-ya
An old Irish name borne by the mother of Lugh and the mother of St Colm Cille.
0 babies in 2025 - Fionnuala
Girl · fin-OO-la
"Fair shoulder": the daughter of Lir, turned into a swan for 900 years.
0 babies in 2025 - Nuala
Girl · NOO-la
A short form of Fionnuala, popular in Ireland in the 1960s and rare today.
0 babies in 2025
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