Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABBÁN
Means "little abbot", derived from Irish abb "abbot" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 6th-centu...
AENGUS
Variant of AONGHUS.
AILBHE
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albho meaning "white". In Irish legend this was the name of a female warrior o...
AILILL
Means "elf" in Irish Gaelic. This name occurs frequently in Irish legend, borne for example by the husband of queen Medb...
AILÍS
Irish form of ALICE.
AINDRÉAS
Irish form of ANDREW.
AINGEAL
Irish cognate of ANGELA.
AISLING
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish Gaelic. This name was created in the 20th century.
AITHNE
Possibly a variant of EITHNE.
ALANNAH
Variant of ALANA. It has been influenced by the affectionate Anglo-Irish word alannah, from the Irish Gaelic phrase a le...
ALAOIS
Irish form of ALOYSIUS.
ALASTRÍONA
Feminine form of ALASTAR.
AFRICA (2)
Anglicized form of AIFRIC.
AIDAN
Anglicized form of AODHÁN. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since i...
AIDEEN
Anglicized form of ÉTAÍN.
AIFRIC
Possibly means "pleasant" in Irish.
AIGNÉIS
Irish form of AGNES.
AILEEN
Variant of EILEEN.
AILÍN
Irish cognate of ALAN.
AINDRIÚ
Irish form of ANDREW.
AISLIN
Variant of AISLING.
AISLINN
Variant of AISLING.
ALASTAR
Irish form of ALEXANDER.
ALBY
Anglicized masculine form of AILBHE.
AMHLAOIBH
Irish form of OLAF.
ANGUS
Anglicized form of AONGHUS.
ANRAÍ
Irish form of HENRY.
AODHAGÁN
Diminutive of AODH.
AOIBHE
Variant of AOIFE.
AOIBHÍN
Variant of AOIBHEANN.
AOIFE
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scath...
AONGHUS
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy". Aonghus (sometimes surna...
ARDAL
Anglicized form of ARDGHAL.
ARDGHAL
Means "high valour", derived from the Irish elements ard "high" and gal "valour".
AODH
From the old Irish name Áed, which meant "fire". This was a very popular name in early Ireland, being borne by numerous ...
AODHÁN
From the old Irish name Áedán, a diminutive of Áed (see AODH). This was the name of an Irish monk and saint of the 7th c...
AOIBHEANN
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of the mother of Saint Enda. It was also borne by Irish royal...
ARAN (1)
From the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.
ASHLING
Anglicized form of AISLING.
ASSUMPTA
Latinate form of ASUNCIÓN, used especially in Ireland.
BÁIRBRE
Irish form of BARBARA.
BARRA
Variant of BAIRRE.
BARRFIND
Older form of BARRFHIONN.
BARRY
Anglicized form of BAIRRE. It is also sometimes used as an Anglicized form of BERACH.
BAIRRE
Diminutive of FIONNBHARR or BARRFHIONN.
BARRFHIONN
Means "fair hair", derived from Gaelic barr "head" and fionn "white, fair".
BARRIE
Variant of BARRY.
BEARACH
Variant of BERACH.
BÉBHINN
Modern spelling of BÉBINN.
BÉBINN
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic. This name was borne by several characters in Irish mythology, including a goddess of ...
BEDELIA
Irish diminutive of BRIDGET.
BERACH
Derived from Gaelic biorach meaning "sharp". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
BEVIN
Anglicized form of BÉBINN.
BIDDY
Diminutive of BRIDGET.
BILE
Possibly an Irish form of BELENUS, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "hero". In Irish mythology this was t...
BÉBHIONN
Variant of BÉBINN.
BÉIBHINN
Modern form of BÉBINN.
BIDELIA
Diminutive of BRIDGET.
BLÁTHNAT
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a ma...
BRADÁN
Derived from Irish Gaelic meaning "salmon".
BRADY
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendant of BRÁDACH".
BRAN (1)
Means "raven" in Irish. In Irish legend Bran was a mariner who was involved in several adventures.
BREANDÁN
Irish Gaelic form of BRENDAN.
BREDA
Anglicized form of BRÍD.
BRENDAN
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince". Sai...
BRÍD
Modern form of BRIGHID.
BLÁITHÍN
Variant of BLÁTHNAT using a different diminutive suffix.
BLANID
Anglicized form of BLÁTHNAT.
BLÁTHNAID
Variant of BLÁTHNAT.
BRÁDACH
Possibly derived from a Gaelic word meaning "large-chested".
BRADEN
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendant of BRADÁN".
BRÉANAINN
Old Irish form of BRENDAN.
BREE
Anglicized form of BRÍGH.
BRENDANUS
Latinized form of Bréanainn (see BRENDAN).
BRENNAN
From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán". Braonán is a byname meaning "rain, moistu...
BRIAN
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element bre meaning "hill...
BRIDE
Anglicized form of BRÍD.
BRIDGET
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess...
BRIDIE
Anglicized diminutive of BRÍD.
BRÍGH
Derived from Irish brígh meaning "power, high".
BRIGHID
Irish form of BRIDGET.
BRIGIT
Old Irish form of BRIDGET.
BROGAN
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including ...
BRÓNACH
Derived from Irish Gaelic brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century mystic from Ireland.
BRIGID
Variant of BRIGHID.
BRONAGH
Anglicized form of BRÓNACH.
CAHAL
Anglicized form of CATHAL.
CAHIR
Anglicized form of CATHAIR.
CAINNEACH
Irish form of COINNEACH.
CAIRBRE
Means "charioteer" in Gaelic.
CÁIT
Short form of CAITRÍONA.
CAITLIN
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN.
CAITRIA
Possibly a form of CAITRÍONA.
CAOILEANN
Variant of CAOILFHIONN.
CAOILINN
Variant of CAOILFHIONN.
CAOIMHÍN
Irish form of KEVIN.
CAOMH
Masculine form of CAOIMHE.
CARBREY
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE.
CADOGAN
Anglicized form of CADWGAN.
CÁEL
From Gaelic caol "slender". In Irish legend Cáel was a warrior of the Fianna and the lover of Créd.
CAISIDE
Old Irish byname meaning "curly haired", from Irish Gaelic cas.
CAITLÍN
Irish form of Cateline, the Old French form of KATHERINE.
CAITRÍONA
Irish form of KATHERINE.
CALBHACH
Means "bald" in Irish Gaelic.
CALVAGH
Anglicized form of CALBHACH.
CAOILFHIONN
Derived from the Gaelic elements caol "slender" and fionn "fair". This was the name of several Irish saints.
CAOIMHE
Derived from Gaelic caomh meaning "beautiful, gentle, kind".
CAOLÁN
From Gaelic caol "slender" combined with the diminutive suffix án.
CAOMHÁN
Diminutive of CAOMH. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
CARBRY
Anglicized form of CAIRBRE.
CAREY
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of CIARDHA".
CARROL
Variant of CARROLL.
CÁRTHACH
Means "loving" in Irish. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
CASEY
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of CATHASACH". This name can be given in h...
CATHAIR
Means "battle man" from Gaelic cath "battle" and vir "man".
CATHÁN
Derived from Gaelic cath "battle" combined with a diminutive suffix.
CATHASACH
Means "vigilant" in Irish.
CATHLEEN
Variant of KATHLEEN.
CATRINA
Variant of CATRIONA.
CATRIONA
Gaelic form of KATHERINE.
CEALLACHÁN
Diminutive of CEALLACH.
CARROLL
Anglicized form of CEARBHALL. A famous bearer of the surname was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles ...
CATHAL
Derived from the Gaelic elements cath "battle" and val "rule". This was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint. It has so...
CATHAOIR
Variant of CATHAIR.
CEALLACH
Irish name of uncertain origin, traditionally said to mean "bright-headed". Alternatively it could be derived from Old I...
CEALLAGH
Variant of CEALLACH.
CEARBHALL
Probably from Gaelic cearbh "hacking with a weapon".
CÉIBHFHIONN
Means "fair locks" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of an Irish goddess of inspiration.
CENNÉTIG
Old Irish byname meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head". This was the name of an Irish king, the father of Brian Bo...
CHRISTIE (2)
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER.
CHRISTY (2)
Scottish and Irish diminutive of CHRISTOPHER.
CIANÁN
Diminutive of CIAN. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish saint.
CIAR
Derived from Irish ciar meaning "black".
CIARDHA
Derived from Irish ciar "black".
CILLÍN
Variant of CILLIAN.
CIONAODH
Modern Irish form of CINÁED.
CLEENA
Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA.
CLÍONA
Variant of CLÍODHNA.
CHEVONNE
Anglicized form of SIOBHÁN.
CIAN
Means "ancient" in Gaelic. This was the name of the mythical ancestor of the Cianachta in Irish legend. Cian was also th...
CIANNAIT
Feminine form of CIAN.
CIARA (1)
Feminine form of CIAR. Saint Ciara was an Irish nun who established a monastery at Kilkeary in the 7th century.
CIARÁN
Diminutive of CIAR. This was the name of two Irish saints: Saint Ciarán the Elder, the patron of the Kingdom of Munster,...
CILLIAN
Probably from Gaelic ceall "church" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint wh...
CINÁED
Means "born of fire" in Gaelic. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often An...
CLANCY
From the Irish surname Mac Fhlannchaidh which means "son of Flannchadh". The Gaelic name Flannchadh means "red warrior".
CLÍDNA
Old Irish form of CLÍODHNA.
CLÍODHNA
Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love wit...
CLODAGH
From the name of a river in Tipperary, Ireland.
CÓEMGEIN
Original Irish form of KEVIN.
COLEMAN
Variant of COLMÁN.
COLMÁN
Diminutive of Colm (see COLUM). This was the name of a large number of Irish saints.
COMGALL
Variant of COMHGHALL.
COMHGHALL
Means "joint pledge" from Irish comh "together" and gall "pledge".
CONALL
Means "strong wolf" in Gaelic. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ...
CONCHÚR
Modern Irish form of CONCHOBHAR.
CONLETH
Modern form of the old Irish name Conláed, possibly meaning "chaste fire" from Gaelic connla "chaste" and aodh "fire". S...
CONN
Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.
CONNLA
Variant of CONLAOCH.
CONOR
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover". It has been in use in Ireland for...
CORMAC
Possibly derived from Irish Gaelic corb "raven" or "wheel" and mac "son". This was the name of a 3rd-century king of Ire...
CORRAIDHÍN
Means "little spear", derived from Irish corradh "spear" and a diminutive suffix.
COWAL
Anglicized form of COMHGHALL.
CRÍOSTÓIR
Irish form of CHRISTOPHER.
CUÁN
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from the Irish element cú "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix.
CUIDIGHTHEACH
Old Irish byname meaning "helpful".
CODY
From the Gaelic surname Ó Cuidighthigh, which means "descendant of CUIDIGHTHEACH". A famous bearer of the surname was th...
COILEAN
Irish form of CAILEAN.
COLIN (1)
Anglicized form of CAILEAN or COILEAN.
COLM
Variant of COLUM.
COLUM
Irish form of COLUMBA. This is also an Old Irish word meaning "dove", derived from Latin columba.
COLUMBAN
Possibly an Irish diminutive of COLUMBA. Alternatively, it may be derived from Old Irish colum "dove" and bán "white". T...
COMGAL
Variant of COMHGHALL.
COMGAN
Anglicized form of COMHGHÁN.
COMHGHÁN
Means "born together" from Irish comh "together" and gan "born".
CONAN
Means "little wolf" or "little hound" from Gaelic cú "wolf, hound" combined with a diminutive suffix. Sir Arthur Conan D...
CONCEPTA
Latinate form of CONCEPCIÓN.
CONCHOBHAR
Original Irish form of CONOR.
CONLAOCH
Possibly derived from Gaelic conn "chief" and flaith "lord". This was the name of several characters in Irish legend inc...
CONLEY
Anglicized form of CONLETH.
CONNOR
Variant of CONOR.
CONRÍ
Means "wolf king" in Irish Gaelic.
CÚCHULAINN
Means "hound of Culann" in Irish. This was the usual name of the warrior hero who was named Sétanta at birth, given to h...
CUIMÍN
Possibly from Celtic cam meaning "bent, crooked". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint.
DAGDA
Means "good god" in Celtic. In Irish myth Dagda (called also The Dagda) was the powerful god of the earth, knowledge, ma...
DAIREANN
Variant of DOIREANN.
DÁITHÍ
Possibly means "swift" in Irish Gaelic. It is sometimes used as an Irish form of David.
DALEY
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of Dálach". The name Dálach means "assembly" ...
DAMHNAIT
Means "fawn" from Gaelic damh "stag, ox" combined with a diminutive suffix.
DARACH
Variant of DARA (1) or Anglicized form of DÁIRE.
DARINA (1)
Anglicized form of DÁIRÍNE.
DEARBHÁIL
Means "daughter of Fál", derived from Gaelic der "daughter" and Fál, a legendary name for Ireland.
DEIRDRE
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman". This was the n...
DÁIBHÍ
Irish form of DAVID.
DÁIRE
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chie...
DÁIRÍNE
Derived from Irish Gaelic dáire meaning "fruitful, fertile".
DAITHÍ
Variant of DÁITHÍ.
DÁLACH
Derived from Irish dál meaning "assembly".
DALY
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.
DAMHÁN
Means "fawn" from Gaelic damh "stag, ox" combined with a diminutive suffix.