Diccionario de nombres
101 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AILILL
Means "elf" in Irish Gaelic. This name occurs frequently in Irish legend, borne for example by the husband of queen Medb...
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...
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...
BÉBINN
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic. This name was borne by several characters in Irish mythology, including a goddess of ...
BILE
Possibly an Irish form of BELENUS, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "hero". In Irish mythology this was t...
BLÁTHNAT
Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a ma...
BRAN (1)
Means "raven" in Irish. In Irish legend Bran was a mariner who was involved in several adventures.
BRIDGET
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess...
BRIGHID
Irish form of BRIDGET.
BRIGIT
Old Irish form of BRIDGET.
BRIGID
Variant of BRIGHID.
CÁEL
From Gaelic caol "slender". In Irish legend Cáel was a warrior of the Fianna and the lover of Créd.
CÉIBHFHIONN
Means "fair locks" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of an Irish goddess of inspiration.
CIAN
Means "ancient" in Gaelic. This was the name of the mythical ancestor of the Cianachta in Irish legend. Cian was also th...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
DEIRDRE
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman". This was the n...
DÁIRE
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish Gaelic. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chie...
DIARMAIT
Variant of DIARMAID.
DERDRIU
Older form of DEIRDRE.
DIARMAID
Perhaps means "without envy" in Irish. In Irish mythology this was the name of a warrior who became the lover of Gráinne...
DIARMUID
Variant of DIARMAID.
DOIREANN
Means "sullen, tempestuous" in Irish. This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a daughter of B...
DOIREND
Variant of DOIREANN.
EMER
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift". In Irish legend she was the wife of Cúchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts...
EOGHAN
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE. It was borne by several leg...
EÓGAN
Older Irish form of EOGHAN.
FACHTNA
Perhaps means "hostile" in Irish Gaelic. He was the husband of Neasa in Irish legend. Some versions of the legends also ...
FEARGHAS
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour". This was the name of several charac...
FEDLIMID
Variant of FEIDLIMID.
FEDELM
Variant of FEIDELM.
FEDELMID
Variant of FEIDLIMID.
FEIDELM
Possibly a feminine form of FEIDLIMID. This name is borne by several women in Irish legend including Feidelm Noíchrothac...
FEIDLIMID
Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic. This was the name of three early kings of Munster.
FINN (1)
Mythology, IrishOlder Irish form of FIONN. This is also the usual Anglicized spelling of the name. As a surname it is bo...
FINNGUALA
Older form of FIONNUALA.
FINTAN
Possibly means either "white fire" or "white bull" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish per...
FIONN
From Irish fionn (older Irish finn) meaning "fair" or "white". Fionn mac Cumhail was a legendary Irish hero who became a...
FIONNUALA
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the fou...
FERGUS
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS.
FIACHRA
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven". In Irish legend Fiachra was one of the four children of Lir transformed into ...
FINNUALA
Variant of FIONNUALA.
FIONNGHUALA
Variant of FIONNUALA.
GOIBNIU
Derived from Irish gobha meaning "smith". This was the name of the Irish smith god, a provider of weapons for the Tuatha...
GRÁINNE
Possibly derived from Gaelic grán meaning "grain". This was the name of an ancient Irish grain goddess. The name also be...
LER
Irish cognate of LLYR. Ler was an Irish god of the sea, the father of Manannan mac Lir.
LIR
Variant of LER based on the genitive case of the name.
LÚ
Modern Irish form of LUGH.
LÓEGAIRE
Means "calf herder", derived from Irish loagh "calf". In Irish mythology Lóegaire Búadach was an Ulster warrior. He save...
LUGAID
Old Irish form of LUGHAIDH.
LUGHAIDH
Derived from the name of the Irish god LUGH. This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including the king...
LUG
Old Irish form of LUGH.
LUGH
Probably an Irish form of LUGUS. In Irish mythology Lugh was a divine hero who led the Tuatha De Danann against the Fomo...
MAEVE
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of ...
MÉABH
Variant of MEDB.
MEADHBH
Variant of MEDB.
MEDB
Original Irish form of MAEVE.
MÓRRÍGHAN
Variant of MORRIGAN.
MUIRENN
Either derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white", or else a variant of MUIRNE.
MUIRGEN
Means "born of the sea" in Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a woman (originally named Líban) who was transfo...
MUIRNE
Means "festive" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail.
MORRIGAN
Derived from Irish Mór Ríoghain meaning "great queen". In Irish myth she was a goddess of war and death who often took t...
MÓR RÍOGHAIN
Older form of MORRIGAN.
NAOISE
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin. In Irish legend he was the young man who eloped with Deirdre, the beloved ...
NEASA
Meaning uncertain. In Irish legend she was the mother of Conchobhar, king of Ulster. According to some versions of the l...
NECHTAN
Celtic name of uncertain meaning, possibly meaning "damp" (cognate with NEPTUNE). In Irish mythology Nechtan was the hus...
NESS (1)
Anglicized form of NEAS.
NESSA (3)
Anglicized form of NEASA.
NEAS
Old Irish form of NEASA.
NIAMH
Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, son...
NUADHA
Variant of NUADA.
NUADA
Possibly means "protector" in Celtic. In Irish myth he was an Irish god and a leader of the Tuatha De Danann. He was kil...
OISÍN
Means "little deer", derived from Irish os "deer" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior...
OSCAR
Possibly means "deer friend", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "friend". Alternatively, it may derive from the Old...
PARTHALÁN
Meaning unknown, possibly from BARTHOLOMEW. In Irish legend he was the first man on Ireland after the biblical flood.
RÍGHNACH
Variant of RÍOGHNACH.
RÍOGHNACH
Derived from Irish ríoghan meaning "queen". In Irish legend this was a wife of the Irish king Niall.
SABIA
Latinized form of SADB.
SADBH
Variant of SADB.
SADB
Means "sweet, goodly" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish mythology Sadb was the mother of Oisín.
SADHBH
Modern Irish form of SADB.
SIONANN
The name of an Irish goddess, a granddaughter of Lir, who was the personification of the River Shannon. Her name is deri...
ÁED
Older form of AODH.
ÁEDÁN
Older form of AODHÁN. This was the name of a 6th-century king of the Scots.
ÉBER
Old Irish form of ÉIBHEAR.
ÉIMHEAR
Modern Irish form of EMER.
ÉIBHEAR
Meaning unknown. According to Irish legend this name belonged to two of the sons of Míl, Éibhear Dunn and Éibhear Finn, ...
ÉTAÍN
Possibly derived from Old Irish ét "jealousy". In Irish mythology she was a sun and horse goddess who was the lover of M...
ÉRIU
From the name of an Irish goddess, who according to legend gave her name to Ireland (which is called Éire in Irish). In ...
ÓENGUS
Old Irish form of AONGHUS.