Irish Names...

[jasmine.lee]

Any really nice Irish names you've heard lately?

These are my faves at the moment:

Aislinn/Ashlinn
Aoife (eefa)
Saoirse (seer-sha)
Eithne (enya)
Sinead (shin-aid)
Sloane
Quinn


What about you?

~Jasmine

[hayley88]

I have an enduring love for Niamh.

[stripedsocks]

Niamh
Aoife
Saoirse
Bridget/Brighid
Caitlin (I know nameberry is over it but I love this. None of the other spellings though)
Roisin
Deirdre - but where I hear "Celtic princess" my husband hears "aged lunch lady." - possibly our cultural US/Australia divide.
On the flipside he loooooves Siobhan. Which I do not.

[ashthedreamer]

I love Aoife, Aislinn, and Niamh. I like Fiona, too, but more as a MN. There's not a ton of Gaelic names I really love, though, haha. I quite love Caitlin, too, now that @stripedsocks reminded me of it. It feels semi-classic, but a bit more exciting than the original Catherine, although it seems nearly impossible to get the original Gaelic pronunciation--KAT-leen or KOYT-leen, depending on where in Ireland you are.

I did a quite search and found a few I'd forgotten I liked:

Clodagh
Cara (I had no clue this was Irish! But a site listed it as a simply meaning "friend" in Gaelic, so I suppose it is...)
Iona

That's about it, lol. I like more Irish/Gaelic boys' names than girls' names.

[melissalauren]

Aoife is gorgeous, possibly my favourite Irish name.
I also like Eimear, Ciara, Caoimhe and Roisin

[spring13]

Liadan
Eilis
Sorcha
Brenna
Caitriona

[berry2]

Sorcha
Orla
Erin
Siobhan
Caoimhe

[nvettie]

Saoirse is pretty, and I also really like Caoimne, although I much prefer the spelling Keeva.

[penguin]

My favorites are:
Aine
Aoife
Emer - I wish this was pronounced EM-ER but apparently it's EE-MUR
Fianna - I don't know if this is used much as a name, but it was the name of a band of mythical Irish warriors that I think is cool.
Oona
Roisin
Siofra - My new favorite!! (SHEE-fra or SHEE-uh-fra)

[essjay]

My favourites are Niamh, Caoimhe, Ciara and Caitlin (but I hate all the tryndee spellings of it). I love Celtic names, they just sound so pretty.