Irish Names

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Irish Names

Irish Boy Names:

Abraham: , g.-aim: Abraham; Heb, from its similarity to abbamon, father of a multitude (cf. Gen. 17:5); the name of the progenitor of the Jewish nation; propagated in France and the Netherlands through St. Abraham of Auvergne; introduced into Ireland by the Angle-Normans, but never became common.

Bran
, g. Bran and Broin: Bran; an old and once common Irish name meaning 'raven'; in use in the family of O'Byrne down to the middle of the seventeenth century or later.

Gabriel
: Heb. 'strong man of God; the name of the Archangel who brought tidings of great joy to Mary. It has been common in Ireland.
Bran: , g. Bran and Broin: Bran; an old and once common Irish name meaning 'raven'; in use in the family of O'Byrne down to the middle of the seventeenth century or later.

Gabriel
: Heb. 'strong man of God; the name of the Archangel who brought tidings of great joy to Mary. It has been common in Ireland.
Gabriel: : Heb. 'strong man of God; the name of the Archangel who brought tidings of great joy to Mary. It has been common in Ireland.

Irish Girl Names:

Clare:: Lat. Clarus, clear, bright; Fr. Claire. The use of the name in Ireland and in other Catholic countries is due to St. Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), follower and friend of St. Francis and founder of the Poor Clares.

Eimíle:
Emily; Lat. Aemilia, the fem. form of Aemilius, the cognomer of one of the most ancient of the patrician gentes of Rome, and the name of several early Martyrs.

Hilde
: Hilda, Hildy; the name of a saintly Irish abbess, who was venerated on 18 November, presumably from the Teut. hild, battle. It has been made famous by the great St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby (614-680).

Lil, Líle:
Lilly, Lelia. The derivation is uncertain, pet forms, perhaps, of Elizabeth or of Cecilia. Elizabeth seems the more likely source, in Ireland at least.
Eimíle:: Emily; Lat. Aemilia, the fem. form of Aemilius, the cognomer of one of the most ancient of the patrician gentes of Rome, and the name of several early Martyrs.

Hilde
: Hilda, Hildy; the name of a saintly Irish abbess, who was venerated on 18 November, presumably from the Teut. hild, battle. It has been made famous by the great St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby (614-680).

Lil, Líle:
Lilly, Lelia. The derivation is uncertain, pet forms, perhaps, of Elizabeth or of Cecilia. Elizabeth seems the more likely source, in Ireland at least.
Hilde: : Hilda, Hildy; the name of a saintly Irish abbess, who was venerated on 18 November, presumably from the Teut. hild, battle. It has been made famous by the great St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby (614-680).

Lil, Líle:
Lilly, Lelia. The derivation is uncertain, pet forms, perhaps, of Elizabeth or of Cecilia. Elizabeth seems the more likely source, in Ireland at least.
Lil, Líle:: Lilly, Lelia. The derivation is uncertain, pet forms, perhaps, of Elizabeth or of Cecilia. Elizabeth seems the more likely source, in Ireland at least.

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